Peavey EVH Wolfgang

Dark Cherryburst, hard stop tailpiece, custom humbuckers, volume knob, tone knob, three way toggle. Has everything I need.

I LOVE this guitar. As soon as I picked it up I knew I was getting it. The sound is probably the best I have heard and I own a lot of guitars. Ed Roman Rockingbird w/Duncan blackback pickups, Washburn Idol with Duncan's, B.C. Rich Mockingbird's with EMGs etc. etc. This guitar sounds better than any of mine. Something about the combination of wood/pickup is truely unique.. Tons of tight bite and nice sustain.. Rich and full of power. I'm using this guitar with my new EVH 5150III head and cab.. That probably has something to do with why it sounds so great. Ed probably used one of his Woflies when he worked on the new head.

The finish is beautiful, pickups are hard mounted and give it tons of sustain. The action is perfect.. Very low without any buzzing.

It's built to last and I bet it can take a beating. I added straplocks of course.

Probably won't need them since this thing is bullet proof.

Best guitar I've ever owned. I would freakin' lose my mind if it got stolen or lost.

The one I got is black with cream edge, has the liscened Floyd Rose, Bird's Eye Maple neck, made in 96' american. I have one of the original humbuckers, a single coil, as well as a Sustainer in it so i have like 3 knobs and 3 selector switches. Really, this one i have, has been modified, but its got a ton, including the tremelo, one of the most decked out guitars I've seen.

This guitar does not suit my stlye, well just not all the time, it isn't too versitale, and it seems to bee made to emulate a more metal song, and the clean channel isn't too great but it can perfectly imitate EVH's sound, and being his signature model i guess thats fine, but you;ll have to put it through a few pedals to get that sound you really want.

I bought this used, it was unbelievable when i got it, but then the Tremelo Bridge went out of place, and its never been the same, and now i need to adjust to torision rod and get the guitar set up. The pick-ups are awesome though, i love the Sustainer, especially with the tremelo, you can get some pretty annoying sounds out of it. The guitars finish is great, and it won't dent or chip too easily but its constantly needing maitanance, ,mostly with the bridge and Floyd rose system.

I have made the mistake of relying on this guitar, way too many times, too fancy for myself, to me, my Fender American Telecaster destroys this guitar, it just gets way more and better sound out of it, and more of YOUR sound, not a famous guitar player, and is more reliable. I would not use this alone anymore, but the finish is very good as are the strap buttons, but really, that doesn't acount for much, haven't your guitar scratched and bumped up ain't gonna change your tone

Well, they don't make'm anymore, plus i bought it used from G&G music, but the guy is pretty good for helping out there.

I've been playing for almost 7 years, and have owned this guitar for a year, a painful year, i hate this guitar so much but i love it too,but im finnaly gonna get rid of it. When it works its pretty beautiful, its an extremely nice guitar to look at and when i first got it, it was heavenly, it has everything, but thats the problem, I really wish it had no Floyd Rose, damn thing. Like I said , I have a Fender American Telecaster (2003) and I choose that over this one now, and run it through a Traynor custom valve 40 (i must say is an amazing amp), but overall, if you like hard rock and metal, this is a great guitar, mine just isn't so anymore, but it lacks vesitality and if you like any mellower rock, like myself, your best of staying away from this one.

WOW.
This is a Wolfgang USA Standard. 1998 model. Pat Pend.
Black with cream binding, licensed Floyd Rose tremolo, 25.5 scales, volume & tone, blah blah. Others have listed all this...

The sound is unbelievably great! Playing through a Peavey Classic 50 212 all tube amp. I use phaser, flanger, chorus, EQ and delay pedals from time to time. Guitar is not noisy. Sound is full and rich. And VERY versatile.

PERFECT!

Guitar is a tank! Will last forever it seems. Using any guitar in a gig with no backup is stupid.

Peavey's support, in my opinion, is second to none. They are always right there.

Been playing for almost 20 years. This is only better than the Korean Wolfgang I own as well. If lost or stolen...I would freak out. I can't be without it now.

1999, USA, Gloss black finish archtop with cream binding, all basswood body, Peavey Floyd Rose, Schaller tuners, unique fast, comfortable, and perfect unfinished bird's-eye maple neck, nice hard case, 22-fret, tone, volume, three-way switch, two gorgeous custom Peavey hot and tone-rich humbuckers.

This is a great guitar for rock, everything from The Who and Floyd, to Rush and Metallica. The pups push serious tone and amplitude for lead work, both neck and bridge. Sustain is LP-esque. On the neck pup with careful tweaking of vol and tone knobs, it will even do a nice clean blues/jazz tone. I'm playing it through a Laney ARO Pro-Tube Lead 100W head and 1960A 4x12, as well as a Peavey VT Classic 212. Effects include Crybay Classic, Boss Compressor, SD-1, DS-1, Chorus, and DD-3, and sometimes a Digitech RP-1. The Wolfie sounds great through everything. Consider this a 10 rating, with one point held back to leave room for someone to make the perfect guitar that does everything perfectly! ;)

I bought this used, and I'm not sure whether the pervious owner adjusted the action at all, but for me is was perfect, as was the intonation. It remains perfect. Not an off note up or down the nect. Pickups may be the best I have ever heard. Workmanship is excellent throughout, not a single flaw. I took a look inside at the wiring and electronics and all is top notch.

This thing is bomber! I have never had a single problem with it and don't expect to. Tuners, trem, neck. are excellent quality and assembly overall is tight and suberbly done.

Peavey provides excellent one-on-one customer support. They also make great gear. They get a bad rap because they also have made some cheap (aka, entry-level, but good value) gear over the years, but you get what you pay for, and Peavey is good stuff that gets the job done.

I've been playing since 1987, and I have owned and/or played various Gibsons, Guilds, Ibanez, Epiphones, Fenders, PRS, etc., and I have settled on three: The Wolfie (my hot lead machine), a Gibson Nighthawk (my Strat stand-in that does lovely warm to bright clean tones), and a Guild S-100 (blues rock to defined crunch... somewhere between an SG and LP). The Peavey is simply excellent at what it does.

Mine (was) a 2001 dark cherry-burst wolfie. Most everyone has listed the features. I'm going to keep it simple.

This guitar had a grood tone, especially with the bridge p/u. I always thought the neck p/u lacked a little clarity for soloing, kind of muddy and bland. It sounded good when in the middle position for those bluesy riffs though. I previously owned a Wolfgang special stop-tail before this one (see reviews). It quite honestly had better all around sound that this one.

These guitars always played great off the rack, mine was no exception. The finish on this guitar was beautiful no concerns there. My main concern with these guitars though is...
that the necks seem to be too narrow (for me anyway). They dont leave enough space for the E strings. If I vibrato the top or bottom E strings even a little the string rolls off the side of the neck. I'm not going to knock it that much because part of it may be my playing style, but in the end it was what convinced me to sell it.

