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EVH Wolfgang WG Standard Exotic - Natural Ziricote

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Basswood Body, Ziricote Top, Baked Maple Neck, Baked Maple Fingerboard, 2 Humbucking Pickups, and Floyd Rose Tremolo - Natural Ziricote
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Hard-hitting Tone, Ample Playability and Exotic Looks

The EVH Wolfgang Standard Exotic was designed for one thing: hard-hitting rock ‘n’ roll. Built to Eddie Van Halen’s exacting standards, this axe exhibits the ferocious tone and effortless playability that players of his caliber demand. Beyond that, its eye-catching ziricote top ensures that all eyes will be on you every time you step on stage. Enjoy a distinctive woody character and ample sustain, thanks to dual direct-mounted EVH Wolfgang humbuckers. Benefit from maximum stability and resistance to temperature and humidity, by virtue of a graphite-reinforced, bolt-on baked maple neck. An EVH-branded Floyd Rose Special tremolo and locking nut maintain intonation — even after extreme whammy bar abuse. The EVH Wolfgang Standard Exotic is the high-performance hard rock machine you’ve been waiting for.

A rock machine that's built for serious fretwork

At Sweetwater, we've been consistently impressed by EVH guitars, and the Wolfgang Standard Exotic is no exception. From its basswood body to its baked maple neck and fingerboard, this guitar just screams quality. This amazing guitar is made for serious playing, with a compound-radius fingerboard, an EVH Floyd Rose bridge and locking nut, and direct-mounted EVH humbuckers. You also get two domed black knobs for total control over your tone and volume and ultra-stable EVH tuners. All the components come together to make a high-performance electric guitar.

Graphite-reinforced neck for stability and playability

The neck is one of the most important aspects of any instrument, which is why this EVH Wolfgang Standard Exotic's bolt-on neck is reinforced with graphite, offering amazing stability. You'll also love the playability and feel of the compound-radius fretboard on this Wolfgang WG Standard. The fretboard radius goes from 12" at the nut to a comfortable and flat 16" radius on the upper frets.

Floyd Rose tremolo allows for twisting, bending, and huge dive-bombs

First gaining popularity in the 1980s, the Floyd Rose tremolo's locking design keeps your guitar in tune — even if you like to perform extreme pitch pyrotechnics. You can force the whammy bar all the way down to the guitar's body for psychotic dive-bombing. No matter how hard you're shredding, you'll maintain your tuning stability, thanks to the Floyd Rose tremolo's locking design.

EVH Wolfgang Standard Exotic Features:

  • Designed by rock legend Eddie Van Halen
  • Ziricote top offers an eye-catching appearance
  • Basswood body and dual EVH pickups deliver resonant tone, sustain, and crunch
  • Compound-radius allows for exceptional speed and comfort
  • EVH-branded Floyd Rose tremolo allows for twisting, bending, and dive-bombing
  • Comfort cut forearm contour for maximum playing ease
  • Belly cut allows the guitar to fit comfortably against your torso

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape Wolfgang
  • Body Material Basswood
  • Top Material Ziricote
  • Body Finish Gloss Polyester
  • Color Natural
  • Neck
  • Neck Material Baked Maple
  • Neck Shape Wolfgang
  • Neck Joint Bolt-on
  • Radius 12"-16" compound
  • Fingerboard Material Baked Maple
  • Fingerboard Inlay Black Dots
  • Number of Frets 22, Jumbo
  • Scale Length 25.5"
  • Nut Width 1.625"
  • Nut Material Floyd R2 Locking
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece EVH-branded Floyd Rose Special Tremolo
  • Tuners EVH-branded
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup Direct Mount Wolfgang Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup Direct Mount Wolfgang Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x master volume, 1 x master tone
  • Switching 3-way toggle pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings EVH, .009-.042
  • Case/Gig Bag Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 5107002522

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Rated 5/5

The Playability is

For being the lower end model, I just had to tweak a few things.. But it is playing just like the $ models now!! Freaking awesome. Perfect neck, but might be too wide for smaller handed people. So smooth, I love the Dive Bomb only trems because they stay in tune better and it's easier to unlock and drop to D.. This model doesn't come with the D Tuna, but I hear that even the higher end models, the D tuna half the time, doesn't work correctly.

If you get one of these, change the strings immediately, depending on how it shows up for you, down up or down on the Floyd bolts, about 1 half turn each, touch the Truss rod a little and boom! You get the EVH Wolfie without paying over a grand.
Music background: Music is life. Ride the spiral
Rated 5/5

it was in tune out the box!

I ordered this in Oct when Eddie passed away. It finally arrived at my door step on Feb 12. It was worth the wait. I play drums normally but a guitar has always been at my side. I've owned a hard tail Peavey Wolfgang in the past. So when EVH came out with the Standard Wolfgang, I decided it was time. This guitar has the tone even through a Fender Frontman 212R. The intonation was spot on and the fret ends were superb. It sounds great unplugged too. The Ziricote top is amazing. Thank you, Sweetwater.
Rated 5/5

Very good quality right out of the box!

I'm very pleased with this guitar for the price, I was amazed at the quality of the fit and finish, the frets are beautifully leveled, dressed and polished. The only adjustments I made were tightening the springs and lowering the action a bit. No truss rod adjustment needed. As it says in the manual, it plays just fine flat as a board. The Zircote top is very attractive as is the roasted maple neck (it's all one piece, no baloney cut at the headstock). And it plays great. I watched some youtubes before I bought it, of course everyone ripping off Eddie licks. I play classic rock, blues, etc. (I'm old) and it all sounds great on it too. I don't do divebombs but the Floyd Rose bridge can be used tastefully just like any other trem and it stays in tune. Arrived in perfect condition, well packed as always. That's why I buy from Sweetwater. They go the extra mile. Especially my sales rep Colton Smiricky, he's always there with anything I need or to help with shipping questions.
Rated 5/5

Unreal

My wife purchased this for me for Father's Day/birthday.(Won the lottery marrying her!!) The guitar is a steal at this price. Appearance wise, it's beautiful. Sounds great, nice set up out of the box. The real magic is the neck. Easiest, most comfortable neck I have ever played. No joke. Josh Lively continues to be an absolute pleasure to work with. EVH and Sweetwater did not disappoint.
Music background: Worship team, electric guitar
Rated 5/5

Have owed a few EVH guitars over the years, this is my favorite.

I've had mixed feelings about the Fender built EVH series of guitars. I owed one the solid color base model EVH Wolfgang Standard models a few years back and it didn't quite speak to me. Prior to that, I owed a MusicMax Axis that was released the year after EVH went to Peavey. The difference with the Standard Exotic Zircote and the Standard are in the (hand oil-rubbed) baked maple fretboard, it's just a dream to play on and either the aged maple fretboard or the Zricote top (most likely he fretboard, the top is a veneer) mellow out the over-bite of the Asian made Wolfgang Humbbuckers just enough. The USA built Humbuckers are designed to exact same specs (according to Fender/EVH) but everyone hears a slight difference on the Standard and Special series. While I'm not saying the baked maple fretboard alters the tone dramatically, there is a subtle difference here that I really like. Out of box mine was set up perfect. Paired with my Boss Katana 100 and I'm finally getting that classic brown sound.
Music background: Intermediate guitarist.
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