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 satin 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 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.

FEATURES

25.5″ scale length
Basswood body with arched top
Graphite-reinforced bolt-on quartersawn maple neck
Neck is carved and rolled to Eddie Van Halen’s specifications with a hand-rubbed satin urethane finish on the back
12″-16″ compound radius ebony fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and pearloid dot inlays
Convenient heel-mount truss rod adjustment spoke wheel
Direct mount EVH® Wolfgang® Alnico 2 bridge and neck humbucking pickups
EVH-branded Floyd Rose® locking trem and R2 locking nut
EVH D-Tuna®
Three-way toggle switch, EVH volume control (500K EVH Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with treble bleed circuit and tone control (250K EVH Bourns® High Friction Pot)
Available in Miami Blue with black body binding, color matched headstock and black hardware

Specifications

Body

Series: Wolfgang Special
Body Material: Basswood
Body Binding: 1-Ply Black (510)/1-Ply Cream (573)
Body Finish: Gloss Polyester

Neck

Neck: Bolt-On Quartersawn Maple, Wolfgang Backshape
Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Urethane
Fingerboard: Maple, 12”-16” Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
Frets: 22, Jumbo
Position Inlays: White Dot
Nut (Material/Width): Floyd Rose Locking, 1.625” (41.3 mm)
Tuning Machines: EVH-Branded
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)

Hardware and Electronics

Truss Rod: Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel
Bridge: EVH-Branded Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo with EVH D-Tuna
Pickups: Direct Mount Wolfgang Humbucking (Bridge), Direct Mount Wolfgang Humbucking (Neck)
Controls: Volume (500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot),
Tone (250K EVH Bourns High Friction)
Control Knobs: Black “Speed” Knobs
Hardware Color: Chrome