2 Of Poppa's Evh's

[Big Poppa]

Sorry Ive been away but this wedding was a really big event. You will see it in wedding magazines.

I was in SLO today and pulled out a few unique pieces.....

The first one is a proto with a single H in the neck position. Eddie and I both loved this guitar but I won the tug of war. It is essentially just one of the coils of the one of the humbuckings. I cant remember if it was from the neck or bridge. I just know that we couldnt duplicate it easy.

TH enext one was pretty early on. EVH was up visiting and checking things out and we were walking through and spotted this pink one that looks almost spalted and was just getting the pink stain rubbed into it. its serial number 99......I won that tug of war too. EVH won most though.

lets keep this thread only on the guitars and I will continue from time to time to post these historics......Enjoy!

 

[JMB27]

sweeeet - thank you very much for sharing those photos.
I think I will log-out now and go for a couple of smokes

 

[robelinda2]

how cool must the vault be! Great stuff BP, we are not worthy!

 

[dfrady]

Those are Killer !! I love the top on that pink one !!

 

[roburado]

BP, thanks for the look. Much appreciated. I always love when Poppa tells me a story.

 

[moanjam]

hey sterling - so i remember eddie using a single-coil version back during the f.u.c.k. era for recording - was this model with the single coil in the neck originally intended for production or was this when ed wanted to start using the single-coils and first came up with the idea of just having a bridge humbucker and one single-coil in the neck?

p.s. i would LOVE to see more 'history' photos of your instruments - especially prototypes!!! would love to see some of the john petrucci protos and steve morse too.

 

[moanjam]

the pink finish is kinda cool - the faded purple should be called 'root beer'.

 

[Larry]

I want to see the entire vault BP....

 

[Big Poppa]

that guitar was used on a record but so was a sss one. I dont know which one though

 

[Big Poppa]

I want to see the entire vault BP....

Really? A forumite that wants more? WE call them Knuckleheads!~

 

[bovinehost]

You should show them the EVH Memorial Boxes of Near-Guitars.

Just the boxes, not what's in 'em!

 

[poj]

Wow...

 

[glockaxis]

Some awesome stuff BP. Thanks. I too love the history behind these vault jems. Steve Morse seems to be pretty consistant w/ his guitar over the many years, so would I be wrong in assuming that there are minimal Morse models (a bit of alliteration for ya) in the vault? How about the others????

Thanks BP

 

[Headstock]

Man I totally dig the translucent pink finish on these guitars! Thanks for sharing those

 

[fogman]

I love the pink one!

Thanks BP!

 

[tommyindelaware]

welcome back poppa.
& a giant from the heart congrads on your big weekend from janice & i !!!!

thanks for the eye candy . the pink top is stunning !!!!
hopefully the moderators will kill any hint of bs that sprouts from this thread.

i second the motion that we need to see the ALL the vault gems.

Sorry Ive been away but this wedding was a really big event. You will see it in wedding magazines.

lets keep this thread only on the guitars and I will continue from time to time to post these historics......Enjoy!

 

[DT1607]

Nice!

I love the pink.

 

[wolfbone07]

Wow! I have got to say that I absolutely love the translucent pink finish. It's got my vote as the next LE color! Bring back the pink ALs.

BP, many thanks, I love seeing stuff like this.

 

[kissmyaxe]

Wow yeh the first one is my favorite....geez that is perrtyy, the headstock rocks

 

[ivanmihaljevic]

These guitars look great, Poppa.
We want to hear more stories...