“CIRCLES” 1981

Known to the fans as the “CIRCLES” guitar, Eddie debuted this guitar to the world on the 1981 tour cycle for the FAIR WARNING album.

Ever the experimentalist, this guitar and its counterpart the “Shapes” guitar varied from his previous builds in the composition of the woods used in the construction and body thickness. Also new was the implementation of the newly developed locking tremolo system which was in its infancy at the time as a new development in the evolution of the electric guitar.

Eddie would prove to be the pioneer and universal ambassador of the locking tremolo system, now a defacto commonplace in guitar design.

The guitar also represented a return to the use of white with black colors in its graphic design and a turn-the-corner evolution away from the strict use of line graphics to incorporate circles. This particular guitar displayed is a replica of the original guitar, which Eddie sequentially repainted into what is known to fans as the 'Rasta' guitar.

Eddie played the 'Circles' guitar on stage on his last tour with Van Halen in 2015.

Features:

• Individually handcrafted from solid wood, with metal tuning keys
• Incredible attention to detail
• 1:4 scale, 10” in length
• Each model comes complete with a high-quality miniature adjustable A-frame stand and foil-stamped collectors gift box.
• Product #: EVH-005