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Offered Here: Zeke Clark 1980s-1990s Official Van Halen Business Card With COA
Item Details: This rare Zeke Clark 1980s-1990s official Van Halen business card is a premier piece of rock history. Issued directly by the band to their legendary guitar technician, this authentic piece of memorabilia features a handwritten phone number on the front, while the reverse side remains blank. It exhibits honest, common signs of age, including wear along the edges, perfectly preserving its vintage rock and roll pedigree.
Provenance/Authenticity: Randall "Zeke" Clark is a renowned luthier and legendary guitar/amp technician who got his start in the San Francisco music scene in the 70s, working with various A-list artists until moving to LA in the 80s, where he worked for Eddie Van Halen.
From 1985 to 1993, he served as Edward Van Halen’s lead guitar and amp tech, transitioning to the crew with Sammy Hagar to maintain the band's gear through the monumental 5150, OU812, and For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge eras.
Beyond his historic tenure as the custodian of Eddie's tone, Clark's elite five-decade career includes building, repairing, and maintaining specialized gear for iconic artists such as Prince, Sammy Hagar, Journey, Heart, Poison, and others. This curated selection of items offers collectors a unique and direct connection to rock history through the hands of a master craftsman who shaped the sound of guitar royalty.
This item was personally handled, vetted, and released by Zeke Clark, ensuring its authenticity and rock-history provenance. Zeke Clark utilizes an Official Personal Signature Stamp to validate and inventory documents and artifacts released directly from his private estate. This item comes with his personal ink-imprinted signature stamp on the certificate of authenticity, which serves as his legally binding, authorized mark of verification and carries the full weight of a hand-signed signature.
Van Halen reshaped hard rock after their 1978 debut, as Eddie Van Halen's two-handed tapping, inventive tone-shaping and homemade "Frankenstrat" guitar influenced a generation of players and guitar builders. After Sammy Hagar replaced David Lee Roth as lead singer in 1985, the band reached new commercial heights, and 5150, OU812 and For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge each topped the Billboard 200. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge also earned the group a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance, confirming the lineup's standing as one of the most successful rock acts of its era.
Condition: Good, with edge wear and common signs of age
SKU: RZC2059