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- It was a brand-for-brand swap, with Holmes receiving Van Halen’s heavily modded 1975 Ibanez Destroyer Shark model in return to keep him occupied until he was reunited with his own axe.
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The Ibanez Destroyer 2459 model was based heavily on Gibson’s legendary ’58 Korina Explorer. It featured a clear finish on what is believed to be an ash body (lots of debate on whether Ibanez actually used Korina wood or not), a three-piece maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, and two Ibanez Super 70 humbuckers with chrome metal covers. Below is a...
Shortly after Eddie bought the guitar, he decided to paint it white. As far as when this happened, it was probably sometime in early 1976, since Eddie was first seen with the white Destroyer at the Starwood Nightclub gig on May 13, 1976. As noted in the quote above, Eddie painted the Destroyer at the same time that he painted another guitar. It sou...
Shortly after Eddie had done all these mods to his Ibanez Destroyer, he discovered that the tonality of the guitar was ruined. From that point on, he used the guitar on very few occasions, but soon enough stopped using it altogether. But even so, the Ibanez Destroyer remained with Eddie until his death and should be considered an important instrume...
As far as usage, the guitar was used extensively on Van Halen’s debut album. According to Eddie, he played it on all the songs that didn’t require a tremolo. Even though he doesn’t remember himself, most likely, at that point, the guitar was still white, and it still had the Super 70 pickups installed. Although the Ibanez was also seen on the cover...
After Eddie died, the guitar presumably remained with his son, Wolfgang. Recently, he shared an image of the guitar on his Instagram profile, which confirms that the guitar is still with the family.
The Ibanez Destroyer was used on multiple songs on Van Halen’s debut 1978 album, such as: “Running with the Devil,” “You Really Got Me,” and Jamie’s Cryin’.” Ed would later borrow Chris Holmes’ Destroyer to record parts of the “Women and Children First” album.
W.A.S.P.’s Chris Holmes recalls the time Eddie Van Halen borrowed his Ibanez Destroyer – and made some radical surprise modifications Published: September 20, 2022 Holmes retrieved the guitar while Van Halen was on tour, and was left asking himself one question: “How in the eff did he play this?”
Sep 19, 2022 · The guitarist Chris Holmes, famous for being a W.A.S.P member from 1983 to 1990 and 1995 to 2001, recalled in an interview Mitch Lafon and Jeremy White (Transcribed by Ultimate Guitar) that he was a good friend of the late legendary Eddie Van Halen.
According to Doug, Eddie Van Halen and Chris Holmes (W.A.S.P.) bought their Ibanez Destroyer at the same time, in the same store. Still according to him, these were the first Ibanez Destroyer who arrived in the United States directly from Japan.
This is important - It was so bad that Eddie reportedly borrowed Chris Holmes' Destroyer for the recording of "Women and Children First", which was recorded December 1979 - February 1980 at Sunset Sound and released on March 26, 1980. For an interview of Chris Holmes on the subject click here.
