![]() A copy of the Frankenstrat is housed in the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. In April 2019, the Metropolitan Museum of Art displayed the Frankenstrat guitar as part of the "Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll" exhibit. It has a standard six-string setup and a Floyd Rose tremolo. The guitar has a maple neck and fretboard, chrome hardware, and was painted with a black-and-white striped design, then black and white stripes on a red background. An early version of a Superstrat, the guitar was made from a Northern Ash Stratocaster body, with pickup routing which Van Halen modified to fit a Gibson PAF humbucking pickup in the bridge position. The Frankenstrat was Van Halen's attempt to combine the sound of a classic Gibson guitar with the physical attributes and tremolo bar functionality of a Fender Stratocaster. Its name is a portmanteau of Frankenstein, the fictional doctor who created a monster by combining body parts of the recently deceased, and the Stratocaster, a model of electric guitar made by Fender. The Frankenstrat, also known as " Frankie", is a guitar created by Eddie Van Halen. The original Fender bridge and tremolo system has been replaced with a Floyd Rose tremolo system, which also required a new neck, fitted with a matched Floyd Rose locking nut. An adhesive strip on the lower bout was used to store spare picks. The volume control was functional, though capped with a knob labeled "TONE". A fragment of the original pickguard remains under the control bank. The bridge slot contains the only working pickup, a slightly misaligned Gibson PAF humbucker with black plastic bobbins. ![]() The top two pickups have been replaced with non-functional electronics: the center one with a selector switch and the upper one with a red single-coil pickup. This photo shows the guitar in its final state, with red-over-white-over-black paint job. Van Halen modified the Frankenstrat several times. ![]()
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