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 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 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, with a low-friction volume control for smooth swells and a high-friction tone control that prevents accidental tone shifting.
Spotlight-ready, the Wolfgang Special is available in Burgundy Mist Metallic, Deep Purple Metallic or Ice Blue Metallic finishes with a matching headstock. The Burgundy Mist Metallic model features black body binding and black hardware, while the Deep Purple Metallic and Ice Blue Metallic models feature cream body binding and chrome hardware.
Product Specs
- SERIES : Wolfgang® Special
- ORIENTATION : Right-Hand
- COLOR : Deep Purple Metallic
- COUNTRY OF ORIGIN : MX
- 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 : 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 : Basswood
- BODY FINISH : Gloss Urethane
- BODY SHAPE : Wolfgang®
- BODY BINDING : 1-Ply Cream
- BODY MATERIAL : Basswood
- 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 : 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
- 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
- FRET SIZE : Jumbo
- SCALE LENGTH : 25.5" (64.77 cm)
- INCLUDED ACCESSORIES : Tremolo Arm, Hex Keys & User Manual
- TRUSS ROD WRENCH : 2.5 mm Hex