‘Frankenstrat’ or ‘Frankenstein’? Wolfgang Van Halen sets the record straight on the ‘official’ title of Eddie Van Halen’s iconic electric guitar

Eddie Van Halen playing his Frankenstein.

Eddie Van Halen’s red-white-and-black striped electric guitar is a legendary musical instrument, and affectionately referred to by two similar, but slightly distinct, names: Frankenstein and Frankenstrat.

However, while some see the two titles as interchangeable nicknames for the guitar, others assert that the ‘Frankenstein’ moniker is in fact the true authentic name for the Holy Grail guitar, which is perhaps the most revered rock instrument of them all.