Used EVH Special Wolfgang QM Baked Maple Fretboard w/ Case – Charcoal Burst

Information

Condition: Used, Excellent.

Like what you see? All photos are of the exact item you will receive. This guitar is in excellent shape with very minor signs of play. We’ve included photos so you can take a look!

In via trade! This lightly used EVH Special Wolfgang QM just landed. It’s an absolutely killer axe that lives up to its EVH pedigree. Features include a basswood body, quilted maple top, baked maple neck, and Floyd Rose Trem with ‘D-Tuna’. You’ll be copping those Eddie licks with ease and looking good while doing it. Comes with hardshell case.

From EVH: 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. 

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.

How Does It Play?

This bad boy sets up beautifully with action sitting at 4/64” across all strings, measured at the 12^th fret. The neck is fast and smooth!

Weight: 7lbs 9.7oz

Hardshell Case Included!

SPECS

General

Model Number: 5107701597

Series: Wolfgang® Special

Color: Charcoal Burst

Number of Strings: 6

Orientation: Right-Hand

Body

Body Finish: Gloss Urethane

Body Shape: Wolfgang®

Body Material: Basswood

Body Binding: 1-Ply Cream

Body Top: Arched Quilt Maple

Electronics

Bridge Pickup: Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking

Neck Pickup: Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking

Pickup Color: Black

Controls: Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit, Tone (250K EVH® Bourns® High Friction Pot)

3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

Pickup Configuration: HH

Neck

Neck Material: Quartersawn Baked Maple

Neck Construction: Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement

Neck Thickness: .805" at 3rd & .890" at 12th Fret

Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane

Neck Shape: Wolfgang® Backshape

Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)

Fingerboard Radius: 12" to 16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)

Fingerboard Material: Baked Maple

Number of Frets: 22

Fret Size: Jumbo

Nut Material: Floyd Rose® R2 Locking

Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)

Position Inlays: Black Dot

Side Dots: Black

Truss Rod Nut: Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel

Truss Rod Wrench: 2.5 mm Hex

String Trees: Floyd Rose® Retainer Bar

Headstock: EVH® Wolfgang®

Hardware

Bridge: EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna®

Hardware Finish: Chrome

Tremolo Arm: Floyd Rose® 1000 Series Locking

Tremolo Block: Brass

Tuning Machines: EVH®-Branded Gotoh®

Control Knobs: Black Plastic with White Indicator

Switch Tip: Black

Miscellaneous

Strap Buttons: Oversized