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.
Specs
| Bridge Pickup |
Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking |
| Neck Pickup |
Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking |
| Controls |
Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit, Tone (250K EVH® Bourns® High Friction Pot) |
| Pickup Switching |
3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup |
| Pickup Configuration |
HH |
| Neck Material |
Quartersawn Maple |
| Neck Construction |
Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement |
| Neck Thickness |
.805" at 3rd & .890" at 12th Fret |
| Neck Finish |
Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane |
| Neck Shape |
Wolfgang® Backshape |
| Scale Length |
25.5" (64.77 cm) |
| Fingerboard Radius |
12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm) |
| Fingerboard Material |
Maple |
| Number of Frets |
22 |
| Fret Size |
Jumbo |
| Nut Material |
Floyd Rose® R2 Locking |
| Nut Width |
1.625" (41.3 mm) |
| Position Inlays |
Black Dot |
| Side Dots |
Black |
| Truss Rod Nut |
Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel |
| Truss Rod Wrench |
2.5 mm Hex |
| String Trees |
Floyd Rose® Retainer Bar |
| Headstock |
EVH® Wolfgang® |
| Strings |
EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges) |
| Strap Buttons |
Oversized |
| Case/Gig Bag |
Optional EVH® Wolfgang® Hardshell (p/n 009-0916-000); Optional EVH® Black Gig Bag (p/n 022-1512-006) |
| Included Accessories |
Tremolo Arm, Hex Keys & User Manual |
