EVH "Frankenstrat" Pseudo-Kramer a la '80s Eddie Van Halen monster This is a replica I made of Eddie Van Halen's "Frankenstat," sometimes referred to as "Frankenstein" also.  It is truly a guitar of the '80s.

Body Strat-styled body spray painted solid red. then striped in black and white rear position routed for humbucker Floyd Rose routing     Neck KWS (Warmoth's Kramer knockoff) Klugson Tuners     Hardware Floyd Rose tremolo eye hook strap holders from local hardware store     Electronics one single coil pickup (not connected*) (Eddie had a '56 PAF Gibson) 5-way selector (not connected; just stuck into the middle pick-up routing). 500k potentiometer for volume control with push-pull*

Control: Push-pull pot under the lone volume knob

Function: Never being one to leave things well enough alone, I couldn't see getting by on a single humbucker guitar and letting that little single coil go to waste.  Sooooo, I used a push-pull pot for the volume knob and used that to tap the humbucker such that the bridge-most coil is combined in parallel with the single coil in the neck position.  The result?  Two contrasting sounds: a thrash-ready "brown" sound to cut loose with, but with a Strat/Tele sound for the mellow passages.

Note: Different pick-ups will have different color codes for the wires.  Consult the manufacturer's website for which wires feed from which coils.

In this diagram, the red wires from each pick-up represent the "hot" feed.  The blue wires from each go to ground.  The purple and green wires on the humbucker are the pair that are usually wired together (in series) in the standard humbucking configuration.

Components pictured: Single coil pick-up 4-conductor humbucker Push-pull pot (500k Ohms) Output jack

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