Eddie Van Halen launches the all-new EVH® Wolfgang™ electric guitar, available worldwide beginning Jan. 2009. The EVH Wolfgang guitar represents Eddie’s 35 years of experimenting with guitars, over two years of intense research and development, and a full year of brutal road testing during the top-grossing Van Halen 2007-2008 tour.

From Eddie Van Halen comes a guitar representing over 35 years of cumulative EVH experience and expertise in guitar design, the EVH Eddie Van Halen Wolfgang Electric Guitar. Built to Eddie Van Halen’s exact specs and using every single feature of the Wolfgang guitars he himself plays onstage and in the studio, the Wolfgang is a bulletproof and beautiful tonal giant of a guitar that takes whatever you can dish out and then asks for more.

The process undertaken to develop the Wolfgang took over two years of intense trial-and-error research. The formidable task yielded a series of prototypes that endured a full year of brutal in-concert road testing by Eddie on Van Halen’s triumphant 2007-2008 world tour. To prove that it was battle-worthy and could survive the road, performance data was collected from every gig for months and months to establish and confirm consistency and durability.

Features

• EVH chrome Gotoh tuners with pearl buttons built exclusively for the Wolfgang
• AA birdseye maple fingerboard
• Quartersawn maple neck reinforced with 2 graphite rods
• Stainless steel vintage size frets that are practically indestructible and super resistant to wear spots, nicks and dings
• Hard-mounted custom designed EVH humbucking pickups
• Arched AA maple top with 5-piece binding
• EVH Floyd Rose tremolo unit with EVH D-Tuna designed exclusively for the Wolfgang
• Bourns low friction pots: Custom designed EVH volume and tone controls that are available only on the Wolfgang

From Eddie Van Halen

“Everything that I’ve built, destroyed, stumbled onto, learned and experienced is in this guitar,” Eddie Van Halen said. Every aspect and component of this guitar has been examined and upgraded to the highest standards possible–stainless steel frets, double-potted custom-wound pickups, five-piece binding on the matching body and headstock, custom-made signature tuning machines and Floyd Rose bridge, new low-friction pots, and the list keeps going. EVH left no stone unturned.

“A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I could have just stayed at home and built this guitar for myself. I do this because a lot of people ask if they can get what I use. Well, yes you can and what you get is identical to what I use,” commented Eddie. “From the basics of the guitar to painstaking aspects like the binding and everything else—we re-did everything on this guitar.”

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Official Site: http://www.evhgear.com/wolfgangspecial/

Eddie Van Halen and Fender have joined forces to bring you EVH® brand guitars, amps and musical products, beginning with a most eagerly awaited musical event: the unveiling of a 300-instrument limited edition run of the Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein™ replica guitar.

This red, black and white ash-body guitar has been put through an astounding aging process to replicate the original down to every last scratch, ding and cigarette burn. Fender craftsmen even scoured the land for 1971 quarters — just like the original Eddie at one time stuck under the original tremolo bridge — to mount near the Floyd Rose® Original tremolo bridge. The guitar features a Seymour Duncan® Custom Shop EVH® humbucking pickup, a single master volume knob (that says “Tone”) mounted on a partial black pickguard identical to the original. Leaving no stone unturned, the guitar is complete with a non-functional three-way switch and single-coil pickup that occupy two of the three pickup routs.

It’s a phenomenally crafted piece of rock history — of guitar history, period — and it could only come from Eddie Van Halen and the talented resources of Fender. It simply must be seen, heard and felt to be believed, and it will re-evoke the awestruck wonder and sheer thrill you experienced the first time you saw, heard and felt the incredible musical power of Eddie Van Halen.

Features:

* Body: Ash
* Neck: Maple bolt-on
* Tuning Machines: Schaller
* Fingerboard: Maple w/12″—16″ compound radius
* Frets: 21 Jumbo (Dunlop® 6100)
* Bridge pickup: Seymour Duncan® Custom Shop EVH
* Middle pickup: None
* Neck pickup: Seymour Duncan® Custom Shop EVH
* Controls: Master Volume
* Bridge: Floyd Rose® Original Tremolo
* Pickup Switching: 3-way
* Hardware: Aged Chrome
* Strings: .009, .011, .016, .026, .036, .046
* Pickguard: One-ply black
* Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
* Width at Nut: 1-5/8″ (41.2 mm)

This guitar is no longer available at some shops.

If you want to buy you can check the oficial site: http://www.evhgear.com/frankenstein/

“Everything that i’ve built, destroyed, stumbled onto, learned and experienced is in this guitar,” Eddie Van Halen said. Every aspect and component of this guitar has been examined and upgraded to the highest standard possible–stainless steel frets, double-potted custom-wounds pickups, five-piece binding on the matching body and headstock, custom made signature tuning machines and Floyd Rose  bridge, new low-friction pots, and the list keeps going. EVH left no stone unturned.

The process undertaken to develop the Wolfgang took over two years of intense trial-and-error research. The formidable tasks yielded a series of prototypes that endured a full year of brutal in-concert road testing by Eddie on Van Halen’s  triumphant 2007-2008 world tour. To prove that is was battle-worthy and could survive the road, performance data was collected from every gig for months and months to establish and confirm consistency and durability.

Feature:
EVH chrome Gotoh tuners with pearl buttons built exclusively for the Wolfgang
AA birds eye maple fingerboard
Quarter sawn maple neck reinforced with 2 graphite rods
Stainless steel vintage size frets that are practically indestructible and super resistant to wear spots, nicks and dings
Hard-mounted custom designed EVH hum bucking pickups

Quality:
The basswood so soft!!

Value:
Its high, but usually get what you pay for if your lucky these days. Check latest price!

Sound:
Simply put just a wicked guitar. Perfect set-up-tune it & play right out of the box. Overall great purchase-its van halen at his best in regards to tone chasing.

Ease of Use:
If your a player, this is like driving a corvette!! Fast, smooth, easy, impossible to get a bad tone!

Support:
Outstanding customer service, very concerned, friendly, & professional! If you need a replacement, get ready for long frustrating wait-due to demand & it’s a custom shop guitar.

Overall:
A wicked guitar.

Technical Info:
Body:
- Basswood core, 1 1/2 inches (38.1 mm) thick
- Arched 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) thick AA Maple top
Neck: Quarter sawn maple
Fingerboard:
- Fingerboard AA birds eye maple
- Compound radius 12 to 16 inches (304.8 to 406.4 mm)
Frets: 22 Stainless Steel Frets, Vintage size
Scale Length: 25.5 inches (648 mm)
Nut: Floyd Rose #2 locking nut, 1.625 inches (41.2 mm)
Nut Width: 1 5/8 inches (41.28 mm)
Hardware: Chrome
Tuning Keys: EVH-branded Gotoh tuning machines, Chrome w/ pearloid buttons
Bridge: EVH-branded Floyd Rose locking tremolo
Pickups:
- Neck: EVH humbucking pickup
- Middle: N/A
- Bridge: EVH humbucking pickup
Pickup Switching: 3-way switch
Controls: 2 Bourns low-friction pots (1x250k, 1x500k)
Case: SKB Case with molded stripes
Unique Features:
- Hard mount pickups
- Magna Coatings paint
- 2 Graphite neck reinforcement rods
- Schaller chrome string retainer
- EVH D-Tuna
- Square jack plate

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