I actually played this guitar. My first thought was “who in their right mind is going to pay $25,000 for this beat up piece of s__t”.

The EVH Frankenstein Guitar

My second thought was “Damn, I am half way to being Eddie Van Halen!” If only that were true it would easily justify the price.

Nicotine Stains On The Headstock

The EVH Frankenstein guitar is dirty and nasty looking and you feel like you want to wash your hands after holding it. Every detail from the strap ring screws to the single working dual coil pickup screams authenticity. The neck pickup is dead, there is no middle pickup, and the selector switch has nothing to select. There is a strip of velcro where the busted off pickguard should be. The guitar is chipped, scared, scratched and cracked, and there might even be a wild rodent living inside.

Rats Live Inside

My only complaint are the cigarette burns on the headstock; they did not look real. On the guitars of smokers I have played with the wood on their headstock is burnt. But on the EVH Frankenstein the wood is just black, like it was stained.

$25,000 can by you a whole lot of really nice axes. But the EVH Frankenstein is definitely a one of a kind master piece, a true work of art. Eddie would be proud.