{"id":3543,"date":"2021-08-07T17:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T17:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/?page_id=3543"},"modified":"2021-09-05T03:25:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T03:25:57","slug":"rude","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/rude\/","title":{"rendered":"RUDE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3543\" class=\"elementor elementor-3543\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0727e9b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0727e9b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2248cf9\" data-id=\"2248cf9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ea4d15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8ea4d15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e92c56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e92c56\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37fce74\" data-id=\"37fce74\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fb4b88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fb4b88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>EVH RUDE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5aba3fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5aba3fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-with-BB-neck.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3545\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-with-BB-neck.jpeg 485w, https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-with-BB-neck-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-with-BB-neck-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1467e59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1467e59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The EVH RUDE guitar was one of two &#8216;Drop D&#8217; backup guitars used on the Fair Warning tour, the other of which being the <a href=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/index.php\/unchained-circles-rasta\/\">&#8216;Unchained&#8217;<\/a>.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Both of these guitars were 2&#8243; thick Mahogany bodies made by Lynn Ellsworth. The term &#8216;RUDE&#8217;, which is painted in the neck pocket, is a reference to Ed&#8217;s childhood friend and then guitar tech, Rudy Leiren. It is speculated that Rudy may have had some involvement in the painting or assembly of this guitar in order to earn his name on it, though this is unconfirmed.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The existence of a &#8216;Drop D backup&#8217; at this time was necessary, as Floyd Rose had yet to develop a fine-tuning mechanism for his tremolos. Given that Fair Warning was the first tour which featured songs in Drop D tuning, Ed needed dedicated guitars tuned and clamped to Drop D, which would allow him to quickly swap tunings between songs as necessary.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eb9c535 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eb9c535\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d1e8f1\" data-id=\"3d1e8f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-236f23e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"236f23e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude_Front-and-Back-768x553.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4489\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude_Front-and-Back-768x553.png 768w, https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude_Front-and-Back-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude_Front-and-Back-1024x737.png 1024w, https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude_Front-and-Back-1536x1105.png 1536w, https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude_Front-and-Back.png 1718w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3601c45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3601c45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><b>Fully disassembled, front and back<\/b><\/p><p><b>&#8216;EVH RUDE&#8217; lettering visible in neck pocket<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><em>Photo: Young Guitar<\/em><\/p><p><em>1992<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5971164 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5971164\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4bdfa0\" data-id=\"b4bdfa0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81da66d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81da66d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Specs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8823ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8823ea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad9fff3\" data-id=\"ad9fff3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d76ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37d76ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The body, as stated above, was a 2&#8243; thick Mahogany Strat style body made by Lynn Ellsworth. Ed fancied this as an &#8216;upgrade&#8217; to, in his mind, offset the &#8216;thin&#8217; tone of the early Floyd Rose tremolos. It was originally assembled with a <a href=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/index.php\/round-heel-boogie-bodies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boogie Bodies neck<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: #232222;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagefloydrose.com\/home-3\/frt-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Floyd Rose FRT-1<\/a>, and melted\/crudely potted DiMarzio PAF humbucker partway through the 1981 tour.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Near the end of the tour, approximately late September, 1981, Ed took the Boogie Bodies neck off and replaced it with a modified <a href=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/index.php\/danelectro-neck\/\">Danelectro<\/a> neck.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dce152f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dce152f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e459ad5\" data-id=\"e459ad5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27c342d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"27c342d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-live.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3552\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-live.jpeg 381w, https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-live-229x300.jpeg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a24e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a24e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>EVH RUDE with the original <a href=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/index.php\/round-heel-boogie-bodies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boogie Bodies neck<\/a>.\u00a0 This neck would later briefly be seen on the <a href=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/index.php\/frankenstrat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frankenstrat<\/a> in September, 1981.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae582f2\" data-id=\"ae582f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9e0bd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f9e0bd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/rude-with-dano-neck-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3554\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/rude-with-dano-neck-1.jpeg 462w, https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/rude-with-dano-neck-1-294x300.jpeg 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89db294 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89db294\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>At the same time that the Boogie Bodies neck was moved to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/index.php\/frankenstrat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: rgb(35, 34, 34);\">Frankenstrat<\/a>, the RUDE would sport a <a href=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/index.php\/danelectro-neck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danelectro<\/a> neck with a modified headstock.&nbsp; This neck would also later be seen on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/index.php\/frankenstrat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: rgb(35, 34, 34);\">Frankenstrat<\/a>&nbsp;in early 1983.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a574316 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a574316\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-525c69a\" data-id=\"525c69a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb4197 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bb4197\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Fender Factory 2011<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b5c6732 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b5c6732\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2290ad5\" data-id=\"2290ad5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acd9b07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"acd9b07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-at-Fender-factory-2011.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3547\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-at-Fender-factory-2011.jpeg 632w, https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-at-Fender-factory-2011-300x119.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2003d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2003d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The guitar is seen at the Fender factory in 2011 with a modern Floyd Rose, gold pickup ring, gold input jack, 2007 EVH Masterbuilt &#8216;Frankenstein&#8217; replica neck, and an EVH Wolfgang pickup.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbd3466 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cbd3466\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b628523\" data-id=\"b628523\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2859e2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2859e2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"996\" src=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-at-5150-before-Wolfgangs-shoot-1024x996.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3575\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-at-5150-before-Wolfgangs-shoot-1024x996.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-at-5150-before-Wolfgangs-shoot-300x292.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-at-5150-before-Wolfgangs-shoot-768x747.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-at-5150-before-Wolfgangs-shoot.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9d5c2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9d5c2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Being inspected by Wolfgang Van Halen&#8217;s staff prior to the video shoot for &#8220;Won&#8217;t Back Down.&#8221;\u00a0 The guitar still seems to feature similar hardware as 2011, though the volume knob, jack plate, and pickup mounting ring have been replaced.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a3da01f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a3da01f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92736dd\" data-id=\"92736dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a03a7b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a03a7b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-Dont-back-down-wolfgang-video.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3576\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-Dont-back-down-wolfgang-video.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-Dont-back-down-wolfgang-video-300x148.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rude-Dont-back-down-wolfgang-video-768x379.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-167695f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"167695f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>EVH RUDE, top right.<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><em>Photo: Screenshot from the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yMDoj8VVzh8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Won&#8217;t Back Down<\/a>&#8221; music video by Mammoth WVH<\/em><\/p><p>2021<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVH RUDE The EVH RUDE guitar was one of two &#8216;Drop D&#8217; backup guitars used on the Fair Warning tour, the other of which being the &#8216;Unchained&#8217;. \u00a0 Both of these guitars were 2&#8243; thick Mahogany bodies made by Lynn Ellsworth. The term &#8216;RUDE&#8217;, which is painted in the neck pocket, is a reference to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/rude\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">RUDE<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3543"}],"version-history":[{"count":61,"href":"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4514,"href":"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3543\/revisions\/4514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}