Star (guitar)

The star is a body shape of solid body electric guitar, particularly favoured for heavy metal music. It blends some features of the Gibson Flying V and Gibson Explorer, both of them much older designs.

Eddie Van Halen hacked his explorer-shaped Ibanez Destroyer to make it look like a shark around 1977, so he is credited as the inventor of the star-shaped guitar.

Wayne Charvel refined the design and those Charvel Stars 79-83 are among the most valued instruments of the brand. The earlier had strat headstocks, later on replaced with the Jackson pointy headstock.

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