Therefore, he couldn’t fulfill Charvel’s request. Ward’s research indicated that at the time, Ellsworth was in no position to mass produce the first 100 body order from Charvel, as Ellsworth primary shop abilities was for his furniture business. Research from Frankenstein historian & luthier, Donny Ward, concluded a very valid theory of the actual origin of Ed’s Boogie Bodies purchase, as company paper work never documented these months very well or never. But new evidence reveals where the creation of Ed’s Boogie Bodies actually took place. The $80 neck had jumbo fret wire, and its truss rod was adjustable at the heel. Van Halen was able to purchase the factory second body at a discount price of $50 due to a knot in the wood. Van Halen bought the Frankenstrat's northern ash body and maple neck (which was a factory reject) for $130 from Wayne Charvel and Lynn Ellsworth, who sold Boogie Body bodies and necks. In April 2019, the Metropolitan Museum of Art displayed the Frankenstrat guitar as part of the "Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll" exhibit. It has a standard six string setup and a Floyd Rose tremolo. The guitar has a maple neck and fretboard, chrome hardware, and was painted with a black and white striped design until arriving at its final combination of red background with black and white stripes. It was made from a Northern Ash Stratocaster body, with pickup routing which he modified to fit a Gibson PAF humbucking pickup in the bridge position. The Frankenstrat was Van Halen's attempt to combine the sound of a classic Gibson guitar with the physical attributes and tremolo bar functionality of a Fender Stratocaster, thus creating an early attempt of a Superstrat. A copy of the Frankenstrat is housed in the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Its name is a portmanteau of Frankenstein, the fictional doctor who created a monster by combining body parts of the recently deceased, and the Stratocaster, a model of electric guitar made by Fender. The Frankenstrat, also known as " Frankie", is a guitar created by Eddie Van Halen.
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