Eddie Van Halen & Matthew Bruck on "The Frankenstrat" Guitar Replica

[@Bwiser63]

I find EVH fascinating,not only is his playing fascinating but just listening to him talk and explain his amps and guitars are also fascinating. They will never be another EVH and it was great while it lasted and at least his music will always be around.

[@PawpawJamz]

Imagine being able to sit and pick his brain. Great video. RIP, KING🙏🙏🙏

[@tymanngruter1808]

If he would be still alive, he stays changing parts of each guitar! Eddie will be missed Forever! 🪨

[@tysonkonken-jj3vd]

This video proves that it DOES NOT MATTER the name on the headstock of your guitar! ALL YOU GUITAR SNOBS COULD LEARN A THING OR TWO!!

[@Freddy-kw2mk]

Yes, you got that right brother! I have never paid big money for a guitar...but I would pay the 5000 bucks for this replica and I would probably never play it because that is a work of art lol!

[@billdivine9501]

It’s funny that Chip says he discovered VH from the 1984 album. I knew someone just like that. He’d never heard of them until the 1984 album, probably because he was much younger than me, and he asked me what other VH albums he should get and I so proudly told him to get every album before 1984 and get ready for the ride of your life! Still makes me smile to this day imagining him getting his mind blown by so many awesome songs!

[@x7heDeviLx]

I’m glad Matt was able to get this interview before he passed. Something about the way he talks about his guitar is like a cowboy and his horse or maybe gun

[@nitrokyosho]

He had part of his tounge removed because of cancer not coke that's why he was talking like that.

[@SecretSpots]

GREAT video! Also: Sooo awesome to know how much Eddie respected and loved Dimebag. ... Now they're both jammin together with Vinnie!

[@unclerudy9797]

My buddy Dave...God Rest Him owns the Eddies' Original #2 5150 Frankenstrat... He had owned it for over 20 years...Very Cool Piece...

[@TheMotorman116]

I can’t imagine building a replica guitar for my hero only to have him be so impressed and gracious about it while hanging out with me at the same time. Holy shit man…

[@OblivionAviator]

Thank you for this! And thanks to Eddie for being so candid & fun in the interview. RIP EVH. There will never be another!

[@FeguerFineArt]

Yep, I second that.

[@tonygSDWR]

Eddie's so genuinely nice, I've read countless stories of him just chillin' with fans. This project for Chip must've been mind-blowing for him knowing he was able to pull off this replica for his hero.

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

He never forgot where he came from like the majority of musicians do

[@billbruno7163]

My cousin, Jeff Scott(Scozzaro), a well known custom auto painter/striper originally painted the guitar when a young, unknown Eddie walked into his So CA shop and asked him to paint it. Sometime later Jeff was in a market and saw a magazine rack with a photo of Eddie and the guitar he painted, and was shocked to see it.

[@CRAZYCANUCKTV]

Lots of cocaine, this man is such a huge influence for me but man was he a champ when it came to the white stuff!

[@23skidoo46]

man, just think about ALL the innovations and changes he led to within guitar manufacturing and sales. He literally invented the super strat/frankenstrat guitars and many more things. just nuts.

[@1100suziq]

Reminds me of how Val Rossi describes his motorcycle racing. He doesn't know how he does it, he just does it. Great video, thanks!

[@johnnynbk]

black and white version was cooler. i always thought the red was too much,but of course that paint job is iconic.

[@MrBlackHimself]

BLACK AND WHITE F0R SURE...AND THE VAN HALENIZED IBANEZ DESTR0YER IS SICK AS FUCK!!

[@karlimo4034]

The red one is more comercially appealing, that´s why it became an icon. Like a KZbin thumbnail with color saturation. Not very artistic but it sells.

[@williamb.8059]

Black and white was cool! Loved the black and yellow guitar as well.

[@disseminationnetwork]

Great, very specific questions...this is a great interview!

[@beekman3455]

Cool video but also goes to show how great of a role pure luck and destiny play in our life. Most of Eddie’s success was by accident.

[@knightfall9394]

most of eddies success was from hard work and dedication to his craft

[@lets_rock_it]

Your the accident that any simple condom would solve.

[@HelloImNotJohnnyCash]

how bombed was he during this interview..

[@fenderbender909]

"...kind of like a mazola party". LOL

[@ImHumbucker]

Can we just think about this for a second? How proud would you be, if you learned you were the person that sold the flawed body and neck, of what would become easily the most recognizable guitar in world?

[@jodymills3138]

What a great interview Eddie just being himself is nice to see. Cherish memories. Thanks for sharing.

[@robertdiehl1281]

Absolutely fantastic interview. Happy for the guitar builder that Ed was so appreciative of his efforts. Can’t believe that he’s gone. RIP

[@frankdardano3182]

He was just knocking at the door, when he passed.So many,why? I heard it was from electric set up with mike.I know he explained his theory why he got cancer HE was probably right R.I.P. EDDIE.Thanks!

[@stevehill5018]

Wow! The best EVH interview I have ever seen. I am embarrassed to say that I have never seen it before. Thank you!!

[@davidcooper6786]

Best interview I've ever herd with this guitar player. No embellished mansion with superficial crap around. Nice rustic looking room with a musician who sold a lot of records and was very candid and down- to -earth. With all the badmouthing by Hagar, I hear nothing of the sort in this interview.

[@rustbeltwilds837]

Hard to see him in this condition. But after all were all human

[@cambell9]

Human after all

[@TUUK2006]

Man, it's sad to see and hear him looking so fucked up. Looks completely wasted.

[@francislemon7]

RIP Eddie, there will never be another. Always an inspiration!

[@JohnJackson-i6r]

AWESOME EDWARD VAN HALEN...REST IN PEACE. ROCK THE HEAVENS, ED.🎸💜🇺🇸

[@uncleremus5046]

He’s drunk af here!!

[@monkeyrater]

wish he didnt paint over the b&w, nice to hear him say that too. but the red one looks cool in its own way

[@bryanfontaine9627]

That guitar IS a part of a lot of our lives. For sure. RIP KING Edward!

[@smartrn1]

Seeing Ed in 5150 is glorious

[@JokersWild70]

He was out of his mind at this point. Thank God he got help soon after

[@floydj.907]

Everyone has their demons..and if they say they don't they're liars.. you just have to deal with them and move on..

[@dereksendrak]

What year?

[@knightfall9394]

@@dereksendrakits before the roth reunion, im guessing 2006

[@maxrings73]

Yes i guess 2006 too. I've got this interview in a DVD sold inside a Guitar magazine that i bought in 2007.

[@jerrysanders9101]

@@floydj.907 💯

[@heavyagnelli1973]

Eddie is the epitome of the greatest guitar players, yo ever exist. His style and innovation, was unmatched

[@James-zx1qy]

Eddie seems just fine in this video. Just a down to earth guy and the rock and roll lifestyle falls on you as you get famous and things progress. It happens to everyone in every band from the 1950's till today. I sure miss Eddie and those days way back when and I saw VH on tour in Huntington,WV while in college at Marshall U in 1980 and my best friend and I were front stage right in front of Eddie with Dave center and we threw them joints which they smoked on stage live in real time. They were drinking Heineken from the drum kit area with Alex who was downing them between songs. Just the best show ever!! I'm a guitar player since 1974-75 and watching Eddie from front stage was a life long inspiration as well as the entire band whom I loved as well. 😊

[@RandyFricke]

Find the videos of Ed with Jason Becker. You will cry.

[@billbobagginsbonham9239]

With Alex,Dave, and Michael, you have to wonder who eddie Van Halen would have been?

[@curtisprice9806]

AT THE VERY TOP!!!

[@JerryCherryBand]

Greatest interview ever 🎸

[@poisedforduty]

Back in the 70s Fender came out with a racing stripped Mustang, perhaps this inspired EVH to paint his guitar with stripes

[@bobbybergdoll4377]

Up In Smoke rock fight/battle of the bands.

[@DBicakci]

5:44, vibes like Heath Ledger's joker =) . btw its one of the videos you wish it never ends...

[@FOXLIES]

Wow just wow

[@michaelbrantley9990]

Without EVH there would be no Superstrats. If he had not become one of the most influential guitarists ever, he would have become a luthier. He already kinda was actually.

[@willswitchcraft]

I was on the 5150 tour (1986 - playing with the opening act).............here's some (poor quality) footage I shot on that tour, for anyone interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epbVlp2ooJeZjq8si=cd4t04YNmJMMDYmn

[@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853]

This is awesome. Will we ever witness creativity like this again? Note to all: No tone wood snobbery, bone nut discussions, finish blah, just a broke young man with endless enthusiasm, drive, work ethic, and creativity, to take throwaway pieces and change music forever.

[@belotface]

Thanks for posting this!

[@gerh33]

Really great to see this - thanks 👍 Poor ol’ Ed seems a wee bit ‘weird’ here, no offence folks but he’s not seeming to be at his best. Still a feckin’ genius tho’. Rest well Eddie. 🇮🇪

[@stanlibertycatfishchaosits5075]

Yes , not good here ,

[@juicedeservedwhathegot5491]

@@stanlibertycatfishchaosits5075absolutely fucked out of his mind

[@CRAZYCANUCKTV]

I wouldnt say so much he was out of his mind because he was never out of his mind, he was the most innovative and one of a kind and hes actually quite toned down here

[@philliplee1193]

I remember some commenter dissing his backyard performance ‘cause he was drunk - get real!

