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.

Basswood Body with Quilt Maple Top

A basswood body provides excellent tonal response that is full and rich, along with overall warmth and sustain. The body is capped with a beautifully figured quit maple top for an elegant touch.

Baked Maple Neck and Fingerboard

The baked maple neck and baked maple fingerboard offer increased stability, crystal clear, bright tones and exquisite style with its warmer hue and beautiful grain definition. Roasting the neck and fingerboard removes moisture from the wood, making it more resistant to humidity shifts and warping.

Direct Mount EVH Wolfgang Humbucking Pickups

Not all humbuckers are created equal. Direct mount EVH Wolfgang humbuckers with Alnico 2 magnets are hotter and harness Eddie’s scorching signature lead tone that captivated the world of rock ‘n’ roll in the ‘70s and ‘80s. These pickups deliver rich harmonics, cutting highs and snarling mids in spades.

VERSATILE SWITCHING & CONTROLS

All Wolfgang Special models come complete with a versatile control layout. Explore the tonal landscape with the three-way toggle switch, which in position one engages the bridge pickup for robust rhythm riffing. Position two engages both pickups, while position three’s neck pickup provides a warmer tone for leads. The volume knobs houses a 500K EVH Bourns low friction pot with treble bleed circuit for seamless swells, while the tone control with 250K EVH Bourns high friction pot keeps the knobs acutely dialed in.

EVH-Branded Floyd Rose Locking Trem, R2 Locking Nut and EVH D-Tuna

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 bridge features our EVH logo stamped on the bridge plate, steel saddles and a solid brass block. The Floyd Rose bridge and R2 (41.8 mm) locking nut is a professional-grade double-locking design that secures the strings in the saddle and nut, providing ultimate tuning stability and dynamic tremolo action. Standard equipment on Eddie’s personal guitars since the early ‘90s, the EVH D-Tuna is a unique patented device that enables players to drop the E to D and back, in an instant.

Specifications:

GENERAL

Model Number 5107701597Series Wolfgang Special Color Charcoal Burst Number of Strings 6 Orientation Right-Hand

BODY

Body Finish Gloss UrethaneBody Shape Wolfgang Body Material Basswood Body Binding 1-Ply CreamBody Top Arched Quilt Maple

ELECTRONICS

Bridge Pickup Direct Mount EVH Wolfgang HumbuckingNeck Pickup Direct Mount EVH Wolfgang HumbuckingPickup Color BlackControls 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 PickupPickup Configuration HH

NECK

Neck Material Quartersawn Baked Maple Neck Construction Bolt-On with Graphite ReinforcementNeck Thickness .805" at 3rd & .890" at 12th FretNeck Finish Hand-Rubbed Satin UrethaneNeck Shape Wolfgang BackshapeScale Length 25.5" (64.77 cm) Fingerboard Radius 12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)Fingerboard Material Baked Maple Number of Frets 22Fret Size JumboNut Material Floyd Rose R2 LockingNut Width 1.625" (41.3 mm)Position Inlays Black DotSide Dots BlackTruss Rod Nut Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment WheelTruss Rod Wrench 2.5 mm HexString Trees Floyd Rose Retainer BarHeadstock EVH Wolfgang

HARDWARE

Bridge EVH-Branded Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo with EVH D-Tuna Hardware Finish Chrome Tremolo Arm Floyd Rose 1000 Series LockingTremolo Block BrassTuning Machines EVH-Branded GotohControl Knobs Black Plastic with White IndicatorSwitch Tip Black

MISCELLANEOUS

Strings EVH Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)Strap Buttons Oversized

This EXCELLENT guitar went from the factory to their authorized refurbisher MIRC, where it received a full multi-point inspection and expert setup - it is ready to play!  The back of the headstock was stamped USED and the original serial number was replaced with a new one.  I acquired this guitar from the refurbisher.

Check-out the videos on YouTube and more information on the company website.  This is a Great guitar at a Great Price!

Enjoy!

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