A Tour-grade, TOM-equipped Axe Worthy of the EVH Marque
When EVH-approved axe slinging meets high-flashpoint performance and tour-grade reinforcements, only one searing 6-string will do: the EVH Wolfgang Special Tuna-Matic. Road-tested and ready to rip, this gig-worthy instrument has everything you need to make it your on-the-road number one. This spin on the Wolfgang Special offers a distinct yet dynamic option for pliable performance via an EVH TOM-style bridge. Its solid basswood body — the perfect conduit for its tone-infused, cradle-rocking EVH Wolfgang humbuckers — anchors your sound, methodically contoured and shaped to accommodate virtually any player with ease. You'll be enraptured by the just-right feel of this special neck, crafted from a quarter-sawn slab of baked maple, reinforced with graphite rods, guaranteeing road-faring calibers of lightning-fast playability, all over its compound-radius fretboard. Sweetwater’s session-focused 6-stringers know what it's worth, and the Wolfgang Special Tuna-Matic offers the best of both worlds: EVH-approved performance possibilities and unfettered travel-grade flexibility.
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The consummate performance-centric guitar
If you're searching for the perfect platform for hitting the road with your fretboard wizardry, you're in the right place. The Wolfgang Special is a bona fide tour-caliber axe. This guitar delivers a growling, mid-forward acoustic tone centered around a solid basswood body with enough definition to cut through a hard-rocking band. Beyond that, the Wolfgang Special’s bolt-on maple neck boasts a smooth, oiled feel, quarter-sawn and baked, giving way to a fast-playing compound-radius fretboard, giving you 22 frets of firepower that’ll have you ready to “Finish What Ya Started.”
Scorching-hot, direct-mount EVH Wolfgang pickups
The EVH Wolfgang Special comes equipped with direct-mount Wolfgang humbuckers. These scorching-hot pickups offer a first-class ticket to Edward Van Halen's elusive tone. We'll give you fair warning: plug this solidbody electric guitar into your high-gain amplifier of choice, and you'll be bowled over with singing highs, snarling mids, and fat lows — a.k.a., the legendary brown sound — with all the amp-punishing output you can handle. The Wolfgang Special includes a volume knob, outfitted with a 500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot; a treble-bleed circuit to maintain shimmering highs at low settings; plus a tone knob anchored to an EVH Bourns high friction pot. Add in the 3-way pickup toggle switch, and the Wolfgang Special is rife with sound-crafting dynamism worthy of Eddie’s penchant for aural exploration.
Pliable power and premier performance panache
While few things are as synonymous as King Edward and the Floyd Rose double-locking trem, opting for a TOM-style bridge on this Wolfgang Standard Tuna-Matic is as much of an ode to the late legend’s expressivity as the Floyd — it’s just a different type of performance pyrotechnics. Up top, a 3-by-3 set of EVH tuners bookend the strings’ 25.5-inch scale, working with the bridge to keep your sounds buzz-free and in tune, with rock-solid intonation to boot. But playability contains multitudes, and the use of baked maple in both the fretboard and neck goes beyond the aged-like tones they yield. Unlike standard maple, baked maple has greater dimensional stability, making this 6-string far more resilient to twisting or warping. Moreover, these same properties multiply in their sonic and structural reinforcement, thanks to not only the maple itself being a quarter-sawn slice of timber, but the use of graphite reinforcement rods. As a result, you'll spend less time at the workbench and more time getting “Unchained” with your axe.
EVH Wolfgang Special Tuna-Matic Features:
- Solid basswood body exhibits a growling acoustic tone with loads of mids
- Comfortable bolt-on baked maple neck boasts a nice, oiled feel
- Fast-playing 12–16-in. compound-radius 22-fret baked quarter-sawn maple fingerboard
- Graphite reinforcement rods in the neck augment sustain and stability
- EVH Wolfgang humbucking pickups deliver singing highs, snarling mids, fat lows, and plenty of amp-punishing output
- Volume knob includes a treble-bleed circuit to maintain shimmering highs at low settings
- Onboard TOM-style bridge supplies plenty of tuning stability and expressive potential
- Use of baked maple in the neck maximizes dimensional stability, reducing the risk of warping, twisting, or environmental wear and tear
- Eye-grabbing gold hardware includes fine-tuner tailpiece that's teeming with style
