EVH guitar auction

[GGJaguar]

Money well spent

Eddie Van Halen’s ‘Hot For Teacher’ Guitar Sells For Close To $4 Million At Sotheby’s Auction

Eddie's "Hot For Teacher" Was Red Hot At Sotheby's Auction

www.vhnd.com

 

[GAD]

If I were a billionaire I would have bid $5M

 

[Westerly Wood]

 

[HeyMikey]

Certainly more iconic in my mind than the other top 5 mentioned.

 

[chazmo]

Dang! No question. That is way cool though certainly not worth the big $$ to me. . I was clearly not the target audience for that auction.

There are so many copies of this guitar out there if you want something that looks similar at non-millionaire prices!

Anyway, rock on EVH... RIP!

 

[GAD]

Dang! No question. That is way cool though certainly not worth the big $$ to me. . I was clearly not the target audience for that auction.

There are so many copies of this guitar out there if you want something that looks similar at non-millionaire prices!

Anyway, rock on EVH... RIP!

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a copy of that guitar and I have two EVH copies.

The Hot For Teacher guitar is fairly unique in the EVH timeline. It is itself arguably a copy of the Frankenstein, which at one point had a Kramer neck on it, but EVH was a rabid tinkerer so there are a lot of variations aside from some of the main few he’s known for. He wasn’t really a brand whore back then and kind of never was until he had his own brand which he embraced fully.

 

[chazmo]

Oh, I didn't know that, GAD. I'd swear there were a lot of copies out there. Maybe it's just the wacky pattern that I'm thinking of, not the guitar itself.

 

[GAD]

Oh, I didn't know that, GAD. I'd swear there were a lot of copies out there. Maybe it's just the wacky pattern that I'm thinking of, not the guitar itself.

Yeah it's easy to lose track if you're not into Van Halen. The striped pattern was his signature, which I believe ended up being owned by Fender oddly enough...

Here's a group shot of his most iconic guitars:



It's pretty easy to see how they might all look the same.

Even in that pic the Frankenstein has a Kramer neck so that pic must have been from his Kramer neck phase.

As an aside, the yellow/black one (known as Bumblebee) was buried with Dimebag Darrell, the guitarist for Pantera who was a huge fan.



From https://www.groundguitar.com/eddie-...gear/eddie-van-halens-bumblebee-van-halen-ii/

 

[walrus]

He wasn’t really a brand whore back then and kind of never was until he had his own brand which he embraced fully.

I hadn't really thought of this before, but his total embrace of the Peavey EVH Wolfgang models is really impressive. Can we name another artist who was so dedicated to their own brand? Or even their own signature model?

He was so connected to the "Frankenstein" variations, it is really interesting how he decided to move to Peavey - and of course, Peavey clearly supported his ideas.

David Grissom's PRS model might be another example of a similar "embrace". But an artist with the visibility and "stardom" of EVH that left an iconic guitar "model" for his own brand and design is hard to think of. Of course, there aren't many guitarists at his level of "stardom", "importance", "significance", whatever you want to call it.

walrus




walrus

 

[GAD]

I hadn't really thought of this before, but his total embrace of the Peavey EVH Wolfgang models is really impressive. Can we name another artist who was so dedicated to their own brand? Or even their own signature model?

He was so connected to the "Frankenstein" variations, it is really interesting how he decided to move to Peavey - and of course, Peavey clearly supported his ideas.

David Grissom's PRS model might be another example of a similar "embrace". But an artist with the visibility and "stardom" of EVH that left an iconic guitar "model" for his own brand and design is hard to think of. Of course, there aren't many guitarists at his level of "stardom", "importance", "significance", whatever you want to call it.

walrus

He actually first partnered with Music Man to make his Wolfgangs, then Peavey, and finally Fender. His 5150 amps were Peavey and then Fender. He did partner with Kramer first but they were mostly just Superstrats to his specs and mostly with his stripy patterns if pre-coffee memory serves.

EVH was always kind of a maverick. He hated doing cover tunes which is one of the many reasons he would fight with David Lee Roth and one of the reasons they split after 1984.

I could argue that Les Paul did a pretty good job with his signature model.

 

[walrus]

I could argue that Les Paul did a pretty good job with his signature model.

Duh! The best example ever!

walrus

 

[kitniyatran]

Except Les didn't really like the way Gibson manufactured the Les Pauls for the mass market which is the reason why eventually the Les Paul recording, studio, professional, Etc showed up. That was more the way he liked them

 

[Guildedagain]

I had a bizarre LP recording once, custom ordered, black/gold like a Custom, had all the usual gee gaws plus a Varitone, 24 different sounds. Of course I had to have it the 2nd I saw it because I knew I could turn a weird guitar like that on eBay. While playing it one day, I noticed the weight was absolutely crushing and had to get it on a scale to find out, 14lbs, unbelievable...

 

[GGJaguar]

I noticed the weight was absolutely crushing and had to get it on a scale to find out, 14lbs

That's insane! I think the heaviest bass I ever owned was 11 lb and that was way too much for gigging.

 

[mavuser]

...it is really interesting how he decided to move to Peavey - and of course, Peavey clearly supported his ideas.

Ed Van Halen had approached Mike Soldano and asked him for a free SLO-100, "because I am Ed Van Halen," and Mike Soldano told him, I can respect all that but I am a one man show and cannont afford to give one away for free, not even to Ed Van Halen...and so Ed said "ok I respect that, I will pay full price for 2"

he kept one and gave the other to Peavey. told them to build a clone. the rest, as they say...is history

 

[Guildedagain]

No kidding, never heard this, gold dust.

 

[mavuser]

No kidding, never heard this, gold dust.

are u replying to me? it is no secret that Ed used a SLO-100 on the album "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge," and built the EVH amp based on it

 

[Guildedagain]

I never knew, figured he dreamed it up. I never really cared much about his gear, just his playing and tone in the early days.

My in person experience with Soldano is not good.

It's not a Fender, active tone knobs are weird, way too many knobs.

 

[mavuser]

My experience with Soldano is not good.

basically the opposite of Eddie. and many, many others.
but no it's not a Fender

 

[GAD]

Soldano created a preamp design that included a cathode follower when he was modding Marshalls back in the 80's. This circuit evolved into the Soldano SLO. Peavey copied this design for the 5150s, Mesa copied it for the Rectifier, and Marshall copied it with the JCM2000s. So far as I know, just about every other high gain amp (Bogner, Framus, ENGL, ect) has copied the same circuit.

From https://forum.seymourduncan.com/for...h-really-steal-soldano-circuitry-for-the-5150

Certainly not the be-all end-all but high gain amps are really not all that different from one another.