[@FernandoOliveira1979]

this goes for history.

[@Freddy-kw2mk]

The most iconoc guitar in the universe!

[@Jason-jc8ro]

The proudest moment in my guitar building career was when Lynn Elsworth of Boogie Bodies and Floyd Rose walked into my shop( Roxy Guitar Finish)and we signed a contract to paint 100 Floyd Rose guitars a month. That was better than the conversation I had with Ken and Paul Warmoth about the "5150" guitar while I was being reprimanded for telling they're boof son Chris Warmoth I had to smoke weed before I could even look at him because he is the poster child for being a butt plugg!!! I got to fire him outa the paint dept. AWESOME!! He then delivered pizza and would wait a couple months before showing up to ask me for his job back. The answer was absolutely not.

[@thefool2007]

Love that he made his guitar. It has so much mojo as the master created his tool based on his needs. That’s incredible for his time (before customs were available and or affordable).

[@philliplee1193]

And he went where he went with it, sonically . . other styles such as blues and southern rock could use such innovation !

[@rockerbob949]

I have a gigantic tattoo of EVH on my forearm….i want everyone to see! But how? He is freaking amazing

[@sampate4323]

Eddie is drunk

[@frv1995]

Roth really was the leader of the band , he gave them direction and motivation. Eddie was the genius , the composer . The heart & soul of the band. Alex was the foundation, him and his brother were the strength & power of Van Halen. Michael was the loyal employee who carried the van halen flag into battle every night . Then sam came and also gave the band direction. We will never see another Van Halen ever imo. One of thee greatest R&R bands to ever exist. R.I.P Ed ...

[@bruceniblett959]

Actually Alex was the leader from day 1 because he could beat the crap put the rest of them. Wolfgang said "my Dad was never the leader Al was" you an see it when they do interviews. They mostly talk to Eddie and every once in a while Al chimes in and Eddie always nods his head.

[@fppro1679]

I like it when Ed said" I might just get one of these for myself!"

[@steveec9704]

People will still listen to EVH 500 Years from now

[@spuds6423]

Eddie's middle name: Lodewijk is the Dutch version of Ludwig aka Louis ....well, we have been listening to some dude named Beethoven for hundreds of years, so I guess you are correct!!! "Be Excellent to One Another"- Bill and Ted

[@morbidmanmusic]

Nah.

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

One of the best interviews I’ve seen.

[@sanchezma20]

11:50 classic

[@nicolaspaguirre3656]

One of the goat herd

[@KwadSquadFPV]

Hes up there tweaking the angels harps

[@patricksullivan7140]

Greatness

[@NerdAlert911]

Function over form. My man.

[@la.reaction]

Eddie was the coolest guy

[@joedivald1051]

Movie Unforgiven. He sure as hell ain't no carpenter. Lol😊

[@SombraPiloto]

I love that little one-handed run he so effortlessly does at 9:28 so much.

[@FrontRowPass]

Amazing story! Thanks for sharing!! Just fascinating 🤘🏻

[@cgafrisco2837]

Where’s the original now? Wolfie has it, most likely?

[@tonyduran4293]

Wolfie used it on two songs on his latest album/CD, fyi. Still in use. Frankie lives on!!

[@davidmcdaniel8524]

I heard vh 1. Had the hole album mesmerized. Me. I was hookked

[@Mike-ki6rg]

Great interview That was Ed at his best. If you ever met him, he was a great Humans Being

[@Mike-ki6rg]

Ed V H. Genius

[@SombraPiloto]

Hopefully by "at his best" you mean in a one on one interview and not this particular moment in time because it's sad to see him looking and sounding so worn down and unhealthy. Thankfully he got himself well.

[@ZippyThePinhead]

Thank for posting this. I'm be curious what year this interview took place. The fact that Eddie is so knocked out with this replica is great, "it feels better than the original" is saying something.

[@SquierBulletBass-sj5bg]

Prob 2008

[@edlaw51501]

This was a disc sent out in guitar world magazine, in 2008 I have it somewhere, it also had the promo for the Frankenstein guitar you could purchase something like 500 or 50 of the exact replicas were built and I believe they were selling for $20,000 maybe it was more or less . But basically that's where and what the entire disk was about if memory serves correct.

