VINNIE VINCENT 1980 CHARVEL ELECTRIC GUITAR o

A Vinnie Vincent Charvel Strat electric guitar built with hand-chosen components by Vincent. Vincent was inspired to build the guitar after trying Eddie Van Halen’s Charvel. Van Halen explained that he had built his guitar with custom parts, which included neck, pickup and body. Vincent tried Van Halen’s guitar and liked it so much he spent the next few months customizing a similar guitar to Ed Van Halen’s. The result was this one of a kind Charvel. The guitar was used by Vincent to record KISS’ Creatures of the Night album in 1982. The guitar, which still has its original strings from the Creatures album, was used on the songs “I Love It Loud,” “Killer,” “War Machine,” “Keep Me Comin’,” and “Saint and Sinner,” among others. The neck joint plate is numbered “65520 1,” back plate absent. Accompanied by a side-loading hardshell case. Vincent has provided these recollections of this guitar: "There’s a really great story behind this particular guitar and how an impromptu evening I had the good fortune to spend with Eddie and Alex Van Halen in 1980 was a real turning point for me in many ways, including the type of guitar I would eventually choose to play. It's hard to believe it was some 35 years ago, but in early 1980 I was living in Hollywood and recording many demos, including the song ‘Tears,’ which later became a hit for John Waite, in a small Pasadena recording studio. The studio owner was this really nice guy who had obviously seen some of my guitars when I was in r