Product Overview
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.
Spotlight-ready, the Wolfgang Special is available in Burgundy Mist Metallic, Deep Purple Metallic, Ice Blue Metallic, Ivory, Miami Blue and Stealth Black finishes with a matching headstock. The Burgundy Mist Metallic and Miami Blue models feature black body binding and black hardware, while the Deep Purple Metallic, Ice Blue Metallic and Ivory models feature cream body binding and chrome hardware. The Stealth Black model features cream body binding and black hardware.
NeckHeadstock: 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: Ebony
Position Inlays: Pearloid Dot
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 Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
Nut Material: Floyd Rose® R2 Locking
Body
Body: Basswood
Body Finish: Satin Urethane
Body Shape: Wolfgang®
Body Binding: 1-Ply Cream
Hardware
Bridge: EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna®
Tremolo Block: Brass
Pickup Covers: Zebra
Control Knobs: Black Knurled with White Indicator
Switch Tip: Black
Hardware Finish: Black
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
