{"id":934,"date":"2021-01-02T03:36:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T03:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/?page_id=934"},"modified":"2021-01-18T12:26:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T12:26:56","slug":"square-heel-boogie-bodies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vanhalengear.com\/square-heel-boogie-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"Neck Square Heel Boogie Bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u00a0Square Heel Boogie Bodies (Lynn Ellsworth)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Square heel neck was sported on a variety of Eddie’s guitars and would eventually be the main neck on the Frankenstrat from 1997-Present.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The neck is first featured on a Mahogany-bodied “Hog” guitar in 1979.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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1980:\u00a0 Seen on Unchained (Rasta) guitar. Far left.\u00a0 Fender renamed this guitar the “Circles” guitar, although it has never been called that in the past.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Eddie placed it on the Frankenstat in 1981 and switches back and forth between it and the Kramer Pacer “outlaw” neck during the summer of 1982.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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When Eddie didn’t have it on his Frankenstrat during the summer of 1982 “Diver Down” tour, he had it on the Rasta (Unchained) guitar.\u00a0 Also note the earliest known FRT-5 prototype.\u00a0<\/p>

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REMEMBER:\u00a0 The Unchained and Rasta guitar are the same.\u00a0 Eddie repainted it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Square-heel Neck today:<\/strong><\/em><\/span> On Frankenstrat<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The square heel neck was reattached to the Frankenstrat in 1997 and has been on ever since.\u00a0 Above is a photo displayed from the MET in New York, 2019.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Square Heel Boogie Bodies (Lynn Ellsworth) The Square heel neck was sported on a variety of Eddie’s guitars and would eventually be the main neck on the Frankenstrat from 1997-Present. The neck is first featured on a Mahogany-bodied “Hog” guitar in 1979. 1980:\u00a0 Seen on Unchained (Rasta) guitar. Far left.\u00a0 Fender renamed this guitar the …<\/p>\n

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