Like I said I've owned 2 (to date). The first one has soldering issues on the p/u selector switch. This one had to have the vol. pot replaced and I fought with the input jack on occasion.

Never dealt with them.

I've been playing for over 20 years. Ive owned various Fenders, Gibsons, Peaveys, Epi's, etc... I really like Wolfie's I think they play really smooth and fast. I will probably own one again, but I will probably stick with a plain ol' Special-stoptail model. For the money (in my opinion) the difference in playability and tone is none, between the high end and special models.

Gosh, the first thing that i want to talk about is the neck, oh my gosh. It blows every guitar neck out of the water. Not many features, just tone and volume, but i do have a floyd rose and the D-tuna that comes with it. THe D-tuna is something that i thought could never work, but i have had no problems with it and i have owned the guitar for about 2 years now. The floyd rose is pretty good, it can still knock it out of tune quick, but over all is the best lock system i have ever used.

Gosh, the sound is great. I can get a really distorted metal tone to a nice bassy jazz tone. I love it.

The action is the best i have ever played. The finish on the neck is so smooth and the neck it self is small but not to small, and just over all really great.

It is my baby, so i really take care of her, but i would say that is is pretty durable, its just like any other electric, i think it depends on the user. Now the Reliability is diffent, that depends on if you like floyd roses or not.

I have never had any problems

Its a great sounding, feeling, and looking guitar, if you dont mind dealing with a floyd rose.

Everyones covered the features, highlights include d-tuna, peavey floyd rose, and pearloid key schaller tuners. Awesome thick flame maple arched top that is about 5//8" thick.

Pure EVH sound. You know what you get here. With the thick maple top the sound is very clear and articulate, chords ring out each individual notes very well. Harmonics are clean and nice. Even clean you can almost sound like a telecaster. Think finish what you started type tone. The best matching pickup set I have ever heard. Lots of pickups sound good, but very very few sound this good together. I would give it a ten, but I know some people would like to have a coild split, though if you want a strat sound why would you be playing a wolfie anyway?

Action is amazing, plays easier and better than anything I have ever had my hands on. The trem is recessed down in the body just a bit and makes for the perfect angle for the strings top sit on the fretboard. The setup is perfect, I would not even touch the pickup height, perfect. Frets are immaculate, the neck is unbelievable, it fits better than tom anderson could dream of. Swithchcraft jack, nice electronics, EVH wouldn't have put anything in here that is not top notch. The sculpted neck cutaway makes for superior access to the upper frets.

I believe it is a very reliable instrument. In fact I would almost take it to a gig without a tuner if I had to. Once you get it in tune, if you got the strings stretched out enough, you won't go out of tune, and with the d-tuna you don't even have to tune down for drop d. Poly finish should be durable as you will find.

Peavey has the best customer support of any big company I have ever dealt with. You may have to hold a while to talk to the person you need, but they will get back with you. They treat you very personable. They really back up there products and parts are reasonable.

I have played for over 15 years and gigged in 4 different states. I have had tons of strats, teles, a couple of les pauls, you name it. If it were stolen I would track down the perp and remove 99 percent of his major organs. I would not even consider another guitar instead. EVH and Peavey really outdid everyone else with this one.

2003 Model, made in Meridian ( I think Leaksburg had already shut down?). Standard Archtop model, you already know the specs from previous posts, so I won't get into all that. One thing different about mine is the fretboard...it's Rosewood. Body is Gloss Black, which means it's all Basswood. Mine is the trem model. I give it a 9 here due to the fact that this guitar is extremely well built. No gaps in neck pocket, excellent electronics, and overall construction. Very nice.

It's a pretty versitle box as it comes. I'm going to have a coil split done on the neck pup, to coax a bit more of the the strat-type tones, but that's just something I want to have done on this one. I play mostly clean, country type music, some light rock, and a bit of blues, etc. I know this is a guitar built by a rocker for rockers, but I am very pleased with the clean tones. The basswood body and Rosewood board give it a bit more "punch" in the mids, and really opens it up for a wide variety of tones. Also, this guitar has a "working" tone pot....very linear in it's abilty to affect the tone with small adjustments. I give it a 9 here as well.

This is where I will lay out a 10...it came from the dealer (mail order) ready to play out of the box. Intonation, action was dead on. If it weren't just my way, I could have played the thing for a week with the original strings as well...but I always change 'em right off. Binding, paint, all cosmetics are absolutely perfect I can't see a flaw anywhere. VERY NICE JOB

Yep, it's a Peavey. Whether or not you're a fan of Peavey gear, I have to say I've never owned a Peavey product that wasn't tough and durable. I don't gig, so don't have to worry about a backup, but if I did, I'd never go without one...I'd just have to have another Wolfie!

Peavey's customer support is excellent. There is a forum on the website, and you can get pretty much ANY question answered. There are Peavey empoyees that monitor it, and you can even post your serial#, and they'll reply with the build date, etc. I've never had to use the warranty service, but from what I've read by other users, it's top shelf.

I've been playing for a bit over 30 years, and have had my share of pretty much the gamut of guitars and gear. I've owned 2 Les Pauls, a tone of copies, some Strats, Teles, Carvins, Godin, etc. I purchased a T-60 in '79, and kept that one for about 6 years and traded it in...(wish I hadn't now). This is my 2nd Wolfgang (I lost the other one after loaning it out to a "friend"). The first time I played one in a store, I knew it was "my" guitar. The scale, shape and size of the neck and the overal comfort factor in playing this guitar made me throw rocks at the others. I DO NOT mean to imply that no one else makes as good a guitar, they do....just not for me. If this one gets lost or stolen I'll do what I did the last time....get another. I'm also wanting to get my hands on a Firenza w/P 90's. Overall, for me, this is as good as it gets. It's a much better guitar than I am a player, and that's fine by me. I enjoy playing it, and can't see me without one.

My Wolfgang has a green flame maple arch top laminated on a basswood body, highly figured birdseye maple neck, 2 humbucking pick-ups in Les Paul style tandem, Schaller tuners, Floyd Rose tremolo with a drop 'D' device on the low 'E' string and a case. I am most disappointed that the guitar doesn't have more tone options like a single coil pick-up or a coil split on the neck pick-up....then again, it is an Eddie Van Halen guitar and he doesn't use those things so...

In getting a Van Halen type sound this guitar is excellent....any other sound, just about, sucks...the difference in sound between the two humbuckers is huge, the bridge pick-up is too bright and cuts like a knife while the neck pick-up has too much low-end in comparison. When trying to compensate by adjusting your EQ on the amp or distortion/overdrive devices one or the other suffers (by the way my amps and pedals are all top o' the line boutique gear: Keeley, Analogman, Fender Custom Shop etc...)so pick-up balance sucks. The frets on the neck are thin and tall making for a difficult job of playing if your style incorporates a lot of sliding your fingers up and down the neck on strings like my style of playing does. Otherwise the frets are a bonus for tapping out harmonics and righthand hammer-ons ala Eddie (duh, figures...)a lot easier than my Custom Shop Strat. The guitar is quiet and seems well wired as far as electronics go. The pick-up selector switch feels kinda cheap with a lot of play between the settings, yet functions well.

