Exclusively Van Halen: Rare EVH 1984 Kramer Guitar $2M Auction! 🎸🔥 2/25/26

🚨 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 Kramer Guitars—making it the only known custom EVH Kramer signed by Gary. https://www.gottahaverockandroll.com/Eddie_Van_Halen_1984_Owned___5150_Studio_Played_Kr-LOT62637.aspx 🎥 On the June 20, 2025 episode of Exclusively Van Halen, guests Michael “Myko” Gutierrez and Robert Stoltz joined us for a special 3-part series to tell the full story behind this legendary instrument. https://youtu.be/2xtSPZS_vM0?si=9A5AezmWxueutcOZ Michael won this guitar in a once-in-a-lifetime contest sponsored by Kramer and Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine—and was personally handed the guitar by Eddie at the 1985 NAMM Show in Anaheim. Robert Stoltz first documented this rare Kramer in 1997 for The Inside magazine and has recently completed a deep-dive follow-up article revealing even more details about its history, build, and journey into the wild. This Baretta-style Kramer is one of the rarest Van Halen guitars ever to surface—and one of the only Ed-owned Kramers to leave 5150 and enter private hands. If you're into rare rock memorabilia, vintage Kramer guitars, and authentic Eddie Van Halen studio gear—this is a must-watch episode. Tune in now on Johnny Beane TV! 🎸🔥 #ExclusivelyVanHalen #EddieVanHalen #KramerGuitars #VanHalen #kramerauction #JohnnyBeaneTV