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The Wolfgang® Special – a high-performance, road-tested guitar built for speed, tone, and style.

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.

-Tremolo Arm, Hex Keys & User Manual
-Truss Rod Wrench 2.5 mm Hex

  • - 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

- Orientation: Right-Hand
- 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: Ebony
- Position Inlays: Pearloid Dot
- Side Dots: White
- 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: Basswood
- Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
- Body Shape: Wolfgang®
- Body Binding: 1-Ply Cream
- Body Material: Basswood
- Bridge: EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH®D-Tuna®
- Tremolo Block: Brass
- Pickup Covers: Parchment
- Control Knobs: Black Knurled with White Indicator
- Switch Tip: Black
- 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
- 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

General Information
Manufacturer information
Fender Musical Instruments Corp.
17600 N. Perimeter Drive, Suite 100
85255 Scottsdale AZ
United States
Alternative Design Guitar attributes
Unit
1 piece(s)
Product Details
Product Number
249470
Brand
EVH
Series
Wolfgang
SubSeries
Special
Category
Alternative Design Guitar
Brand Category
EVH - Alternative Design Guitars
Relevancy rank in Category Alternative Design Guitar
139 of 224
Date
July 2024
Dimension
Box Height
117mm
Gross Weight
4.65kg
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