The guitar was bought from ebay brand new. Set-up may not have been factory, because I'm not sure if the guy selling it fumbled with it or not...set-up was terrible, the action was a mile high, tremolo tension was way too heavy, so, I had to do much fine tuning to get the thing playable. After the adjustments the guitar was fine. The fit and finish of the guitar is flawless, stunning job really...the woods are all exotic looking and the guitar is put together well. Peavey did a great job here (I own or have owned them all: PRS, Gibsons, Fenders, Jacksons, Andersons, Custom ESPs etc...). After setting up the guitar it looks and plays excellent. It wants to be played fast so watch out (I liken it to a 'race car' guitar).

This guitar is built sturdy, like a tank...think 'Matchless' when it comes to being reliable....even though the bridge is not 'floating' always have a back-up though, the tone limitations alone will nece ssitate having another guitar along anyway...

Heard good things but haven't dealt with them...

My over-all rating is high because the guitar is built for the Eddie Van Halen thing and it does this superb indeed! it is not a '10' because of the disparity between the pick-ups, even Eddie Van Halen will have difficulty messing with the tone knob while playing this thing...

This EVH wolfgang is a 1997 model, in the U.S., solid basswood body, and birdseye maple neck. It has a thin neck that is unfifnished and oiled, very good for fast styles. It has a vintage gold finish that is pretty durable and beutiful. 22 frets I think. There is only one knob on this axe, a volume knob. It has a Floyd Rose bridge with a factory installed D-tuna (very nifty!).

These EVH pickups are thick and very good for rock (duh), but there is no tone knob! These pickups could be a little more versatile.

The Floyd Rose tremelo was out of position when I got it. Other than that, this is a beutiful guitar.

You can really depend on this guitar if it is set up properly. It seems very solid and the hardware is very durable.

I haven't dealed with Peavey, but when I recieved this guitar, the Floyd Rose was out of whack. I just ended up taking to a store to get it adjusted, and It plays great; really good punch now. I got this axe used, so it probably wasn't Peavey's fault it wasn't set up correctly.

Overall, I would rate this guitar 9/10, the pickups aren't quite as versatile as I would like them to be.

This is a 1999 model which was made in the United States. It has 22 frets. Im pretty sure its an arch top model but Im not sure (Im not very good with details). The controls it has are 1 Volume knob, 1 Tone knob, and a 3 way pickup selector. It has 2 Humbucker pickups and the bridge pickup is a custom EMG-81. It was like this when I bought it and I'm thinking of replacing the neck pickup with an EMG-60. It's a bit too harsh sounding on some models of my PODXT. The 60 should calm this down. The EMG-81 pickup is active but lasts for 3,000 hours. I've had the guitar for almost 20 months and haven't replaced the battery. There's a 9V battery in my case just in case it dies, though. The neck is made out of Birdseye Maple with TONS of birdseye in it. It's color is Vintage Gold and its really nice. It came with a scratch on the front and I dropped a screwdriver on it and made another. The version I have has a Licensed Floyd Rose in the bridge. It was nothing but trouble for a few months. Don't plan on using the D-Tuna and your guitar staying in tune. I finally ended up blocking the bridge and this fixed it. Tuners are locking, the brand is Schaller. The accessories it came with when I purcahsed it were: Hard case, 7 allen wrenchs, Whammy Bar, and the original pickup. Couldn't ask for anything more...

This guitar perfectly fits my music styles. I play mainly hard rock (think Metallica). I also play the acoustic songs like Nothing Else Matters, Mama Said, Fight Fire with Fire...etc. I play it through a PODXT going into a Marshall AVT20. You have to mess with the amp controls to equalize the POD. It can get pretty noisy on the hi-gain models. You have to turn down the volume to make it stop clipping and to get less gain. I think the guitar is capable of pretty much any sound, you just have to really search to find the tone...Well, for me at least.

When I got the guitar, I bet the action was perfect. I just messed with it so much that I really screwed it up. I've adjusted the intonation about 3 times. I dont know how you adjust pickups, so I cant comment on that. There weren't any flaws when I bought it.

This guitar is well built. The hardware seems like it'll last forever. The finish isn't very good, the paint chipped about an inch out of the side and I had to tape it to make it stop. The strap buttons can sometimes get loose, but not too bad.

I've dealt with customer support on their forums and they were extremely helpful and friendly. I took it to Mammoth music to get the bridge blocked, but they did a horrible job. Right after I changed the strings it was back to normal. It didnt have a warranty when I bought it.

I've been playing for a long time and own a few guitars. A Marshall AVT20, and a PODXT. Before I bought this, I wish I would have asked how to block the bridge. Thats been the biggest problem. If it was stolen, I'd go buy another one right away. I love the neck, I've played guitars at the music stores and this one's got the best action. I never compared it to other guitars because I dont need to. Its a fine guitar.

Made in 1997, 22 frets, arched top, Volume/Tone, basic Wolfie Standard setup. Love the Floyd with the D-tuner, use it all the time. The neck and pickups are what really made this guitar for me though. The neck is the most comfortable I've ever played, and the pickups are fantastic.

I play a lot of classic rock, Van Halen, Zeppelin, and it does a lot of tones pretty good. I'm using a Yamaha VR4000 stereo amp and Dunlop Crybaby. Harmonics scream on this thing, I love it.

Since it was used, you can't really give the factory credit for the setup. It was setup well though, low action, a little too low, it had a little buzz. The trem was a little stiff too, so I loosened the spring claw.

Everything has held up on it pretty good though considering the amount of abuse I gave it.

Haven't delt with them.

Been playing a little about a year and a half, this was my first real guitar, and she's a keeper. If it were stolen, I'd buy a new one in a heartbeat, just so I could have one until the original was found. Favorite feature is definitely the neck, it's perfect. I looked at a lot of guitars, Strats, Ibanezes, Gibsons, this one just had everything I needed and felt the best.

After reading all the reviews, my Wolf seems to be somewhat different than most others. It was born in 1999, highly flamed green arch top(put my green PRS 10 top to shame). The tuners are gold Sperzals w/oval pearl tuner knobs. The volume and tone knobs, bridge(hard tail)and 3-way is also gold. The neck is maple w/highly figured birdseye. Simply beautiful. The body edges are purfled out in a pearl trim also. Maybe someone got a little crazy at Peavy and thought they would slip this in, absolute Custom Shop quality. The twin humbuckers are mounted directly in wood. Sustain's like my L.P. Custom. Doesn't need nor has many features, just looks great and rocks like a mother.

