EVH Wolfgang Special QM Electric Guitar. Baked Maple Fingerboard, Charcoal Burst

DESCRIPTION

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.

FEATURES

• 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

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.

SPECS

General
SERIES - Wolfgang Special
ORIENTATION - Right-Hand
COLOR - Charcoal Burst
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN - MX

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"-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

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 - Black
CONTROL KNOBS - Black Plastic 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

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

Measurements
DIMENSIONS - 4.70x15.30x42.10 IN
SHIPPING WEIGHT - 11.15 LB
FRET SIZE - Jumbo
SCALE LENGTH - 25.5" (64.77 cm)
SHIPPING LENGTH - 42.10 IN
SHIPPING HEIGHT- 4.70 IN
SHIPPING WIDTH - 15.30 IN

Accessories
INCLUDED ACCESSORIES - Tremolo Arm, Hex Keys & User Manual
TRUSS ROD WRENCH - 2.5 mm Hex

Miscellaneous
COMMODITY CODE - 9207901000