It belongs to a friend of mine.” As it turns out, Grover had given the guitar to one of his employees who has had it ever since. He responded with, “I saw that same guitar this morning.
Several months ago I was on the floor of my store, Vintage Gear Hollywood, buying 2 Fender Jazz basses when for some reason I happened to mention the story to the seller. It had haunted me ever since, and I love telling the story. I asked him, “What would I do with a Van Halen logo guitar? Thanks but no thanks.” In retrospect, not buying that guitar was one of the biggest regrets of my life. He offered the one not given to Edward to me for the price of $300. At that time, Grover produced a Van Halen logo guitar that he claimed was one of two built for Edward as a peace offering. I went to Charvel, when they were in Glendora, to meet with Grover and pick up my instruments only to find him distraught as a result of a dispute he was having with Edward Van Halen regarding Charvel endorsement. In 1982 I had just been hired by Eddie Money to play lead guitar, and Grover Jackson had been building guitars for me. The guitar is in 100% original condition and remained in the possession of a Charvel employee for the last 25 years! The guitar was outfitted with an original unstamped plate void of a serial number as per Grover Jackson’s demands. This 1982 Van Halen logo Charvel is 1 of 2 in existence made especially for Edward Van Halen, and is actually considered the prototype for the other. “For your consideration is the rarest and most important Charvel guitar in existence.
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