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EVH Wolfgang Standard Electric Guitar - Gold Sparkle Demo

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Basswood Body, Maple Neck, Maple Fingerboard, 2 Humbucking Pickups, and Floyd Rose Special Tremolo - Gold Sparkle
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There is a large finish chip on the body face at the edge of the lower treble bout. There are also fine scratches on various parts of the instrument that are not photographed. These scratches do not show well in photos, if at all. This guitar comes with a tremolo arm and adjustment tools.

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Designed By a Fretboard Legend

The EVH Wolfgang Standard delivers the massive sound and road-tested durability befitting an electric guitar legend like Edward Van Halen. A stripped-down version of Ed's personal stage guitar, this solidbody electric boasts a basswood body — the perfect sonic match for its muscular Wolfgang humbuckers. Thanks to a baked, graphite-reinforced maple neck, you'll enjoy rock-solid stability, while a compound-radius fingerboard enables exceptional speed and comfort. Built to King Edward's exact specifications and intentionally positioned against the guitar's body, the Wolfgang Standard's dive-bomb-only Floyd Rose lets you mimic Ed’s signature trem work with ease. If you want the cradle to truly rock, strap the Wolfgang Standard across your shoulder and you'll be shredding all the way to Mean Street.

Rock-hard, hard-rock construction

Right from your first rapid-fire lick, you'll know that the Wolfgang Standard is "the one." Its basswood body resonates with a warm, mid-forward growl and a defined character that really cuts through a mix. The Wolfgang Standard boasts a baked, graphite-reinforced maple neck and a fast-playing compound-radius fingerboard, ensuring easy chording down low and lightning-fast playability up high. The guitarists here at Sweetwater are awed by the incredible, unfettered playability supplied by the Wolfgang Standard.

Formidable Wolfgang humbuckers

The EVH Wolfgang Standard comes outfitted with direct-mount Wolfgang humbuckers. 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. The Wolfgang Standard's pickups are the culmination of his experimentation. They nail Eddie's classic tone with muscular lows, singing highs, and snarling mids — all the essential elements of EVH’s elusive brown sound.

Dive-ready Floyd Rose tremolo

The Wolfgang Standard boasts a top-loaded EVH-branded Floyd Rose Special tremolo. First gaining popularity in the 1980s, the Floyd Rose’s locking design keeps your guitar in tune, even if you like to perform extreme pitch pyrotechnics. When push comes to shove, you can force the whammy bar all the way down to the guitar's body for psychotic dive-bombing. No matter how much you abuse it, you'll maintain your tuning stability, thanks to the Floyd Rose tremolo's locking design.

EVH Wolfgang Standard Electric Guitar Features:

  • Designed by rock legend Eddie Van Halen
  • Resonant basswood body arms you with a growling, mid-forward acoustic tone
  • Direct-mount Wolfgang humbuckers deliver muscular lows, singing highs, and snarling mids
  • Baked, graphite-reinforced, quartersawn maple neck provides rock-solid stability
  • Compound-radius fingerboard allows for exceptional speed and comfort
  • EVH-branded Floyd Rose Special tremolo allows for twisting, bending, and dive-bombing
  • Convenient neck-heel truss rod adjustment thumbwheel
  • Eye-catching black hardware

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape Wolfgang Standard
  • Body Material Basswood
  • Body Finish Gloss Polyurethane
  • Color Gold Sparkle
  • Neck
  • Neck Material Baked Maple
  • Neck Shape Wolfgang Backshape
  • 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 Rose R2 Locking
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece EVH-branded Floyd Rose Special Locking Tremolo
  • Tuners EVH-branded
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup Direct Mount EVH Wolfgang Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup Direct Mount EVH Wolfhang Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x master volume, 1 x master tone
  • Switching 3-way toggle pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings Nickel Plated Steel, .009-.042
  • Case/Gig Bag Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 5107003518

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This guitar was a gift, and I had no experience with the brand before. The satin baked-maple neck is fast as hell to play on. Fretwork is gorgeous. I've never had a guitar that I liked so much right from the factory.
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