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.

Specifications

• General

  • Model Number: 5107701598
  • Series: Wolfgang® Special
  • Color: Sangria
  • Number of Strings: 6
  • Orientation: Right-Hand

• Format

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

• Electronics

  • Bridge Pickup: Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
  • Neck Pickup: Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
  • Pickup Color: Black
  • Controls: Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit, Tone (250K EVH® Bourns® High Friction Pot)
  • Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle
  • Pickup Configuration: HH

• Neck

  • Neck Material: Quartersawn Baked Maple
  • Neck Construction: Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
  • Neck Thickness: .805" at 3rd & .890" at 12th Fret
  • Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
  • Neck Shape: Wolfgang® Backshape
  • Scale Length: 25.5" (64.77 cm)
  • Fingerboard Radius: 12"-16" Compound Radius
  • 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® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna®
  • Hardware Finish: Chrome
  • Tremolo Arm: Floyd Rose® 1000 Series Locking
  • Tremolo Block: Brass
  • Tuning Machines: EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
  • Control Knobs: Black Plastic with White Indicator
  • Switch Tip: Black

• Miscellaneous

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

• Accessories

  • Included Accessories: Tremolo Arm, Hex Keys & User Manual
  • Optional Case/Gig Bag: Optional EVH® Wolfgang® Hardshell (p/n 009-0916-000); Optional EVH® Black Gig Bag (p/n 022-1512-006)