EVH Wolfgang WG Standard - Baked Maple Fingerboard - Gloss Black

WOLFGANG® WG STANDARD

The Wolfgang® WG Standard boasts the same style and massive sound Eddie Van Halen created—at a price the everyday musician can afford.

Offering many of the blazing features as its more expensive brethren, the Wolfgang WG Standard has a basswood body with special “comfort cut” forearm contour for maximum playing ease. Its bolt-on baked maple neck with graphite-reinforcement rods holds strong against the ravages of temperature and humidity, while a conveniently located spoke wheel at the base of the neck makes for quick and painless truss rod adjustments. Designed for comfortable playability and speed, the Wolfgang WG Standard also features an oiled finish on the back of the neck and a 12”-16” compound radius baked maple fingerboard with rolled edges, 22 jumbo frets and black dot inlays.

Dual EVH® Wolfgang humbucking pickups mounted directly to the body increase vibration transfer, resulting in sustain for days on end. Two black knurled control knobs have been dialed-in to Van Halen’s exacting specifications—the smooth-feeling 500k pots make it easy to find a unique sound while retaining the crisp high-end sparkle of the Wolfgang pickups. The EVH-branded Floyd Rose® Special bridge and R2 locking nut consistently keep the guitar in tune through the deepest whammy dives and horse whinnies.

Tested live onstage where it counts, the Wolfgang WG Standard is decked out for playing performance and comfort, and available in several head-turning finishes with a black headstock and black or black chrome (Gloss Black only) hardware.

BASSWOOD WOLFGANG BODY WITH SPECIAL "COMFORT CUT" FOREARM

Featuring an offset shape with larger upper horn, the Wolfgang’s basswood provides excellent tonal response that is full and rich with distinguished warmth and sustain. The special “comfort cut” forearm contour was engineered for max playing comfort without hindering tone.

BOLT-ON BAKED MAPLE NECK WITH EDDIE VAN HALEN'S UNIQUE WOLFGANG BACKSHAPE

Bolt-on is a type of neck construction that joins the maple neck to the body of the guitar with screws or bolts, resulting in bright tone with more control. Baking the wood also increases durability and combined with graphite-reinforcement rods that flank the truss rod, creates an incredibly stable surface that can hold up to environmental changes. Graphite-reinforcement rods flank the truss rod for even more increased neck stability, while your fretting hand will feel right at home on this unique Wolfgang neck, which has a .790” thickness at the 3rd fret and .880” at the 12th fret.

EVH-BRANDED FLOYD ROSE SPECIAL LOCKING TREM & R2 LOCKING NUT

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 Special double-locking tremolo features our EVH logo stamped on the bridge plate, zinc alloy saddles and a zinc alloy sustain block. The double-locking design allows you to lock your guitar in tune at the R2 (41.8 mm) nut and at the bridge, resulting in excellent tuning stability and sustain throughout your most aggressive pull-ups and dive bombs.

HEEL-MOUNT TRUSS ROD ADJUSTMENT SPOKE WHEEL

Humidity and temperature fluctuations wreak havoc on a guitar’s neck. With the truss rod adjustment wheel placed at the heel of the neck, you (or your guitar tech) can quickly insert a 1.5 mm Allen wrench between the strings for seamless neck relief tweaks on the fly.

22 JUMBO FRETS

Versus a 24-fret neck, the design of a 22-fret axe shifts the neck pickup slightly farther away from the bridge, centering it at the “sweet spot” and resulting in an overall warmer tone. The jumbo fret wire slightly increases the distance between string and fingerboard for seamless and comfortable bends.

Specifiche Tecniche:

BODY

• Body Finish Gloss Urethane
• Body Shape Wolfgang®
• Body Material Basswood

ELECTRONICS

• Bridge Pickup Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
• Neck Pickup Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
• Pickup Color Black
• Controls  Volume with Treble Bleed Circuit, Tone
• Pickup Switching 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup

NECK

• Neck Material Baked Maple
• Neck Construction Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
• Neck Thickness .790" at 3rd fret & .880" at 12th fret
• Neck Finish Oiled
• Neck Shape Wolfgang® Backshape
• Scale Length 25.5" (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius 12"-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® Special Locking Tremolo
• Hardware Finish Black
• Tremolo Arm Floyd Rose® Special
• Tuning Machines EVH®-Branded
• Control Knobs Black Knurled with White Indicator
• Switch Tip Black

MISCELLANEOUS

• Strings  Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
• Strap Buttons Oversized

ACCESSORIES

• Case/Gig Bag
• Optional EVH® Wolfgang® Hardshell (p/n 009-0916-000);
• Optional EVH® Black Gig Bag (p/n 022-1512-006)