[@jerrysanders9101]

I read 06. Because the interview came in a guitar magazine on dvd in 07

[@edlaw51501]

@@jerrysanders9101 You're probably right, I have the Magazine somewhere, I just figured by how he was looking it was done around the time he was having difficulties 2007-08.

[@OrangeJuiceOctopus]

David Lee Roth came up with the paint job.

[@KyleJon]

I totally agree with Ed. Fender necks and bodies feel WAY better than Les Pauls, but that humbucker is the shyt! I’m SO glad I rented a Les Paul first, and realized I hated how it felt and played. Then I tried a EVH Franky, and said that feels WAY better. Then I geeked out and built my own! Mine is about 90% to what Chips is, at 1/15th the price. Totally happy with it!

[@stonephilips9361]

25k for a guitar you can make in your garage for 1000.00

[@bobbybergdoll4377]

$100.

[@justinrowland5191]

Idk. Drunk or whatever ed shows me he's human. I'm not celebrating his problem. You don't see shit like this from icons. Ed was full of alot and trying to live up to other people b.s. but, we really are lucky to have alot of shit to watch with him in it.

[@billdncn]

❤Thanks for posting!

[@roboravitz5572]

Had he only gotten addiction in control before it was too late ?he would still be alive.Wish he did.Saws him in Jacksonville 2005.he siubded great but looked awful.It wss then I forecasted hus death and sure enough .I was regrettably right.

[@roboravitz5572]

Sounded great

[@roboravitz5572]

Looked like death on a stick

[@eugenehavens]

Not to bring out the Sammy haters, but that’s what Sammy was trying to get Eddie to do during the reunion tour era. His comments have been twisted to be anti-Eddie. All egos aside, you can tell Sammy loved the guy like a brother.

[@tommythompson7941]

You need to get your typing under control before it's too late.

[@curtdupriez3775]

Matt Bruck: turns out he's a great journo!

[@chrislestermusic]

Matt knows more about Ed, his gear and approach to gear than anyone else on Earth.

[@ulfjohansson5328]

I saw them in Sweden 1984 ,that shows later became legendary, though it was the first and last Van Halen concert ever in Sweden,at least with Dave Roth ❤❤❤❤❤

[@booby7856]

Good job Matt. Proud of you. Steve Ripley

[@curtisprice9806]

THOUSANDS OF VINTAGE INSTRUMENTS WERE DEVALUED DURING THE '80'S DUE TO EVH' S INFLUENCE!! ( AMPS TOO,!) PEOPLE KNEW HIS TONE WAS ACE! RESPECT 4 EVER

[@RjBenjamin353]

Que descansé en paz

[@davebasch5995]

Cancer in his voice.. yikes! Love him

[@MarkJensen-x1j]

EVH was like a Mad Scientist when it came to Guitars and music in general, there will never be another like him, not even close, I could listen to him talk about guitars all day, great video!!

[@8stringswildoo]

Very cool story!

[@peteyoung7665]

Ed on pills and booze.Still did a hell of a good job though.When it was time to do it for real.He was very focused.

[@dasse1588]

I can't remember the name but there is a punk guitar band that Eddie would go to see in the '70s. And the guitarist had put black stripes or tape on his guitar. That's where Eddie got the idea from

[@riproar11]

I built a lot of balsa wood model airplanes from kid to teen years and learned a lot about masking and spray-painting. This is an interview and to make it interesting, a lot of things have been embellished. Anyone who makes a true replica would have to have the real model to work from, not from photos. In the photo with both of them with three "frankenstrats" you can clearly see that the stripes on the upper horn of the guitar on the left do not match the one in the middle of the photo.

[@FYMASMD]

He was good the first two albums. After that he was a mess. Tried to be holdsworth but just isn’t. If there ever was an overrated guitarist, it’s this guy. Pass.

[@NameThatSong1]

Sure... 👎

[@christopherdunn317]

I watched this many times before ! and did anyone noticed down below behind him thats a 5150 3 amp ? i wonder if this was a prototype ? not sure when the date of this interview was?

[@Jamko1970]

Awsome post!!!!

[@JohnnyButtons]

Wow 🤯

[@SweetPicklenation]

He’s toasted and brilliant

[@jbw9999]

This was 2006. There's an article on Guitar World's website about it.

[@Terry-m7j1h]

Man bro we miss you you are the best buddy

[@patricksheppard585]

Amen bro…!!!!!!!

[@johnnypaps2834]

And Tom Delonge claims he came up with the single humbucker strat 🤡🤡🤡

[@klepetar]

did not seem healthy there ,,

[@16665150]

Great interview, thanks

[@r2orobles338]

DLR takes credit for the paint job idea....... of course it wasn't till after Eddie passed that he did that.....