The result is a bulletproof and beautiful tonal giant of a guitar that takes whatever you can dish out and then asks for more. As the VH tour kicked off in the fall 2007, Eddie pushed every aspect of the Wolfgang's performance capabilities to the absolute limit, playing various Wolfgang prototypes every night on virtually every song.
As the tour roared along, Eddie changed and adjusted components and specs until he was satisfied with the Wolfgang's sound, feel and looks. To prove that it was battle-worthy and could survive the road, performance data was collected from every gig for months and months to establish and confirm consistency and durability.
This is what makes the Wolfgang the culmination of Eddie Van Halen's endless pursuit of outstanding tone, durability and consistency. Available to the public beginning in January 2009, the EVH® Wolfgang guitar is built to his exact specs and has every single feature of the Wolfgang guitars he himself plays onstage and in the studio. It's exactly what he uses. "Everything that I've built, destroyed, stumbled onto, learned and experienced is in this guitar," Eddie Van Halen said. "Every aspect and component of this guitar has been examined and upgraded to the highest standards possible: stainless steel frets, double-potted custom-wound pickups, five-piece binding on the matching body and headstock, custom-made signature tuning machines and Floyd Rose® bridge, new low-friction pots, and the list keeps going. We left no stone unturned.
Specifications:
- 1-1/2" basswood back
- 1-2" arched AA maple top
- Bolt-on quartersawn maple neck
- AA bird's-eye maple fingerboard
- 25-1/2"-scale length
- Compound fingerboard radius 12"-16"
- 22 vintage-size stainless steel frets
- Floyd Rose R2 locking nut
- 1-5/8" nut width
- Chrome hardware
- EVH-branded Gotoh tuners, chrome with pearloid buttons
- EVH-branded Floyd Rose locking tremolo
- EVH humbuckers (neck and bridge)
- 3-way pickup toggle (reverse wired)
- Master Volume and Tone Controls
- 2 Bourns low-friction pots 250k/500k
- SKB case with molded stripes
- Unique features:
- Hard mount pickups
- Magna Coatings paint
- 2 graphite neck reinforcement rods
- Schaller chrome string retainer
- EVH D-Tuna
- Square jack plate
