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Podcast: The Johnny Beane Podcast
Episode: Exclusively Van Halen: Rare EVH 1984 Kramer Guitar $2M Auction! 🎸🔥 2/25/26
Description: 🚨 RARE Eddie Van Halen 1984 Kramer “5150 Studio” Guitar Heads to Auction – $2 MILLION Estimate! 🎸🔥
An Eddie Van Halen-owned 1984 Kramer guitar—customized by Ed himself on his personal workbench and played inside the legendary 5150 Studio—is heading to auction at GottaHaveRockAndRoll.com with an expected sale price of $1.5–$2 million and a minimum bid of $800,000.
This isn’t just another Kramer. This is a studio-only guitar built and painted in 1984 at 5150 by Eddie Van Halen and his longtime guitar tech Rudy Leiren. Under the tremolo springs are the initials “RL,” a hidden mark from Rudy himself. The guitar was later signed in 2016 by Gary Kramer, co-founder of Krame...