EVH Wolfgang Special Maple Fingerboard Sonic Boom

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.

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 hand-rubbed satin urethane back finish
12"-16" compound radius maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and black dot inlays
Convenient heel-mount truss rod adjustment spoke wheel
Direct mount EVH® Wolfgang® bridge and neck humbucking pickups
EVH-branded Floyd Rose® locking trem and Floyd Rose 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)

PRODUCT SPECS
General
SERIES: Wolfgang® Special
ORIENTATION: Right-Hand
COLOR: Sonic Boom
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: MX
Neck
HEADSTOCK: EVH® Wolfgang®
NECK MATERIAL: Quartersawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
NECK SHAPE: Wolfgang® Backshape
NECK CONSTRUCTION: Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
NECK THICKNESS: .805" at 3rd & .890" at 12th Fret
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Maple
POSITION INLAYS: Black Dot
SIDE DOTS: Black
NUMBER OF FRETS: 22
TRUSS ROD: EVH®-Branded with Wheel
TRUSS ROD NUT: Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel
STRING NUT: Floyd Rose® R2 Locking
NUT WIDTH: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Floyd Rose® R2 Locking
Body
BODY: Arched Basswood
BODY FINISH: Gloss Polyurethane
BODY SHAPE: Wolfgang®
BODY BINDING: 1-Ply Cream
BODY MATERIAL: Arched Basswood
Hardware
BRIDGE: EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna®
TREMOLO BLOCK: Brass
CONTROL KNOBS: Black Plastic with White Indicator
HARDWARE FINISH: Chrome
TUNING MACHINES: EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
STRING TREES: Floyd Rose® Retainer Bar
STRINGS: EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
TREMOLO ARM: Floyd Rose® 1000 Series Locking
STRAP BUTTONS: Oversized
Electronics
BRIDGE PICKUP: Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
NECK PICKUP: Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
PICKUP CONFIGURATION: HH
CONTROLS: Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit, Tone (250K EVH® Bourns® High Friction Pot)
SWITCHING: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup