Weight: 7.90 Lbs
SKU: 5107701599
UPC: 885978725243

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.

• 25.5" scale length
• Basswood body with arched quilt maple top
• Graphite-reinforced bolt-on quartersawn baked 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 baked maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and black 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 Solar with cream body binding and chrome hardware

SPECS:

Neck

• Headstock: EVH® Wolfgang®
  
• Neck Material: Quartersawn Baked 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" to 16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
  
• Fingerboard Material: Baked Maple
  
• Position Inlays: Black Dot
  
• Side Dots: Black
  
• Number of Frets: 22
  
• 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
  
• Fret Size: Jumbo
  
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
  

Body

• Body: Basswood
  
• Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
  
• Body Shape: Wolfgang®
• Body Top: Arched Quilt Maple
  
• Body Binding: 1-Ply Cream
  
• Body Material: Basswood

Hardware

• Bridge: EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna®
  
• Tremolo Block: Brass
  
• Pickup Covers: Parchment
  
• 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