The Edward Van Halen (EVH) Prototype PRS; 1 of 2

[markie]

Hans Van Den Halen ....................... Rock'in that Biatch .................. All night long :rock:

 

[BlackMoons]

Nice piece of history. Thanks for sharing. Good luck with her.

 

[Brad737]

I must confess I'm definitely a "hardcore EVH fanboi". I've owned pretty much all of the EVH guitars, except for the striped Charvels. So, I do understand what those guys like about Ed's early tone. But...

I'd LOVE to get my greasy, little mitts on the PRS EVH. If Hans would sell her to me, I'd put on an old school Floyd with a big brass trem block and a Duncan EVH pickup (or 78...whatever they're calling it now).

I want it.

Seriously.

Like a fat kid wants cake.

Like Lindsay Lohan wants coke.

Like a crooked politician wants re-elected.

 

[alantig]

Like a fat kid wants cake.

I don't want any frigging cake!!!!

Stupid stereotypes....

:wink:

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

The shark has now been jumped. :top:

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I started with ebony tuner buttons. I mounted them to some old SE tuners and a large paint stick. Then I sanded them and cut some masking tape to a width that I thought might work.



The first coat of paint is white primer.



Then I stripped off the tape to expose the black ebony. After that, I added more tape in different widths.



Then I added several coats of a candy red.



After it dried (for over a month) I sanded them with 800 grit and added 5 coats of clear.



Can you dig it?

 

[Woundtight]

I dig it!!! :top:

 

[WEDGE]

Badass.

 

[BenFrantz]

You just made a seriously cool guitar even cooler.

 

[rugerpc]

So very freakin' cool!

 

[JustRob]

That's awesome! Nice work. :rock:

 

[Michael B]

Totally dig it!! So sweet!!

 

[Brad737]

That's ridiculous! And I mean that in the best possible sense.

 

[veinbuster]

I kind of want to say that is way too much work, but it looks so cool I have to say it was time well spent.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Such a star.

 

[solacematt]

wow...just...

 

[geese_com]

This guitar just keeps getting better. Great job, Hans.

 

[prsrocker1988]

Awesome guitar and story!

I love single hum guitars. I stay on the bridge pickup 90 percent of the time anyway as mostly I go for a chunky yet twangy tone. I'm more of a rhythm guy so I dig that but I play a lot of leads on the bridge pickup too. I have a single hum guitar with a SD JB in it that I use live in Eflat for Bob Seger's "Her Strut". I'd love to see a single humbucker guitar in the PRS lineup sometime!

 

[Herr Squid]

The shark has now been jumped. :top:

Can you dig it?

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That is totally bats?!t insane and I love it!! :biggrin:

 

[László]

Not that you're obsessed with guitars or anything...

But very cool indeed!

 

[HighGain510]

The tuners came out great, nicely done!