EVH Wolfgang WG Standard - Baked Maple Fingerboard - Gloss Black

WOLFGANG® WG STANDARD

The Wolfgang® WG Standard boasts the same style and massive sound Eddie Van Halen created—at a price the everyday musician can afford.

Offering many of the blazing features as its more expensive brethren, the Wolfgang WG Standard has a basswood body with special “comfort cut” forearm contour for maximum playing ease. Its bolt-on baked maple neck with graphite-reinforcement rods holds strong against the ravages of temperature and humidity, while a conveniently located spoke wheel at the base of the neck makes for quick and painless truss rod adjustments. Designed for comfortable playability and speed, the Wolfgang WG Standard also features an oiled finish on the back of the neck and a 12”-16” compound radius baked maple fingerboard with rolled edges, 22 jumbo frets and black dot inlays.

Dual EVH® Wolfgang humbucking pickups mounted directly to the body increase vibration transfer, resulting in sustain for days on end. Two black knurled control knobs have been dialed-in to Van Halen’s exacting specifications—the smooth-feeling 500k pots make it easy to find a unique sound while retaining the crisp high-end sparkle of the Wolfgang pickups. The EVH-branded Floyd Rose® Special bridge and R2 locking nut consistently keep the guitar in tune through the deepest whammy dives and horse whinnies.

Tested live onstage where it counts, the Wolfgang WG Standard is decked out for playing performance and comfort, and available in several head-turning finishes with a black headstock and black or black chrome (Gloss Black only) hardware.

BASSWOOD WOLFGANG BODY WITH SPECIAL "COMFORT CUT" FOREARM

Featuring an offset shape with larger upper horn, the Wolfgang’s basswood provides excellent tonal response that is full and rich with distinguished warmth and sustain. The special “comfort cut” forearm contour was engineered for max playing comfort without hindering tone.

BOLT-ON BAKED MAPLE NECK WITH EDDIE VAN HALEN'S UNIQUE WOLFGANG BACKSHAPE

Bolt-on is a type of neck construction that joins the maple neck to the body of the guitar with screws or bolts, resulting in bright tone with more control. Baking the wood also increases durability and combined with graphite-reinforcement rods that flank the truss rod, creates an incredibly stable surface that can hold up to environmental changes. Graphite-reinforcement rods flank the truss rod for even more increased neck stability, while your fretting hand will feel right at home on this unique Wolfgang neck, which has a .790” thickness at the 3rd fret and .880” at the 12th fret.

EVH-BRANDED FLOYD ROSE SPECIAL LOCKING TREM & R2 LOCKING NUT

Eddie Van Halen was the first player to popularize the innovative Floyd Rose locking tremolo, even advising Floyd Rose on his early designs to integrate round disc finger-type tuners that you would see on a cello or violin. Now universally embraced, our EVH-branded Floyd Rose Special double-locking tremolo features our EVH logo stamped on the bridge plate, zinc alloy saddles and a zinc alloy sustain block. The double-locking design allows you to lock your guitar in tune at the R2 (41.8 mm) nut and at the bridge, resulting in excellent tuning stability and sustain throughout your most aggressive pull-ups and dive bombs.

HEEL-MOUNT TRUSS ROD ADJUSTMENT SPOKE WHEEL

Humidity and temperature fluctuations wreak havoc on a guitar’s neck. With the truss rod adjustment wheel placed at the heel of the neck, you (or your guitar tech) can quickly insert a 1.5 mm Allen wrench between the strings for seamless neck relief tweaks on the fly.

22 JUMBO FRETS

Versus a 24-fret neck, the design of a 22-fret axe shifts the neck pickup slightly farther away from the bridge, centering it at the “sweet spot” and resulting in an overall warmer tone. The jumbo fret wire slightly increases the distance between string and fingerboard for seamless and comfortable bends.

BODY

Body Finish Gloss Urethane

Body Shape Wolfgang®

Body Material Basswood

ELECTRONICS

Bridge Pickup Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking

Neck Pickup Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking

Pickup Color Black

Controls  Volume with Treble Bleed Circuit, Tone

Pickup Switching 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

NECK

Neck Material Baked Maple

Neck Construction Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement

Neck Thickness .790" at 3rd fret & .880" at 12th fret

Neck Finish Oiled

Neck Shape Wolfgang® Backshape

Scale Length 25.5" (648 mm)

Fingerboard Radius 12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)

Fingerboard Material Baked Maple

Number of Frets  22

Fret Size   Jumbo

Nut Material Floyd Rose® R2 Locking

Nut Width 1.625" (41.3 mm)

Position Inlays Black Dot

Side Dots Black

Truss Rod Nut Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel

Truss Rod Wrench 2.5 mm Hex

String Trees Floyd Rose® Retainer Bar

Headstock EVH® Wolfgang®

HARDWARE

Bridge  EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Special Locking Tremolo

Hardware Finish Black

Tremolo Arm Floyd Rose® Special

Tuning Machines EVH®-Branded

Control Knobs Black Knurled with White Indicator

Switch Tip Black

MISCELLANEOUS

Strings  Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)

Strap Buttons Oversized

ACCESSORIES

Case/Gig Bag

Optional EVH® Wolfgang® Hardshell (p/n 009-0916-000);

Optional EVH® Black Gig Bag (p/n 022-1512-006)