EVH Wolfgang WG Standard QM Guitar, Baked Maple Fretboard, Transparent Amber

Manufacturer's Description

Wolfgang® WG Standard QM

The Wolfgang® WG Standard QM 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, this axe features a basswood body with special “comfort cut” forearm contour for maximum playing ease, along with attractive masked-off natural body binding and an elegant quilt maple top. 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 a smooth 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. The black knurled tone and volume 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 instrument in tune through the deepest whammy dives and horse whinnies.

Tested live onstage where it counts, the Wolfgang WG Standard QM is decked out for playing performance and comfort, and available in an array of stage-stealing new finishes featuring black headstocks and black chrome hardware.

Features

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.

Roasting the fingerboard removes moisture from the wood, making it more resistant to humidity shifts and warping.

12"-16" Compound Radius Baked Maple Fingerboard

The innovative 12"-16" compound radius baked maple fingerboard design gradually flattens toward the heel from its smaller and more rounded profile at the nut for unparalleled comfortable chording and riffing near the nut and seamless bending near the heel. Maple is a dense wood that produces bright, snappy tones, articulate notes with bite and a tight low end.

Roasting the fingerboard removes moisture from the wood, making it more resistant to humidity shifts and warping.

Versatile Switching & Controls

All Wolfgang Standard 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 is ideal for all your blistering solo needs. The volume knob has a treble bleed circuit for seamless volume swells, along with a single tone knob.

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.

Specifications

General

• Model Number: 5107004558
• Series: Wolfgang® Standard
• Color: Transparent Amber
• Number of Strings: 6
• Orientation: Right-Hand

Body

• Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
• Body Shape: Wolfgang®
• Body Material: Basswood
• Body Binding: Masked Off Natural Body Binding
• Body Top: Quilt Maple

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
• Pickup Configuration: HH

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 Chrome
• Tremolo Arm: Floyd Rose® Special Locking
• 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
• Case/Gig Bag: Optional EVH® Wolfgang® Hardshell (p/n 009-0916-000); Optional EVH® Black Gig Bag (p/n 022-1512-006)
• Included Accessories: Tremolo Arm, Hex Keys & User Manual

Overall Condition

Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized dealer for EVH. This WG Standard QM is 100% brand new and is being sold with a full manufacturer's warranty.

note: The photos above may not be of the exact guitar you'll receive. The serial number may differ but specs will all be the same. Please feel free to get in touch with us for an in-hand description.

Our in-house guitar tech will inspect, test, set up, and clean all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival.