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is Jack White still playing shitty guitars on purpose,

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White also abandoned his long-favored pawnshop guitars. It started when he saw an interview with Eddie Van Halen, promoting his latest signature instrument, the Wolfgang Special. “He said, ‘I wanted something that doesn’t fight me,’?” says White. “I was like, ‘Those are the magic bad words that I completely disagree with. And that’s why I’m picking his guitar.’?”

So he sent Smith out to fetch one, and a 5150 amp, too, which led to the unlikely sight of White shredding through a few Van Halen covers. The amp didn’t last, but he also got himself a St. Vincent signature model – “I love that she was making a guitar for women” – and a Jeff “Skunk” Baxter one as well. When he felt his fingers glide over the frets, he was dumbfounded. “Oh, my God,” he says. “If people only knew how hard it was on these shitty guitars?.?.?.?because I didn’t know!”

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Along with The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, Jack White was one of the poster boys for the Noughties pawn shop guitar revival with the White Stripes, but for his upcoming album, Boarding House Reach, he’s strapped on a guitar that’s perhaps the antithesis of his iconic Montgomery Airline: the EVH Wolfgang.

In promo shots for his upcoming tour, White can be seen with two Stealth-finished Wolfgang USA Edward Van Halen Signatures (note the red-button kill switch on the lower horn), one standard spec (below), and other that’s been customised with three humbuckers and blue hardware/inlays (above). Production model, please!

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