Strictly an overdriven guitar. Ran thru a 5150 is a match made in heaven. Very quiet yet will knock your socks off! This is a one trick pny but it does what it's best at. Balls to the wall overdriven rock!

Everything was perfect even though I was the 2nd owner. The flame top is incredible, the workmanship perfect. Peavey surprised alot of people with this guitar. I almost bought a MM Axis Super Sport but I would have regreted it. This is far superior.

Everything is solid, durable and meant to last. It's too nice to gig with but could with no problems. I still don't know where the Sperzals came from but they are a plus on any guitar.

Never dealt with Peavey in the guitar area, but if the WolfGang is anything like the 5150 amp, I'll never have to.

Been playing 30+ years, own some nice guitars but this is one of the best! Would replace it in a heart beat if able as they are getting quite expensive. My favorite feature is the visual impact and those awesome humbuckers. I'd like to drop some in a Strat and see what happens!

US made 2000 model, transparent amber with all the standard features - floyd tremelo and d-tuna. I had it coil tapped so that both pickups can be split.

With the coil tap - what more could you want?

With the coil tap, it suits my purposes perfectly. I play in a rock cover band that stretches from heavy Rage stuff to Dave Matthews Band and Van Morrison. The coil tap has made the guitar more than just a 'hard-rock/metal' guitar, which it otherwise would be. I run it through an old Marshall 9000 series tube power amp with JMP1 preamp and Boss GX-700 effects coupled with a 1960A 4 X 12 cab. I could probably play an entire gig with just this guitar although I usually play most of the clean stuff with a US standard strat - the Wolfgang is not quite there in terms of what I like for a clean sound (although the middle position with the coil tap does get pretty close to a tele/stratty sort of sound).

Pickups are very hot and I have a bit of trouble balancing the volume with my other guitars (US Strat and Ibanez RG 550 with Dimarzio pickups) but a bit of tweaking with the master volume on the JMP1 is all that is required.

I bought mine in the US and had it carted back to Australia. It played perfectly straight out of the case. I have since had a bit of work done on the neck and general set up but only due to inevitable wear the guitar is receiving (I gig at least once a week - sometimes twice and rehearse once a week). Action was originally very low, a bit too low in fact for me, but it is now playing superbly.

The Wolf has been my main gig guitar for the last 3 years - no serious problems. The harware is good, although the plastic tuning pegs and tone and volume knobs are a bit cheap (I replaced mine with chrome knobs - look much better in my view). Also, the push pull coil tap on the dimarzio is much smoother than the original pot (I put it on the tone - will probably replace the volume with a dimarzio pot in the near future as well).

I replaced the strap buttons to use strap locks and haven't had a problem - much safer and more reliable after a couple of close calls with the guitar falling from the strap.

I would never gig without a backup guitar (string breakage) but other than the occasional broken string the guitar has never let me down.

Haven't dealt with them.

I've been playing abot 15 years - own a Mesa DC3, Martin 12 string, Yairi WY1BK, Taylor 314ce L2, 1989 US Strat and 1990 Ibanez RG 550.

I knew what I was getting into when I bought the guitar - wanted a sound that was a cross between a Les Paul and a Strat and this is pretty close in my view without going the PRS route. The coil tap has made the guitar more versatile and useable for more than heavy rock.

The d-tuna is fantastic and the best feature - essential for playing Rage and other drop D rock numbers like Place Your Hands and eliminates the need for me to lug around an extra guitar tuned to drop D. Doesn't hold the intonation perfectly though, but this doesn't phase me on stage.

If I lost it I would buy another in a second - although getting them out here in Australia is not the easiest thing (very expensive too).

I compared to PRS before I bought but this was a better 'rock' guitar in my view and a lot less expensive. I actually bought mine sight unseen over the phone and was happy with the service and the result.

Anyone who is concerned about ending up with a 'one trick pony' in buying one of these should explore getting the coil tap - it unlocks a huge range of clean and crunchy tones that would otherwise be unobtainable and makes the guitar very versatile.

This is the export( cheaper) version of the EVH Wolfgang, but it has some of the same features as its older brother. The EVH Export is made in Korea! Yeah I know what you're thinking, but we'll get to that later. The EVH Export has the same EVH designed pick-ups as the Wolfgang. The Floyd Rose bridge seems to be made from casted metal, rather than a machined bridge like on its older brother. The D-Tuna, Floyd Rose locking nut, Grover tuning machines, without the pearl key heads and quilted maple top and Faux(?)binding are all standard. I bought the Amber Quilted Maple Top Model. You can also get the Export in Tobbaco Sunburst, Transparent Blue, or Transparent Crimson Red. The Export only comes with a 25 1/2" maple neck, but its not Graphite re-enforced, and no figured neck options. Just straight maple, with some nice figure, but definitely not Birdseye. The frets are tall, and come to a point, kinda. The feel of the neck is very much like a well worn, often played neck. It is very comfortable, even for big hands like mine. Bending strings are a joy on this baby! The pick-up selector is a Les Paul type, but reversed. Up position is Bridge Pick-up, Down position is Neck Pick-up, Middle Position is Both Pick-ups. One volume control is all that is given. The Export also came with a hardshell case. I've had this guitar for over a year, so the "Honeymoon is Over" as some of you guys say.

Well, here is where it all matters! The tone is everything, and this little baby has it in spades! The pick-ups weren't set up to my liking, so I adjusted the pole pieces, as well as the height. Yes, the height of the pick-ups can be adjusted on either of these(EVH Export, or EVH Wolfgang USA) guitars, contrary to what you may have read in other reviews here. The screws are drilled into the body, but there are still springs between the body and the pick-up mounting bracket! So adjusting them was no problem. The tone of this guitar comes through no matter what I'm playing. Blues, Rock, Metal, yeah its in there. The pick-ups themselves have a very warm sound, and playing the guitar un-plugged it has a almost an acoustic volume. You can actually hear the tone of this guitar, even when your playing it un-plugged! The volume control on this guitar does alot more than control that. Back the volume off , with the neck pick-up on, instant SRV. Leave it wide open, instant Clapton(Cream). I'm still amazed by the way the volume control works in conjunction with the pick-ups. I play through a Tech-21 Trademark 60 with a 4x12 celestion cab, Boss V-wah, BBE Sonic Maximizer, and a Rocktron Tsunami Chorus. I also have a Mesa Boggie Studio Pre-amp going through a Mesa boogie 50/50 power amp. In both set-ups the tone is nothing short of fantastic. The sustain of the guitar is wonderful, the guitar almost seems alive when I'm playing it. The pick-ups are quiet, and the only time that I expierenced any hum was when I was playing near my TV, while it was on. Once I turned it off, the hum was gone. No problems with the sound, if you take the time to PLAY the guitar, you'll find that any tone is possible.

