The superstrat was not born in a design studio. It was not shaped by a focus group, nor was it conceived as part of a grand plan to reinvent the electric guitar. It evolved because one player demanded more from the instrument than it had ever delivered before. When Eddie Van Halen assembled his now-legendary Frankenstrat, he wasn’t trying to create a new category of guitar. He was solving problems. He wanted an instrument that could survive aggr…
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