![]() ![]() In April 2019, the Metropolitan Museum of Art displayed the Frankenstrat guitar as part of the "Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll" exhibit. It has a standard six-string setup and a Floyd Rose tremolo. The guitar has a maple neck and fretboard, chrome hardware, and was painted with a black-and-white striped design, then black and white stripes on a red background. ![]() An early version of a Superstrat, the guitar was made from a Northern Ash Stratocaster body, with pickup routing which Van Halen modified to fit a Gibson PAF humbucking pickup in the bridge position. The Frankenstrat was Van Halen's attempt to combine the sound of a classic Gibson guitar with the physical attributes and tremolo bar functionality of a Fender Stratocaster. Its name is a portmanteau of Frankenstein, the fictional doctor who created a monster by combining body parts of the recently deceased, and the Stratocaster, a model of electric guitar made by Fender. The Frankenstrat, also known as " Frankie", is a guitar created by Eddie Van Halen. The original Fender bridge and tremolo system has been replaced with a Floyd Rose tremolo system, which also required a new neck, fitted with a matched Floyd Rose locking nut. An adhesive strip on the lower bout was used to store spare picks. The volume control was functional, though capped with a knob labeled "TONE". A fragment of the original pickguard remains under the control bank. The bridge slot contains the only working pickup, a slightly misaligned Gibson PAF humbucker with black plastic bobbins. ![]() The top two pickups have been replaced with non-functional electronics: the center one with a selector switch and the upper one with a red single-coil pickup. This photo shows the guitar in its final state, with red-over-white-over-black paint job. Van Halen modified the Frankenstrat several times.
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