Well the Factory set-up wasn't to my liking. That's normal, though. I've never bought any guitar that had been set-up for me, right out of the box. The pick-ups had to be properly adjusted for my liking(see above)and the action was a little on the high side. The routing for the Floyd is very clean, as is the pick-up routing/installation. All of the electronic work is very well done, and very neat/clean. The fret work is first rate. All of the frets were highly polished and the sides were smooth and even. None of them come over the edge of the fret board. The Quilted maple top is finished beautifully and even. The oil finished neck is a wonder, and feels like it was designed for my hand! The D-tuna, well thats another story. This is where I had problems. Unfortunately, the EVH Export didn't come with any instructions for properly setting the D-tuna up(incidentally, the EVH Export didn't come with any instructions at all). This was very frustrating, especially when I changed to a heavier guage string. The D-Tuna needs to be adjusted for different string guages, and I finally found(just last week) the D-Tuna Site to do this correctly. Before this, the D-Tuna was basically useless. This is my biggest complaint, and I have called and spoke to the people at Peavey about this oversite. Still, although this was a problem, I'm not going to let it affect the rating too much.

Everything about this guitar reeks of quality, the fact that its made in Korea not withstanding. The EVH Export is a great, solidly built guitar, that will last forever, if properly taken care of. After over a year of playing gigs, and rehersals, the finish does show some wear, in the area between the pick-ups just below the high E string. There were light scratch marks from my pick, or hands constantly rubbing that area. This is after more than 150 gigs, 3-5 sets a night! Not to mention rehersals 2-3 times a week! So I'll say that the finish is very durable. I went out and bought some rubbing compound and Presto! The scratches are gone, and the guitar looks brand new! I've been using this guitar as my primary, with no back-up. The risk of taking out my Cherry Sunburst or Ebony Les Paul Custom, or my Custom Shop Strat, is to high. These are still my favorite guitars, but the EVH Export can run with all 3 of them, and it has some advantages(Floyd Rose, D-Tuna) that they don't. The strap buttons are very solid, and I've not had a problem with them as of yet.

The EVH Export has a 1 year warranty. I never had to use it, and I haven't had any problems with the EVH Export. When I called about the D-Tuna/instructions for the EVH Export, they sent me a set for the EVH Wolfgang USA. I didn't need them, as I had already found out how to set-up the D-tuna, but its nice to know that the people at Peavey do listen. The Guy that I talked to was very friendly.

I've been playing for over 20 years. I teach guitar instruction for a living, and perform product testing for local music stores. I was asked to test this guitar for a local music store and give my honest opinion. I fell in love with it after 2 weeks of testing, and bought it. I believe that Export sounds as good as, if not better than my Les Paul Customs, and my Custom Shop Strat. Its almost like the best of the Strat and Les Pauls combined into one guitar. If this guitar was stolen or lost, I'd go out and buy another without hesitation. The tone and the neck, the comfort of the body and the Floyd and the D-Tuna... whats not to like? If I had to pick one thing that I love the most about the Export, it would be the tone. My favorite feature is the neck shape. Its just soooo comfortable. I really can't say that I'd change anything about this Guitar, there is nothing to hate.

USA peavey wolfgang with cherry flame top. Locking tremolo with D-tuna.
This guitar doesn't need fancy features to rock, even though the D-tuna is worth a whole other guitar!

This guitar is much more versital than most people tend to believe. I play in both a cover band and an original band. The cover band covers everything from Metallica to Mana and everything in between. This guitar sounds great on all of them. The original band is a agrresive alternative metal kind of thing and I always cut through the mix with this guitar. I run the guitar through a couple of effects or just straight through my Mesa Triple Rectifier into a 4 X 12 Mesa cab. The sound is huge! Properly EQed this guitar does clean up nicely contrary to many postings here. Even with a high gain amp this guitar is extremely quiet.

The fit and finish on this guitar are pretty impressive. Lets face it we all frowned when we found out EVH had gone to peavey, but if you are serious about playing guitar you owe it to yourself to check a USA wolfgang out. It will not dissapoint you. It is pretty much perfect in every way I couldn't find anything wrong with it, and trust me I was looking for peavey's flaws.

I have had this guitar for a little over a year now, and I have gigged with it about 2 to 3 times a week since then. I have never had any problems with it! All the hardware is tuff and the parts look like they are built to last. I depend on it immensely. Experience has taught me that you should NEVER EVER gig without a backup, but if I had to this would be the one guitar I would go with.

I have had no need to deal with them.

I have been playing guitar for 15 years, ten of those years proffesionally. I am not an overprivilaged child who bought this as my first guitar and am just learning how to play. I gigged my butt off to be able to afford this guitar. I do spend all of my money on gear though. This guitar is very different from the major guitar brands, mainly because of the neck. The neck on this guitar is unreal, it has to be played to be believed! This guitar did take some getting used to, at first I felt like I couldn't play it, something was different about the way your forearm rests on the body, but once I grew accustomed to it there was no going back! This guitar gets compared to all of the big names for one reason, because it can hang with all of the other overpriced brands. I have the luxury of currently owning a PRS standard 24 a Custom shop Les Paul and an Ibanez JS 1000. I love all of these guitars each one is special in its own right, But I now know that a guitar doesn't have to be super expensive to be good, I also learned that some guitars are just priced high because of their name. The Wolfgang can take these on any day. I play all of my guitars but keep going for the Wolfgang just because it sounds great and is a pleasure to play. IN the end it is all going to be up to personal preferance so just play an instrument that inspires you and makes you want to play! The wolfgang is that istrument for me.

Peavey EVH wolfgang, i mean, EVH, if it is good for Eddie (the greatest guitarist) it is good for me. Just bought it a few months ago, so its still a new experience for me. Before buying this guitar, I'd tried ibanez JS1000, Gibson Les pauls, Fender Strat, but I have to say that after 1 year of looking around I could decide that this is the perfect guitar for me. Great variety of tones (own the tone knob one, Floyd Rose). This guitar plays Jazz, Blues, Rock and Metal. Floyd Rose lying on the body and not floating really couldn't understand, but now I know the great sound and sustain this means (also a lot easier to change strings). Maple neck, very good looking, but very easy to get dirty too. Other features are just perfect, perfectly good frets, excellent mics. Excellent in appearence, i have a transparent amber flametop, and it looks so good I want to buy all the different colours just to see them...Also you can ajust the neck, angle it the way you like it, and last but not least, the D tuner, very useful for quick change of tuning of the 6th string...overall...Excellent features.

