John4021
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That place should of paid Ed to screw it into the wall.
Giving it more of a relic look
Giving it more of a relic look
Riggins1966
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jesus, don't they have video surveillance in that place?
Mailman1971
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For sale - 1 slightly used red white and black guitar.
Previously owned by a famous musician.
Asking 80k. Pics can be sent on request.
Previously owned by a famous musician.
Asking 80k. Pics can be sent on request.
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harddriver
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That can't be the "Original" Frankenstrat, Ed wouldn't let that thing out of his sight especially to a Hard Rock Cafe... It has to be one of the Fender Frankenstrats builds that were selling for$25,000 when they first hit the streets a few years back.
An Article says Frank 2 a replica was donated to the Smithsonian.
An Article says Frank 2 a replica was donated to the Smithsonian.
Rick Lee
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Ed probably never touched that guitar. If he did the donation in person, that's probably the first he had ever seen that guitar.
reverymike
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Definitely not the original Frankie. Probably not even a replica. I'd guess if it was at the Hard Rock, it was one other many striped Kramers he had used on tour.
hammered
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Rick Lee":1ymtgn5b said:
It`s possible he touched it
Rick Lee
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The one in NY is different. That was a huge event. I remember watching it on Good Morning America, and had wanted to skip school and go into the city that day. Pretty sure there were no later donation ceremonies at other locations, or else we'd have seen footage of it long ago. In fact, for that NY one, I'd be willing to bet Kramer slapped that guitar together at their factory in NJ and just had it couriered to Ed's hotel room before he went downstairs to the limo to ride over to the HRC.
Bronco
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I thought the original is in the Smithsonian?
Rick Lee
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Bronco":1b4b67sm said:
That was a Chip Ellis replica when Fender made that batch of 300.
hammered
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Rick Lee":2t1lwcgw said:
Well I was being somewhat sarcastic but you`re probably right
cecilbag
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I can't believe it's that easy to take a guitar from hard rock. They might want to consider locks and cameras. Seems like the slushys are more secure at 7-11
supersonic
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How could you tell which is the original?
Rick Lee
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supersonic":30ulnyz5 said:
AFAIK, Ed has only ever sent the real one out to Chip Ellis, when he was making the replicas for Fender, and then I think he had it on loan at the Fender Museum in Corona, CA for a while. I only know that because an employee mentioned playing it and how bad it looked and smelled, not believing King Edward could play such a POS. And then he ran into Ed, who had shown up to take it back home. When Chip Ellis got done with the replicas, Ed said he couldn't tell the difference between those and the real one. Obviously, he has a few of those Fender replicas. So there'd be no reason for the real one to ever leave the house again. I'm sure he has some kind of marking or ID on the real one that only he can recognize in case of theft.
The Hoff
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Apparently it has been returned...? According to the update on the article?
crwnedblasphemy
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It’s been returned with no other details. Lmao. Fuckin employee probably used it for a quick gig
japetus
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crwnedblasphemy":11dnrebe said:
Yeah, it probably went something like this:
Thief: Dude, you won't believe this but I took EVH's guitar for this gig!
Friend: Yeah right fuckface, dream on!
Thief: NO really man, it's Eddies guitar!
Friend: Yeah okay man...right.
Bloodrock
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If I were an employee there I'd take that bitch and pretend I never heard of EVH! Especially if there were no cameras...
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