“Three of those were made. I had one. Ry Cooder had one. Edward Van Halen had one”: Dweezil Zappa on the high-tech custom model that EVH dubbed “The Super Pluto Guitar”

Eddie Van Halen, Ry Cooder and Dweezil Zappa.

Dweezil Zappa may have just auctioned off a huge guitar gear haul, including a replica of the heavily modded Hot Rats Les Paul and his Madonna-clad True Blue Jackson.

However, as he tells Guitar World in a forthcoming interview, one model that he elected to hold on to was the instrument known as ‘the Ripley guitar’ in honor of its inventor, the musician, producer and gear-tinkerer Steve Ripley.