“I'm either wishing I had this back in the White Stripes or I am glad I didn't”: Jack White unveils a brand new custom guitar made by Eddie Van Halen's go-to master builder – and it’s “half bass, half guitar”

Jack White with a custom built blue and white electric guitar.

Jack White recently celebrated his 50th birthday (or, as he puts it, “the big Hawaii 5-0”). and as part of the celebrations has received what he describes as an “over-the-top, custom-built axe”.

The ‘Ugly Stick’, as it’s dubbed, is a half-bass, half-guitar and the brainchild of Chip Ellis – best known as a master builder at Fender and, after Eddie Van Halen teamed-up with him in 2006, a core part of the EVH brand.