Roth said Van Halen’s guitar tech, Rudy Leiren, gave each version of the burgeoning Frankenstrat a name. “The very first name, I don’t recollect. It may well have been Frankenstein,” he said.

The guitars are estimated to fetch between $40,000 to $80,000 each. Two of Eddie Van Halen’s Frankenstrat-Style Guitars to Be Auctioned Jon Hadusek ...

Kurt Cobain ’s artwork, one of Eddie Van Halen ’s Frankenstrat guitars, and Robert Plant’s handwritten lyrics to Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” are among the items set to hit the auction ...

Wolfgang Van Halen, the son of the late Van Halen shredder Eddie Van Halen, used his father's famous "Frankenstrat" guitar on parts of his upcoming debut album with Mammoth WVH, due out next month ...

Pictures of all the items can be seen below. While this guitar is “non playable,” the full size Frankenstrat that Van Halen plays in the video recently sold at auction for $3.9 million.

It's not unreasonable to assume that that sale played a large role in why a number of other pieces of memorabilia from the Hot for Teacher video – including the small-scale Frankenstrat used by ...

David Lee Roth Recalls His Part in Designing Eddie Van Halen’s Frankenstrat Philip Trapp Published: December 6, 2021 Jason Kempin / Alexi Rosenfeld, Getty Images ...