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 QM features a basswood body with an arched quilt maple top and a robust graphite-reinforced bolt-on quartersawn baked 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 baked 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 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 QM is available in Charcoal Burst or Chlorine Burst with cream body binding and chrome hardware.
Specs
Type | Solid Body |
Colour |
Charcoal Burst
|
Orientation | Right Handed |
Number of Strings | 6 |
Body Shape |
Wolfgang®
|
Body Material | Basswood |
Body Finish |
Gloss Urethane
|
Neck Material |
Quartersawn Baked Maple
|
Neck Shape |
Wolfgang® Backshape
|
Neck Finish | Satin Urethane with Gloss Urethane Headstock Face |
Scale Length | 25.5″ (648 mm) |
Fretboard Material |
Baked Maple
|
Number of Frets | 22 |
Fretboard Inlays |
Black Dots
|
Fret Size | Jumbo |
Fretboard Radius | 12″-16″ Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm) |
Truss Rod Wrench |
2.5 mm Hex
|
Nut Material |
Floyd Rose® R2 Locking
|
Nut Width |
1.625″ (41.3 mm)
|
Neck Pickup |
Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
|
Bridge 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
|
Bridge | EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna® |
Tuners |
EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
|
Strings | EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges) |
Case/ Bag | None, will fit: EVH® Wolfgang® Hardshell (0090916000); EVH® Black Gig Bag (0221512006) |
Accessories | Tremolo Arm, Hex Keys & User Manual |