EVH Wolfgang Neck Humbucker Pickup - Chrome

Humbucking Guitar Pickup for Neck Position - Chrome

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EVH Wolfgang Neck Humbucker Pickup - Chrome

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Q: What kind of tone can I expect from the EVH Wolfgang Neck Humbucker?

This passive humbucker, featuring an Alnico II magnet, delivers a warm, articulate, and harmonically rich tone perfect for the neck position. It offers excellent clarity for clean passages and a smooth, singing sustain for lead work, capturing the iconic sound associated with Eddie Van Halen's legendary playing. It's designed to provide both power and nuance.

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Q: Who is the EVH Wolfgang Neck Humbucker best suited for?

The Wolfgang Neck Humbucker is ideal for guitarists seeking the signature EVH tone, offering versatility for various genres. It's perfect for players who want a powerful yet articulate neck pickup for rock, hard rock, blues, and fusion. Whether you're a seasoned pro or an aspiring shredder, it provides the clarity and sustain needed for expressive playing.

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Q: What are the benefits of the 4-conductor wiring on this pickup?

The 4-conductor wiring plus shield on the Wolfgang Neck Humbucker provides significant wiring flexibility. This allows for advanced modifications like coil splitting, series/parallel wiring, and phase reversal when paired with appropriate switches. This versatility lets you achieve a wider range of tones from your guitar, from thick humbucker sounds to brighter single-coil-like voicings.

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Q: Is the EVH Wolfgang Neck Humbucker difficult to install?

Installing the Wolfgang Neck Humbucker involves standard soldering for passive pickups. While experienced DIYers can handle it, those new to pickup installation might consider professional help to ensure proper wiring and optimal performance. Your Sweetwater Sales Engineer can also offer personalized advice on the installation process or recommend resources.

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Q: What does the Alnico II magnet contribute to the pickup's sound?

The Alnico II magnet in the Wolfgang Neck Humbucker is known for its warm, vintage-like characteristics. It provides a softer magnetic pull compared to Alnico V, resulting in excellent sustain, a smoother high end, and a more organic, less aggressive attack. This contributes to the pickup's articulate response and rich harmonic content, enhancing your guitar's natural voice.

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Nail Eddie's Tone

The EVH Wolfgang Neck Pickup gives you classic Eddie Van Halen guitar tone, instantly. Superhuman chops aside, Eddie forged his unmistakable sound through incessant tinkering with guitar parts and pickups. To achieve his signature tone, Eddie paid particular attention to different pickup windings. EVH now gives you a direct replacement for all standard humbucking pickups, the Wolfgang Neck humbucker, that lets you nail Eddie's classic lead tone: stinging, singing highs, snarling mids, fat brown sound and all. Equip your axe with legendary Eddie Van Halen tone, with the EVH Wolfgang Neck Pickup.

EVH Wolfgang Neck Pickup Features:

Nail Eddie's lead tone!
Direct replacement for all standard humbucking pickups
A hip alternative to "usual suspect" replacement humbuckers
DC resistance: 16.4-17.0 K ohms

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Tech Specs

Type: Humbucker
Position: Neck
Active/Passive: Passive
Magnet Material: Alnico II
Number of Conductors: 4 wire plus shield
DC Resistance: 16.4-17.0K
Connectivity: Soldered
Number of Strings: 6
Covering: Covered
Color: Chrome
Manufacturer Part Number: 0222139001

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As way of background, I've been playing rock guitar for over 40 years. During that time, I've mostly played Les Pauls though I've played a Strat HSS, SG, and BC Rich Warlock two. During this 40 plus years, I've swapped out many pickups. So, I've played all the standard Gibson humbuckers, 490R, 490L, 498, Burstbucker, Burstbucker Pro etc. etc. I've also played many of the DiMarzio rock style humbuckers i.e. Super Distortion, Super II, Super III, PAF Pro, Mo Jo PAF, 36th Anniversary PAF etc. etc. I've tried Fralin pickups and Bill Lawrence pickups. Overall, I've swapped out a lot of pickups in search of a creamy high distortion with a clarity for some clean brightness.

EVH was an amazing guitar player and he put his name on these pickups. I have no idea if he really played these, or designed these, or even heard them. I've read that these pickups are made by Fender, which could be good or bad. Fender makes great and average guitars in my opinion depending on the model you buy. Fender is not known for their humbucker experience and prowess. EVH is known for his tone and his passion for tinkering his designs to get them where he wanted his tone to be. If EVH did that with these pickups, that explains why they are so great.

This review is for the EVH Wolfgang neck pickup, but I own both the bridge and the neck pickups. Of course I noticed them because of the EVH brand and the traditional Les Paul chrome covers. These also come in black, but I like my Les Pauls fully dressed. Also, although I'm a huge fan of DiMarzio's Super Distortions and PAFs. Although the other pickups listed above are all good, I haven't found them to be up to the task of matching the EVH bridge pickup. In my opinion, if you install the EVH bridge pickup, you need to get this one to match it.

For the EVH Wolfgang neck pickup, I found it to have a great output level without being muddy. It's not as loud as the EVH bridge which is desirable but it distorts as well as my DiMarzio's with better styling. It also has a punchy clean sound which is just as nice as the Gibson or DiMarzio PAFs in my opinion. If you are using a Gibson or DiMarzio bridge pickup, I think this will be fine. However, I find it to be a great match for the EVH Wolfgang bridge pickup. I've been playing it for several months through several amps and cabs and I have several Les Pauls with Gibson and DiMarzio pickups to compare it too.

The wiring is color coded differently than Gibson. So, if you are installing this yourself and splitting the coils you should do some research. It wasn't hard to figure out, but you need to understand that the colors are different. If you take it too a shop for installation, I would mention this to them, but they shouldn't have any problem.

In summary: It was a surprise, but I love this pickup!