- Basswood body with arched top
- Graphite-reinforced bolt-on quartersawn maple neck
- Neck is carved and rolled to Eddie Van Halen’s specifications with hand-rubbed urethane back finish
- 12”-16” compound radius ebony fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and pearloid dot inlays
- Convenient heel-mounted truss rod adjustment spoke wheel
- Dual direct mounted, custom designed EVH® Wolfgang® Alnico 2 humbucking pickups
- EVH-branded Floyd Rose® locking trem and Floyd Rose locking nut
- EVH D-Tuna®
- EVH volume (500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot) and tone (250K EVH Bourns High Friction) controls
- Available in Candy Apple Red Metallic, Ivory and Satin Orange Crush with matching headstocks
- Candy Apple Red Metallic and Ivory models feature 1-ply cream body binding and chrome hardware
- Satin Orange Crush model features 1-ply black body binding and black hardware
The Wolfgang Special features a basswood body with an arched top and a robust graphite-reinforced bolt-on quartersawn maple neck, carved and rolled to Eddie Van Halen’s exacting specifications and with a handrubbed urethane back finish. Primed for high performance, energetic riffing and blazing leads, its 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, 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 offered in three new eyecatching finishes. The Candy Apple Red Metallic and Ivory models feature attractive single-ply cream body binding and chrome hardware, while the Satin Orange Crush model offers single-ply black body binding and black hardware.
- Series: Wolfgang® Special
- Body Material: Basswood
- Body Finish: Satin (529), Gloss (509 and 549)
- Neck: Bolt-On Quartersawn Maple, Wolfgang® Backshape
- Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Urethane
- Fingerboard: Ebony, 12” to 16” Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
- Frets: 22, Jumbo
- Position Inlays: Pearl Dots
- Nut (Material/Width): Floyd Rose® Locking, 1.625” (41.3 mm)
- Tuning Machines: EVH®-Branded
- Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)
- Bridge: EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH D-Tuna®
- Pickguard: None
- Pickups: Direct Mount Wolfgang® Humbucking (Bridge and Neck)
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge And
- Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Controls: Volume (500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot) , Tone (250K EVH
- Bourns High Friction)
- Control Knobs: Black “Speed” Knobs
- Hardware: Black (529), Chrome (509, 549)
- Strings: EVH® Branded (.009-.042 Gauges)
- Case/Gig Bag: Optional EVH Wolfgang Hardshell (p/n 0090916000), Optional EVH
- Black Bag (p/n 0221512006)
