Eddie Van Halen’s famous electric guitar could fetch $1.5 million at auction

When we think of legendary rock guitarists, Eddie Van Halen immediately comes to mind… as do his equally famous Kramer guitars – and one of them can now be yours… but only if you have very deep pockets!

That’s right…the musical virtuoso’s 1985 Kramer scratched studio guitar is up for auction on I must have RockAndRoll.com from today until March 13.

And this piece of guitar history is expected to cost between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000, with a starting bid of $700,000.

Besides, there’s a whole story behind this Van Halen guitar… Eddie presented his most prized possession to a gentleman named Michel Gutiérrezwho entered a competition in 1985 at the NAMM guitar show.

The contest was titled “One lucky winner will win one of Eddie Van Halen’s personally owned Kramer guitars.” »

Over 100,000 people signed up and, guess what… Gutierrez was the lucky winner! And get this…he’s also the auction consignor, meaning he’ll deliver the guitar directly to the highest bidder.