The Electric Guitar’s Long (And Louder), Strange Trip From its gentle 16th-century acoustic origins to the souped-up ‘Frankenstein,’ a Smithsonian scholar strums the historic chords of the ...

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Right here in Spokane is where you’ll find the man behind Eddie Van Halen’s famous “Frankenstein” guitar. Lynn Ellsworth made guitars for some of the biggest ...

Frankenstein made its debut on the cover of the band's "Van Halen" record and was white with black stripes across it. Van Halen later painted the guitar's body red with Schwinn bicycle paint ...

Frankenstein made its debut on the cover of the band's "Van Halen" record and was white with black stripes across it. Van Halen later painted the guitar's body red with Schwinn bicycle paint ...

Eddie Van Halen’s new take on a classic guitar first appeared on the cover of Van Halen’s iconic 1978 self-titled début album. In the photo, 22-year-old Van Halen is lifting his guitar toward ...

The original “Frankenstein” guitar merges the sound of a Gibson with the functionality of a Fender Stratocaster. It is hand painted by the late rock legend. The auction ends today and the ...

Eddie Van Halen played a "Frankenstein" guitar, cobbled together from a variety of guitar parts and decorated with paint and colored tape.

Last year, EVH broke from Frankenstein tradition by offering Eddie Van Halen’s most iconic electric guitar in flat, relic’d, “civilian” colorways – red, white and black, essentially ...

Eddie Van Halen recently donated his custom-made guitar named Frankenstein 2 to the National Museum of American History. Clay Patrick McBride / Contour by Getty Images Recently, guitarist Eddie ...

Frankenstein made its debut on the cover of the band's "Van Halen" record and was white with black stripes across it. Van Halen later painted the guitar's body red with Schwinn bicycle paint ...