Road-tested in arenas around the world, the Wolfgang Special is a purebred music-making machine, designed with stunning style, giant sound and high-speed playability.
The Wolfgang Special features a basswood body with an arched top and a robust graphite-reinforced bolt-on quartersawn maple neck. The neck is carved and rolled to Eddie Van Halen's exacting specifications and features a hand-rubbed satin urethane finish on the back. Primed for high performance, energetic riffing and blazing leads, the 12-16 compound radius ebony fingerboard has 22 jumbo frets and pearloid dot inlays. Truss rod adjustments have also never been easier thanks to a spoke wheel conveniently located at the base of the neck.
A pair of flagship custom-designed EVH Wolfgang Alnico 2 humbucking pickups are mounted directly to the body, providing dynamic yet articulate voicing, as well as endless sustain for powerful chords and melody lines. A sturdy and dependable EVH-branded Floyd Rose locking trem and Floyd Rose locking nut work in tandem for precise tuning even with extreme changes in pitch, while the EVH D-Tuna retunes to drop-D and back with strict accuracy at the flick of a finger. The volume knob with treble bleed circuit has a 500K EVH Bourns low friction pot for smooth swells and a tone control knob with a 250K Bourns high friction tone pot that prevents accidental tone shifting.
Features
- 25.5 scale length
- Basswood body with arched top
- Graphite-reinforced bolt-on quartersawn maple neck
- Neck is carved and rolled to Eddie Van Halen's specifications with a hand-rubbed satin urethane finish on the back
- 12-16 compound radius ebony fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and pearloid dot inlays
- Convenient heel-mount truss rod adjustment spoke wheel
- Direct mount EVH Wolfgang Alnico 2 bridge and neck humbucking pickups
- EVH-branded Floyd Rose locking trem and R2 locking nut
- EVH D-Tuna
- Three-way toggle switch, EVH volume control (500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot) with treble bleed circuit and tone control (250K EVH Bourns High Friction Pot)
Specs
Type | Solid Body |
Colour | Silverburst |
Orientation | Right Handed |
Number of Strings | 6 |
Body Shape | Wolfgang |
Body Material | Basswood |
Body Finish | Gloss Urethane |
Neck Material | Quartersawn Baked Maple |
Neck Shape | Wolfgang Backshape |
Neck Finish | Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane |
Fretboard Material | Ebony |
Number of Frets | 22 |
Fretboard Inlays | Pearloid Dots and Side Dots |
Fret Size | Jumbo |
Fretboard Radius | 12-16 Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm) |
Nut Material | Floyd Rose R2 Locking |
Nut Width | 1.625 (41.3 mm) |
Neck Pickups | Direct Mount EVH Wolfgang Humbucking |
Bridge Pickups | Direct Mount EVH Wolfgang Humbucking |
Controls | 1 X Volume (500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit, 1 X Tone (250K EVH Bourns High Friction Pot), 3-Position Toggle Switch |
Bridge | EVH-Branded Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo with EVH D-Tuna |
Tuners | EVH-Branded Gotoh |
Strings | EVH Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges) |