Eddie Van Halen ‘Frankenstrat’ Guitars Hit the Auction Block
Rocker gifted instrument to one of his guitar heroes, Mountain’s Leslie West, in the late-Eighties
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Subscribe NowRocker gifted instrument to one of his guitar heroes, Mountain’s Leslie West, in the late-Eighties
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