I love playing Van Halen, GN'R (n? 1 Slash fan), love 80s metal, and it suits too, I play a lot of AC/DC, Led Zepp, Purple and stuff, and it amazingly suits all types of music. I use mi wolfie through a crate and a fender deluxe 90, I'm now on the search for a marshall jubilee. This guitar is made for jamming at high volumes and distorted, some people say this guitar doesn't have good clean sound, but I've maxed my brother's Fender and it doesn't distort at all. I love the great variety of tones you can get. Switching the tone knob to 1 and the tone switch to deep and then the tone knob to 10 and switch to treble, is going from one extreme to the other. You have millions of tone choices in between...really great aspect of guitar. What i love the most about the sound is the high output and powerfull bass sounds it has...for me its a 10

Plays perfect live. Great hardshell case included with the guitar. I use the Dimarzio strap so it doesn't fall, I strongly recomend since I already screwed one guitar up by letting it fall. Seems like a reliable and durable instrument, but since its almost new, i can't really say.

Not dealt with them yet.

I have this guitar since a few months, but i can't get my fingers off the fretboard. I just can't stop playing it, actually I'm even playing right now while I write the review. I own a Les paul imitation, it is not good, but I have played with a lot of other guitars that I don't own. If you want a screaming guitar this is a perfect choice, but if you like floating floyd rose this doesn't have one, though you CAN make it float, but I'm not taking the risk. This is the perfect mixture between a vintage Gibson Les Paul and a cutting edge Ibanez Jem. I love the Sweet sound and the screeming harmonics. I love the awesome playability, it swifts. I love the floyd rose.All other guitars can't get to half what this can play, it plays hard, loud, sweet, its excelent. I now have the "good guitar sindrome" since i can't stand playing a worse guitar than this one, and if i have to buy another guitar I would buy a Gibson Les Paul , and a Ibanez Jem so I can have all the sounds I can have. But this one just sums them all up. If you are thinking of buying a wolfgang , i can't understand why you are even thinking, JUST BUY IT, it woun't let you down....remember buy a arched, tone knob and floyd rose, just like mine...it is 10 points guitar.

USA made standard cherryburst. All the usual stuff. Finish is a 10+++. The unfinished neck is what makes this guitar feel like a old pair shoes that are molded to your feet. The comfort is like no other.

I play classic rock, blues and some country. I use two tube marshalls with a chorus and delay. Ahhh the sound. So rich and full with fat and warm tones that are soothing to any ear. You don't need to crank the distortion on the amp with these pick ups. Just a mild distortion setting and they really sing with remarkable sustain. The clarity is amazing, it just feels like quality. The bridge p/u is outstanding, no thin sounding tin can on this one. The neck is clear and bluesy with no mud and reminds me of a Gibson SG neck sound but more clarity. I could not be more satisfied. The guitar is very versatile and you could create your own signature sound easily. The VH sound is legendary to me but the guitar does that and then some.

Action is low and very little buzz. Factory set up was almost perfect for my style. That, of coarse, depends on individual style. Fairly easy to adjust, just read the manual it is explains step by step to make the adjustments. No complaints about finish, frets or electronics.

Should last a life with a little care.

I emailed peavey with a couple of question and had a very nice response in one day. They were very helpful and answered all question. They get a 10 for that unlike most manufactures

Playing 15 years and also own us strat and gibson LP. I almost went with a PRS but for the price I paid I could not have made a better choice. I like everything about the guitar.

1998 Pat Pending, Made in USA
Full scale neck
Solid top
Volume and pickup selector only
Twin "brown sound" humbuckers
Gold top finish
Floyd Rose Dtuna bridge
Schaler tuners
Birdseye maple neck

This guitar is amazing. CAn be as dirty as you want or a clean tone that is just beautiful. I run it through a JCM800 50 watt 2 channel head with a vintage green back cabinet. It is as quiet as it comes and just sounds gorgeous. I have absolutely NOTHING bad to say about it.... It's very versitile

ACTION is amazing and everything came adjusted pretty much just the way I like it. The fit and finish is nothing but absolute gorgeous. I have played a LesPaul for the last 20years and decided I would like a change......I'm very glad for the choice I made

I HAVE NEVER HAD ONE OUNCE OF PROBLEMS AND GIG EVERY WEEKEND........WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK FOR...........PERIOD

I emailed Peavey for some info on the actual guitar and they responded within 2 days.... what more can you ask for?

Been playing for 23years, I own Les Pauls, Strats, Tele's, Kramer's, Takamines. I would not hesitate to buy another (actually I just did, a Hardtail version). The only negative about it would be it seems smaller then it is sometimes, other then that NOTHING.

<<<<<<< BUY ONE, YOU'LL LOVE IT - BESIDES WHATS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?......... YOU SELL IT - THAT WON'T BE A PROBLEM >>>>>>>>>>>>>

2002 Purple flametop w/Floyd Rose and ROSEWOOD fretboard. Mine is the first Wolfgang I have seen with the rosewood fretboard, and I ordered mine that way for two reasons. 1) I think rosewood sounds a little warmer than the maple and 2) Anyone who's played a maple neck knows that they show dirt in a short amount of time. Impressive to me was the inclusion of custom case, beautiful owners manual, all hardware, and a signed certificate with the initials of everyone who had setup and quality checked the guitar. Fabulous!! I give my "9" rating, because the pickups are non-adjustable, and bolted directly to the body.

I mainly play hard rock, this thing seems well suited for my style. I play mine through my PODxt, and it sounds great. One thing I noticed, is that is has tons of punchy mids. I had to re-EQ my previous settings on all of my patches to make it go away. The bridge pickup seems pretty hot, and I found myself using the volume knob on the guitar to clean it up a little. I'm a confirmed gain freak, but on 10 it seems like overkill to me. If I roll the volume to about 7 it's just right. This guitar has the best sustain and harmonics of any axe I've ever owned.

I must confess, I wasn't a big fan of the body style at first. When shopping at my local music store I decided to pull one off the rack to try it out. This is, without a doubt, the best playing guitar I've ever touched! The action was perfect for me, which is really low, but not so low that you can't dig into the string just a little bit. The guitar was IN TUNE out of the box. For some reason, the guitar seems to have less tension than any other guitar I've played, which is strange because it has a standard 25.5" scale. There were no buzzing frets at all. The bridge was setup well, and a surprising feature I find myself using more and more is the D-tuna. I had owned another axe with one, but when dropping down to D, it was always out of tune. Not so with the Wolfgang! The finish was flawless, including the thick binding around the body. The neck feels like it was custom made for my hand. It's nice and narrow, and thick. Very, very impressed with the quality of my Wolfgang! My only minor complaint is the inability to adjust the pickups. Don't get me wrong, mine was perfect for me from the factory, but had I wanted to raise or lower them a little, I'd be out of luck. You CAN raise the pickups a little with shims, but it's a lot of work. I understand that the direct pickup mounting was actually designed that way on purpose to deliver a purer tone, but I'm a little picky and like to tweak. One last note, I have noticed that my pickups were not exactly centered. The high E string was about 1/8" of an inch away from the pole piece of the bridge pickup. What's odd, is that the other strings are relatively centered under the poles for the rest of the strings? I've looked at it for hours and can't figure out how it's possible. Anyway, overall it was well setup from the factory.

