EVH Wolfgang Special 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