Does anyone have an EVH Wolfgang?

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i wanted to try one a long time ago but for some reason i never ended up trying it, and now i think i might want one again. if you have tried one or own one what do you think?
 
i've been listening to demos of it on youtube, now i know the meaning of love, i'm going to get one!:D
 
Roguetitan said:
Pure SEX Nuff said.
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:):D

for any others wanting to know more, here is a video with Eddie talking about the new one released in 09' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU7WHAAPi6A

there are some good demos of people actually playing out there too & also i've found others saying that they either liked some of the first models way back when and love the new one, but not necessarily some of the inbetween years

as for the 5150III amp, it's said to be much better than the previous versions too
 
by the time i can afford both i'll be an old lady but i'll be the coolest in the nursing home and i'm going to blow the hearing aids straight out of their ears!!!
 
New here, but Love Wolfgangs..

Hi, I've tried several and owned a US Special awhile back.. I loved it and wished I'd not traded it.. Here's what I loved about it..

1) It was lightweight, comfortable..
2) It has one of the best most comforatble necks I'd ever played. The neck also is not finsihed and uses a oil instead of finish. They can get away with this because they also use a Graphite Rod to re-enforce the neck strength. others will disagree, but I also believe it helps with sustain because the neck is stiffer and therefore doesn't vibrate when you strum the instrument as much as a thin neck without the graphite.. This prevents the strings from being robbed of vibrating more, (sustain) and therfore it helps with sustain..

3) The pickups are directly mounted to the body on the US version that I had, whcih helps prevent too much unwanted feedback, and again helps with sustain, harmonics, etc, as the body resonates and sends the vibrations to the pickups better I think..

4) The floyd copy was good enough, although I love the Ibanez floyds the best, but this best thing about the Wolfgangs floyd was that it rested on the body, again allowing for sustain.. All things touch on the Wolfies..

5) The body is little and it seemed the neck was set into the guitar better so it's overall length seemed smaller than most guitars.. Might just have been me, but it was sooooo comfortable to play!

6) The pickups were great I think.. That's a personal issue since it's sound, but I loved them.. They sounded great no matter what I was playing it seemed, but I woudlnt' personally play Jazz with them..

BAD things..
The only bad thing I can think of is that the neck gets a tad dirty on the outside, but you can take really really fine sand paper and clean it,

Also, the guitar is expensive now since they're not made any longer.. If you break a neck or something it's not easy to get parts.. That's really being picky though and you'd really have to be a person that was really hard on gear..

Just my TWo Pennies.. Hope that helped..
Tim
 
GuitarSoloMan said:
Hi, I've tried several and owned a US Special awhile back.. I loved it and wished I'd not traded it.. Here's what I loved about it..

1) It was lightweight, comfortable..
2) It has one of the best most comforatble necks I'd ever played. The neck also is not finsihed and uses a oil instead of finish. They can get away with this because they also use a Graphite Rod to re-enforce the neck strength. others will disagree, but I also believe it helps with sustain because the neck is stiffer and therefore doesn't vibrate when you strum the instrument as much as a thin neck without the graphite.. This prevents the strings from being robbed of vibrating more, (sustain) and therfore it helps with sustain..

3) The pickups are directly mounted to the body on the US version that I had, whcih helps prevent too much unwanted feedback, and again helps with sustain, harmonics, etc, as the body resonates and sends the vibrations to the pickups better I think..

4) The floyd copy was good enough, although I love the Ibanez floyds the best, but this best thing about the Wolfgangs floyd was that it rested on the body, again allowing for sustain.. All things touch on the Wolfies..

5) The body is little and it seemed the neck was set into the guitar better so it's overall length seemed smaller than most guitars.. Might just have been me, but it was sooooo comfortable to play!

6) The pickups were great I think.. That's a personal issue since it's sound, but I loved them.. They sounded great no matter what I was playing it seemed, but I woudlnt' personally play Jazz with them..

BAD things..
The only bad thing I can think of is that the neck gets a tad dirty on the outside, but you can take really really fine sand paper and clean it,

Also, the guitar is expensive now since they're not made any longer.. If you break a neck or something it's not easy to get parts.. That's really being picky though and you'd really have to be a person that was really hard on gear..