Built like a tank! I was really contemplating a Music Man Axis, but I like the idea of the graphite reinforced joint the Wolfgang has. Since the Floyd Rose is not floating, I have much more confidence in my tremelo than ever before. The finish is a polyester auto style clear coat, so it's much more durable than the nitrocellulose the Les Pauls have, and won't wear off from playing. Very sturdy feel.

I'm impressed with their website. They seem very easy to contact, and appear to be genuinely interested in their customers. I have'nt had a need to deal with them directly, but I know others who have that have really had good experiences.

I've been playing for 18 years now. I really wish I had given the Wolfgang a chance sooner. I have to say, I really could care less if Eddie's name is on my axe. It had nothing to do with my purchase. In fact, I've never ever been a Peavey fan before now. Most recently, I've been bored and uninspired with playing. I bought a Jackson Soloist SL-1 (My dream guitar) less than a month ago, and was thoroughlly disappointed. It was a nightmare to play, and the quality was really poor. I took it back to the store, and decided to re-group and take my time with my next purchase. Up until recently, I had my heart set on a Gibson Les Paul, but I hated the finished neck, and really had a hard time justifying the outrageously high price for a piece of lumber. All of the Les Pauls the store had were riddled with poor workmanship. In fact, they had a $3000 custom that had binding that looked like it was installed by a monkey. The tops on most of them were barely figured, and the finishes were very inconsistent when looking at models with the same color. The Wolfgang, for me, was a great choice. It had the archtop I wanted, but was different enough for me to feel like I'm not following the crowd. First and foremost, it's unquestionably the best playing guitar for me, and that's the most important thing of all. My only minor quibbles I have with this guitar, is the non-adjustable pickups, and the reversal of the pickup selector. It seems unnatural to move it up for the bridge, however I spent less than 10 minutes and rotated it around, so life is good. Personal taste in an axe is totally unique, but if anyone's interested in a great playing, and high quality guitar, give the Wolfgang a try.

I have the arch top standard made in USA blue flametop guitar with Floyd Rose and D-tuna. Basswood back, maple top. It isn't loaded with features (like some other guitars with piezo saddles, midi output, coil taps, sustainers, etc.). The Floyd wih D tuna is kind of cool. The neck and overall feel of the guitar is great. Very comfortable.

This guitar is made for rocking. Great overdriven sound. Great sustain. I play into a Boogie Calibre .50, and have played the guitar through other amps (Marshall JMP-1, Line 6 Spider, Boogie MK IV), it sounds great through any of them. The guitar is super quiet, no hum. (My other guitar is a Tele and the hum is annoying, especially when hard disk recording). If you are going to be playing a lot of clean guitar you are better off with something else, but if you are going to play down and dirty, classic rock, hard rock, etc, this is your baby!
The pickups have a real high output. I find that when playing 5 and six note chords, the heavier guage strings tend to cut through more than the thinner strings. I probably need to adjust the pickups a bit.

I bought the guitar used, but in mint condition. The look and feel of the guitar is awesome. The guy had a very thin guage of strings on it (probably .008's), and the trem was just about floating. When I put .009's on it, the trem was full on floating, making the D-tuna useless. So I adjusted the springs in back and fine tuned the d-tuna per the instruction manual and it works great. There are no visible flaws to this guitar. At least not to my eye.

Durability will not be a problem. I wouldn't gig without a backup because string changing with the Floyd Rose takes too long. A little nit picky thing I noticed is that the headstock is so small that when changing strings, after threading the string through the locking nut it is sometimes hard to get my hand in there to grab the little end of the string. I wouldn't want to be trying a string change under the gun...it can take a while.

Never dealt with them. Cool website though. The EVH Custom shop is a rip off. I could have bought two of these guitars for what they want for the same guitar.

I was looking for a good rock guitar with two quiet humbucker pickups to compliment my Strat and Tele. I play rack and blues. I'll stick with the other two guitars for the blues...and clean stuff. Distorted guitar and leads? Wolfie all the way. I've been playing for 20 years.
Amazingly I had to search hard for a guitar that I liked in my price range (about $1000, and I live in the SF Bay area, with lots of music stores. I could have found a great axe for 2000-3000 bucks, but there was little on the shelves in my price range besides Ibanez & Jackson shred type guitars. Very cool guitars, but not what I wanted. I ended up finding this one on Ebay from a local seller. I tried it out and it felt better and looked better than the other 3 wolfgangs I played in music shops (two of them specials).
The coolest feature is the neck. It feels wonderful to me. As far as the toggle switch being in the way like others have mentioned, I have not found it to be a problem. I think you need to have alligator arms to accidentally flip the switch while double tapping.

2001 Peavey Wolfgang Standard, Flame Purple Top /w Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo System. Basswood Bottom, Custom wound Pickups, D-Tuna, Birdseye Maple Non finished Neck /w 22 Frets Tall and Narrow., reversed toggle switch, Schaller tuners - Hardshell case. Pretty standard guitar hardware setup?I mean ALL guitars have the same kind of setup?but with this guitar they did it RIGHT.

The sound out of this thing makes my shitty little Gorilla practice amp rock!! I tried this guitar out at the store- they happened to have both the Fender Hotrod DeVille and the Marshall JCM 900 I have- lets just say that I walked into the store without wanting to buy this guitar, despite the fact that I have wanted one now for the last 2 years. I tried it out and WOW?thick full tone, nice balanced pickups!! I NEVER use the neck pickup for anything, but I do now! Both amps sounded great- both clean and dirty. Nice job on the design of the pickups!

The neck plays better than any neck I have played- even when I would ?test drive? similar models of this guitar, the neck felt good, but not enough for me to slap down the cash. For some reason this guitar was majical for me. It fit right, played right, sounded right. The finish and the action are PERFECT- even for a used guitar! The D-Tuna is a little on the tight side however?no biggie, but that is the only thing that is off on this guitar (an it is a very minor thing for me).

Peavey built this thing SOLID. I would have no problem gigging with this guitar with no backup. Stays in tune NO PROBLEM!

Ok, Peavey is my new favorite company. The guitar came with the case and THAT?S IT. I had contacted Peavey about getting aneck for a Wolfgang Special body I had aquired; they don?t sell any of the parts unless you are registered with Peavey, BUT they were going to make an exception in my case. Long story short, the neck was going to be the price of a Special (used). I declined and they sent me neck bolts at no charge (as I was going to buy a neck from Warmoth). A few days later (after I had put the guitar on layaway) I dropped them a line with a question about registering the guitar with them; although they could not register me as a Peavey Wolfgang owner (Have to buy new for that), they would instead send me everything else AT NO CHARGE (strap included). Despite not being registered with them as an owner, they did go the extra mile in my eyes?most guitar makers wouldn?t and in fact would be real dicks about it (FENDER?GRETSCH!!). Great company, VERY customer focused! I am even going to purchase a Wolfgang Special at the end of the year because of their customer focus!!

