cool video!
I actually played the one the Hard Rock bought for $17,500 back in the 90s at a Sotheby's auction - it was allegedly one of his "main players" - but he had quite a few of the 5150 style red/white stripe guitars. I sold celebrity owned guitars to the Hard rock Memorabilia Dept for over a decade, and had quite a good relationship with them, so when a Hendrix guitar would come back to "the mothership", or they bought something cool like the EVH guitar, they would call me up to come check it out.
me, being a rabid EVH fan, was really excited to check out the 5150 guitar. and out of all those years they let me loose in the warehouse, when I could have stolen ALL SORTS of cool amazing stuff......what did i do? I stole the low "E" tuner off the floyd rose and replaced it with another worn fine tuner screw.
i have never stolen anything in my adult life......except for this damn screw.....lol.....