Why did Eddie put the reflectors on the back of his guitar?

[greg apocalypse]

I saw this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/EVH-VAN-HALEN-FRANKENSTRAT-CORRECT-PATTERN-REFLECTORS-/170491279157?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item27b2127735

 

and wondered why he did this. The only theory I could come up with is that he did it to see the great lengths EVH nerds would go to just to copy his guitar.

 

Seriously, is there any other reason? Why would someone put forth THIS MUCH EFFORT?

[Ron Burgandy]

According to the Guitar Player article regarding the recreation of his #1...

 

He found them at a truck stop/rest stop and throught they would reflect the stage lights in a cool way.

[mbarn3065]

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[drstone]

I heard he found them and thought they would reflect light in a cool way

[NeloAngelo]

i heard he found them and thought they would reflect on stage in a cool way.

[newholland]

uh... ok. pretty cool that you hold a guitar up to your chest which isn't translucent unless you've got jellyfish dna.

 

yeah.. the 80s weren't good to a lot of people..

[greg apocalypse]

yeah.. the 80s weren't good to a lot of people..

 

bast quote evar.

 

 

 

 

Srs though, I did hear somewhere that he found them and put them on there to reflect stage light in a cool way.

[Casey]

well some circles answer this by saying he found them and put them on there to reflect stage light in a cool way.

[The Hiryuu]

Rumor has it that he found them and put them on there to reflect stage light in a cool way.

[Sixtonoize]

I'm friends with one of his techs from the era. We've had numerous discussions about Eddie's gear, from Soldano to resistor banks to mods to car horns. I've gotten a TON of information about Eddies gear over the years, and the one thing that has remained constant is Eddie's willingness to experiment and tinker. He's just never satisfied with how everything is...he is always pushing to make it better. One aspect of this that has always been paramount is Van Halen's stage show. Eddie is always trying to raise the bar of the performance and give the audience a more spectacular show. In an attempt to raise the bar even higher, he found some reflectors at a truck stop and put them on there to reflect stage light in a cool way.

[n0fx]

This is the part of the "Forrest Gump" movie where Eddie decides to take his reflectors and go home leaving the cattle following him dumbfounded.

[kissmyace]

I heard he found them and thought they would reflect light in a cool way

[LoopQuantum]

Cool way to reflect light from stage when found.

[Holy-diver]

[RSBro]

I know that he heard they reflect light in a cool way on stage but is that what he found? :confused: Did he find that they reflect light in a cool way on stage? :idk:

[Oblivion DC]

Has anyone mentioned that on stage, they reflect light in a cool way???

[Smilin' Bob]

Do you think that his goal was way-cool reflections from stage lights that only he could see, kind of like a religious vision?

[razordave]

All of you are wrong as hell..............

 

The REAL reason is:

 

He found them at a truck stop/rest stop and thought they would reflect the stage lights in a cool way.

[Shine]

They reflect light in a cool way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or he was on drugs.

[Phishmonkey]

No one care, seriously Mave. It's just constant truck stop/rest stop this and that, it reflects old so quick

[Valtiel]

On a cool way the stage would reflect light in a truck stop.

[Nate-Peavey]

Hey man... You all keep saying the same thing. What is this? Some sort of joke?

[Shine]

yeah, stop fucking around hcaf.

[NeloAngelo]

yeah, what are you thinking hcaf? this is not normal behavior for teh internets on maps.

[Zeppelin Rules]

So that teh could emulate the tone created by them