If I could rate this guitar high than 10 I would!! I have had SEVERAL guitars over the last 5 years I have been playing- Fenders, Gibson, DeArmond, Warmoth?non come close to the playabilty and quality as this guitar does. EVH?s involvment with this product aside, it is a solid machine, built RIGHT, designed RIGHT, plays RIGH, and sold by a company that does seem to care about its customers. I am VERY happy with my purchase and intend on purchasing another Wolfgang soon. This guitar is not a mere one trick pony either; I play not only rock, but a little rockabilly/psychobilly and punk as well. I can get a vairied array of tones, clean and dirty. Hands down the best guitar I have ever owned.

1999 Wolfgang Standard...oil finished birdseye maple neck, basswood body, 2 EVH humbucking pickups, 22 frets, arched top and neck, 3 way pickup selector, volume and tone controls, Floyd Rose licensed tremolo with drop-d tuner. It doesn't have a ton of features and gimmicks, but it does have pretty much everything I need. The D-tuner is a brilliant invention, and the guitar stays in tune with no problems when using it.

I play mostly cover songs, spanning a variety of rock styles. AC/DC, The Clash, Alice In Chains, The Marvelous 3, Lit, Motley Crue...stuff like that, and this guitar can do it all with no problem. The Wolfgang pickups are some of the best I've ever heard, much better than the stock pickups you find on most guitars. Some people complain that the pickups don't clean up very well, so I will offer two suggestions to correct this. Either roll off of the guitar volume a bit, or have the pickups coil tapped. I had both pickups on mine tapped, and it plays nice and clean in single coil mode.

Since I bought mine used, I have no idea as to how well it was set up when it left the factory, although I've heard that the factory setups from Peavey are pretty good. The action, fit, and finish are excellent. The neck is what sold me on this guitar. I love the feeling of the oil finished neck, it practically plays itself. My only complaint about this guitar, and it's minor one, is that the bridge pickup seems to be set a little bit too low at the factory. I raised mine a little bit, and now it sounds much better.

I don't see any reason why this guitar would have reliability or durability problems. Gigging without a backup is never a good idea, no matter what guitar you use, but if I had to, I'd want to be playing my Wolfgang.

Peavey's customer support is some of the best I've ever experienced from any company. The forums on the Peavey web site are excellent, and they have customer service reps who answer questions posted on the forum. And it's not one of those deals where a rep glances at the forum every couple weeks, Peavey's reps post answers to questions on a daily basis. When I first got my Wolfgang, I called about ordering the set of tools that came with it. They knew exactly what I needed, and they shipped it out right away. When I wanted to coil tap the pickups, I called and left a message for a Peavey guitar tech, even though I doubted that I'd ever get a call back. 15 minutes later, Steve from Peavey customer service called back, and was very helpful in answering my questions.

hI looked at Les Paul's, Strats, and a PRS McCarty before buying this, and I'm glad I chose the Wolfgang. I almost went with a PRS, but in the end, I liked both guitars equally, and so I couldn't justify paying three times as much for a PRS, when I wasn't getting three times as much guitar. I've been playing for a year, and I feel that the reason I've made such good progress in learning to play guitar is because I had a quality guitar to learn with. It just felt so comfortable from the moment I first picked it up. If anyone is looking into buying a Wolfgang, feel free to email me, I'd be happy to tell you anything else you'd like to know about it.

My model features a tiger-striped arched maple top, finished in Amber, with a birdseye maple neck. The body is Basswood. In keeping the the idea that this is Eddie's idea of a marriage between a Les Paul body and a Strat shape, then maybe the body should be made of mahogany. I know of no basswood Strats or Les Pauls.

The much touted custom Van Halen pickups are not to my liking. Alledgedly Eddie did not like the sound he got when using off-the-shelf pickups in a bridge/neck configuration. I think the neck pickup in the Wolfgang absolutely sucks. Instead of the neck pickup being warm and sweet (i.e. a Paul Reed Smith or Les Paul) it sounds muffled. Van Halen describes it as "like butter". I say it's Almost like you want to turn the tone knob up some more, but it's cranked. The bridge pickup isn't much better. Someone commented that these are NOT clean pickups, and that is definetly true. Not the sparkling traditional humbucking clean you'd expect. Kinda like the first 5150 was not designed clean tones in mind so they gave us the 5150 II.

I do like the compound radius neck, and the 6105 fret size. As someone also mentioned, the threaded tremolo arm is a poor design. We are in 2002 and you'd think they'd engineer this better. The Floyd Rose is still the best in this category. It allows you to adjust the angle of the arm in a fixed position as opposed to letting the bar either be to tight or too loose. Eddie has even commented that when people played his guitars, they thought the arm was broken because it was so loose. He keeps his spring tension incredibly stiff as well. Loose bar, stiff springs...go figure!

I've played it through my Marshall 100 watt TSL head, as well as my Crate Blue Voodoo 120 watt head. It works better with the Blue Voodoo which shouldn't suprise anybody. The Blue Voodoo is essentially a rip-off of a Soldano, which is same platform that the 5150 sprang from. It sounds okay, but nothing to write home about. Again, I think the combination of muffled pickups and the basswood body are the main culprits.

If you like Eddie's setup for instance, strings installed with the ball-end on the tuning keys, blocked tremolo, very stiff spring tension, loose whammy bar arm, non adjustable pickup height, etc., then this setup is for you.

The finish and workmanship were beautiful, but at $2000.00 it's what you'd expect. The only strange thing is that the heel of the neck overlaps where it joins the body.

As far as reliability, I was really impressed with the electronics. I always can tell the quality of a guitar by how smooth the volume and tone controls roll the sound up and down. I want very fine granularity, and not a sudden change. Like a light switch dimmer. Very few guitars come with top notch switches and controls anymore, and this one does.

I bought this guitar used around 2 months ago. This is a dark cherry burst with the Peavey version of Floyd Rose and the D-tuna. It has a well played maple neck.

The sound is so good I bought this guitar after buying a special. The pick-ups make the guitar sound alive, It has a very lively sound with a little sparkle in the treble. Very nice for any type of playing.

As I got this guitar used I can't judge the factory setup but I ordered this over the internet without playing it. I was delivered perfect and ready to play. The build quaility is better than the newest gibson ( faded V) I just bought. Very solid with high quality hardware. No noise. Great finish, great wood, great neck.

This guitar is built very well and should/will out live me. I have several old guitars and I'm sure 50 years from now it will be in someones collections.

never neede it but past experience has been good

It's just a great guiar. My only fault with it is the comfort level where you rest your arm to play other than that it's awesome.