Just my TWo Pennies.. Hope that helped..
Tim
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One of my customers has one. Your description is right on. I agree with your #2 point. I like to tighten my own trussrods for the same reason. I also like a straight neck.
VP
 
GuitarSoloMan said:
Hi, I've tried several and owned a US Special awhile back.. I loved it and wished I'd not traded it.. Here's what I loved about it..

1) It was lightweight, comfortable..
2) It has one of the best most comforatble necks I'd ever played. The neck also is not finsihed and uses a oil instead of finish. They can get away with this because they also use a Graphite Rod to re-enforce the neck strength. others will disagree, but I also believe it helps with sustain because the neck is stiffer and therefore doesn't vibrate when you strum the instrument as much as a thin neck without the graphite.. This prevents the strings from being robbed of vibrating more, (sustain) and therfore it helps with sustain..

3) The pickups are directly mounted to the body on the US version that I had, whcih helps prevent too much unwanted feedback, and again helps with sustain, harmonics, etc, as the body resonates and sends the vibrations to the pickups better I think..

4) The floyd copy was good enough, although I love the Ibanez floyds the best, but this best thing about the Wolfgangs floyd was that it rested on the body, again allowing for sustain.. All things touch on the Wolfies..

5) The body is little and it seemed the neck was set into the guitar better so it's overall length seemed smaller than most guitars.. Might just have been me, but it was sooooo comfortable to play!

6) The pickups were great I think.. That's a personal issue since it's sound, but I loved them.. They sounded great no matter what I was playing it seemed, but I woudlnt' personally play Jazz with them..

BAD things..
The only bad thing I can think of is that the neck gets a tad dirty on the outside, but you can take really really fine sand paper and clean it,

Also, the guitar is expensive now since they're not made any longer.. If you break a neck or something it's not easy to get parts.. That's really being picky though and you'd really have to be a person that was really hard on gear..

Just my TWo Pennies.. Hope that helped..
Tim
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thanks that helped alot, so far i haven't heard 1 bad thing about it except for what you've said, and recently found someone talking about the very issue you mentioned about the problems related to the company split.

he dropped the guitar and it cracked or chipped in one area and couldn't get musicman to fix it due to all these other issues. i thought since the new one was just issued in 09' that this wouldn't be a problem anymore?

i've also heard other good things in addition to your list, and the built in drop tuner is just cool if you ask me:)

my only issue has been price and wondering if i could find one comparable, or as special, but 3-&4,000 for a great guitar is reasonable if you think about it.

then add the 5150III amp and its getting closer to $10,000 but so far i'm still thinking it would be worth it.

i read another poster here in an amp thread talking about how he decided not to save for the amp he wanted because he couldn't afford it, then years & thousands of dollars later he regretted it, because in that time he went through so many he didn't even like, which added up to an amount far above the cost of the initial amp he wanted in the first place. he finally got that amp and was happy ever since

so, it definitly could be worth it to some
 
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LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!
 
I once played an Ernie ball version...it was pretty nice....there is an OLP one on my craigslist right now.
 
A buddy of mine special ordered a nice custom EVH, and told them to just load it up with every special feature that they could think of. Consequently, I keep trying to kill him, so that his guitar will be left unguarded. That thing is nothing short of awesome...how many bird's eye maple necks do you see running around out there? GuitarSoloMan's claim about how comfortable the neck is...spot on. My only complaint is that the headstock looks a little silly.
 
I'd love to have one of the new Wolfgangs. They seem to be as bulletproof as a guitar can get and the sound speaks for itself.

They're pricey, though, and I could buy a couple of Reverends and an Eastwood or two for the price of one EVH.
 
I've played a couple of them, and I was quite impressed. If I hadn't sworn off buying new guitars, it's one of the few that I'd be desperate to have.
 
i'm not sure why the head on some of the versions look so odd, i remember hearing something about specific reasons for it being that way or the tuners, but i can't remember what it was. although the new ones don't look that way anymore so that's good:)
 
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