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Isn't that the guitar Michael Gonzales won back in 85?
Article about it in the inside VH magazine. I'll dig it out sometime and check. It could be another Kramer but I thought that was the one he won and got from Ed personally.
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07.09.13, 03:29 PM #34
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But why on the ad it says 1988??
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duh..... the ad says 1988 the one Mike won and the one I was talking about was from 85. Thanks Jimi.....
sorry guys I was not paying attention. Been a long day.
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Hey Jimi....
I was on halen.com the other day and noticed something that I had not heard. If its true I don't know how the heck I missed it as the 5150 is my fav VH axe of all time and I always pay attention to threads with it.
Jimi you should be able to answer this. I read that Ed gave the Kramer 5150 to chip Ellis a while back. I knew he had the weird shapes / rude guitar but never heard anything about Ed giving 5150 to him too. Any truth to this?
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I heard this a few weeks back and bought it up again in a post there the other day.
Obviously, it could of happened, but I doubt Ed would give that guitar away... He's not stupid... He would know what that guitar is worth and I'm sure it means a lot to him. If he was going to give it to anybody, you would think that Wolfgang would get it like he got the 1984 Kramer...
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I spoke to a reputable source today and it seems as though its most like true that Chip does in fact have the 5150. Of course there is really no 100% confirmation but maybe we will get some info going forward. I agree that Wolf should have been to one to have it. It goes hand in hand with the Kramer 84.
but we all know how unorthadox Edward can be.
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Update on the 5150 guitar location....I will not say how I talked to him....let's just say I got my information straight from the horses mouth....the guitar that Chip has is a backup to the 5150 guitar.....from the info that I got....when evh striped the 5150 Kramer....there were several bodies striped up in the same exact stripe configuration....but evh still has the original....on a side note....the holy grail 5150 guitar pictures that were on the Internet...with the striped neck...was in fact the original....and the person that I talked to has that mystery striped neck that was on the original 5150!
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Jeremy,
thanks for posting this bro. I thought it seemed a little odd that Ed gave away the 5150 in the first place. Glad its still at 5150. Cool though he has the original neck in the striped pattern too...... I love that 7th tuning peg after the break.
thanks for the official info dude,
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I always thought that striped neck was a photoshop jobbie.... I was never really convinced that the 5150 in that picture was the real thing either... It looks like its in a guitar shop (the original photo)... Why would the real 5150 be in a guitar shop???? Surely Ed's got people to come to him if he needed work done on it. I couldn't imagine Eddie walking into a shop and saying " I need a service & set up for my guitar"... "Can you put 9's on it".
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I believe the holy grail pictures of the 5150....are the original....but I don't know the origin or the pictures....Rob...do you know any history behind those pics?
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I was never really sure of the orgin of those grail pics. The guys on halen.com would probably know. They certainly looked legit to me when I first saw them a couple years ago though.
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As stated, Ed does strange things. Just like the rest of us. But I do know Mr. Van Halen will go to a store. Around the time of his porn soundtrack thing he was at Guitar Center in Sherman Oaks I think. I have a close relative who worked there at the time. Long story short, he was at the counter with strings and pedals. No one offered to help him quick enough. He got a bit upset. No one recognized him. Guess he felt he had to ask if they knew who he was. So I could see him going somewhere he liked. Friedman amps jumps out at me. Bringing any guitar us a possibility.
Remember, he was looking rough then and had duct tape holding his boots together. I feel bad even telling this story. I cleaned it up a bit. It's great to see him today rockin' out!
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