This is the latest encarnation of the Wolfgang, the signature model of Edward Van Halen. It
comes from the EVH brand this time which in turn benefits from a close association with
behemoth that is Fender MIC and, as we'll get to, it's got to be one of the best sounding
wolfies ever. There are a host of new and tone-centric features so let's zoom in and
point some of them out. This is the EVH Floyd Rose bridge, Floyd's very 1st double locking
whammy. It also includes a revolutionary D tuner which we'll show you how to use in a
tick. Electrics include a pair of custom designed, custom wound hard mounted humbuckers which
are controlled by 2 Bourns low friction pots. The basswood body and arch maple top feature
skin thin finish and 5 piece binding and the 3 way toggle is left over from previous wolfies
in as much as it's upside down - traditionally speaking at least. The birds eye fingerboard
features 22 vintage sized stainless steel frets that will never wear out and the distinctive
head stock sports 6 custom design goto tuners capped with pearl buttons. So how does it
sound? Well here we'll begin with the bridge pickup and go from a clean tone to a subtle
drive and finally we'll go up to a rock crunch, one after another. Remember that on the wolfgang,
up on the 3 way selector humbucker, here we go.
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Now we'll do the same thing with the neck pickup; clean, drive and then a rock crunch,
that means we're down on the toggle.
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Now let's have a closer look at the D tuner. The D tuner is an ingenious method of quickly
dropping the low E down to D and back up again by pulling this extended saddle away from
the bridge and then pushing it back into the slot. So here's the bridge pickup in concert
tuning, then we'll drop the low string down to D string and back up again using the D tuner.
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There we go, that's the D tuner an intergral part of the new EVH Wolfgang, the guitar is
of course reviewed in this months magazine so check out that wonderfully written prose now.