EVH Wolfgang Special Electric Guitar- Sonic Boom

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 urethane back finish. Primed for high performance, energetic riffing and blazing leads, the 12”-16” compound radius maple fingerboard has 22 jumbo frets and black 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 black 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.

 

General -

  • SERIES: Wolfgang® Special
  • ORIENTATION: Right-Hand
  • COLOR: Sonic Boom
  • COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: MX

Neck -

  • HEADSTOCK: EVH® Wolfgang®
  • NECK MATERIAL: Quartersawn Maple
  • NECK FINISH: Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
  • NECK SHAPE: Wolfgang® Backshape
  • NECK CONSTRUCTION: Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
  • NECK THICKNESS: .805" at 3rd & .890" at 12th Fret
  • FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
  • FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Maple
  • POSITION INLAYS: Black Dot
  • SIDE DOTS: Black
  • NUMBER OF FRETS: 22
  • TRUSS ROD: EVH®-Branded with Wheel
  • TRUSS ROD NUT: Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel
  • STRING NUT: Floyd Rose® R2 Locking
  • NUT MATERIAL: Floyd Rose® R2 Locking

Body -

  • BODY: Arched Basswood
  • BODY FINISH: Gloss Polyurethane
  • BODY SHAPE: Wolfgang®
  • BODY BINDING: 1-Ply Cream
  • BODY MATERIAL: Arched Basswood

Hardware -

  • BRIDGE: EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna®
  • TREMOLO BLOCK: Brass
  • CONTROL KNOBS: Black Plastic with White Indicator
  • HARDWARE FINISH: Chrome
  • TUNING MACHINES: EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
  • STRING TREES: Floyd Rose® Retainer Bar
  • STRINGS: EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
  • TREMOLO ARM: Floyd Rose® 1000 Series Locking
  • STRAP BUTTONS: Oversized

Electronics -

  • BRIDGE PICKUP: Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
  • NECK PICKUP: Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
  • PICKUP CONFIGURATION: HH
  • CONTROLS: Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit, Tone (250K EVH® Bourns® High Friction Pot)
  • SWITCHING: 3-Position Toggle: Position
    • 1. Bridge Pickup, Position
    • 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position
    • 3. Neck Pickup