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Description

The Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar is a meticulously crafted instrument that embodies the spirit and innovation of its legendary namesake. Designed for guitarists who crave both precision and versatility, this solid body electric guitar delivers a dynamic range of tones suitable for any musical style. Built with a basswood body and a maple neck, it promises exceptional resonance and a smooth playing experience. The Wolfgang's unique contouring and ergonomic design ensure comfort during extended sessions, making it an ideal choice for both stage and studio performances.

The guitar features a pair of custom-designed humbucking pickups that deliver a powerful, articulate sound with incredible sensitivity. Whether you're leaning into high-gain rock solos or gently strumming through softer melodies, these pickups offer superb clarity and punch. The Floyd Rose tremolo system provides unparalleled tuning stability and allows for expressive pitch modulation, fueling creativity without compromise.

The Peavey EVH Wolfgang is not just about performance; it's about precision craftsmanship and attention to detail. Its standout features are complemented by high-quality hardware, including a D-Tuna system for quick and easy drop D tuning. Whether you're a seasoned pro or an aspiring rocker, this guitar is engineered to elevate your playing to new heights.

Key Features:

  • Basswood body with a maple neck
  • Custom-designed humbucking pickups
  • Floyd Rose tremolo system for stable tuning
  • D-Tuna system for rapid drop D tuning
  • Ergonomic design for comfortable playability
  • High-quality hardware for durability

Product specs

Brand Peavey
Model EVH Wolfgang with Floyd Rose
Finish Gloss Black, Gloss Ivory, Sunburst, Transparent Amber, Transparent Purple, Transparent Red, Vintage Gold
Year 1996 - 2004
Made In United States
Categories Solid Body Electric Guitars
Body Material Basswood
Body Shape Double Cutaway
Body Type Solid Body
Bridge/Tailpiece Type Locking Tremolo Bridge
Color Family Black, Brown, Gold, Orange, Purple, Red, White, Yellow
Finish Pattern Sunburst
Finish Style Gloss, Metallic
Fretboard Material Maple
Neck Construction Bolt-On
Neck Material Maple
Number of Frets 22
Number of Strings 6-String
Offset Body Offset Body
Pickup Configuration HH
Right / Left Handed Right Handed
Scale Length 25.5"
Wood Top Style Opaque

FAQs

What is the neck profile like on the Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar?

The Peavey EVH Wolfgang features a comfortable neck profile that is designed for fast playing, with a smooth maple fretboard and a bolt-on maple neck, ideal for both rhythm and lead guitarists.

What kind of tones can I expect from the pickups on the Peavey EVH Wolfgang?

The Peavey EVH Wolfgang is equipped with humbucking pickups that deliver a powerful, high-output sound perfect for rock and metal, offering rich harmonics and clarity for both clean and overdriven tones.

Is the Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar suitable for beginners?

While the Peavey EVH Wolfgang is designed with professional features, its playability and versatile sound make it accessible for dedicated beginners who are serious about improving their skills.

How does the locking tremolo bridge on the Peavey EVH Wolfgang affect tuning stability?

The locking tremolo bridge on the Peavey EVH Wolfgang provides excellent tuning stability, allowing for aggressive whammy bar use without significantly affecting pitch, making it ideal for expressive playing styles.

What is the body material of the Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar and how does it impact the sound?

The Peavey EVH Wolfgang features a basswood body, which contributes to a balanced tone with good midrange presence, making it versatile for various music genres.

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Reviews

PROS

  • Spectacular figured maple top with gorgeous Fiddleback Maple pattern

  • Rock-solid Peavey Floyd Rose and smooth operation

  • High craftsmanship rivaling Gibson, Fender, and high-end PRS

  • Smaller, lighter version of a Les Paul with no sound loss

  • Stays in tune for months, even after 20 years

  • Fast, smooth neck that feels like a custom $10K instrument

  • Responsive, clear pickups with tonal bliss for high gain

  • Excellent hardware that holds tune exceptionally well

  • Balanced body with a perfect weight and feel

  • Underrated quality and design offering great value for its price

CONS

  • Some users are not fond of the D-Tuna feature

Owner Insights

We analyzed real musician discussions from forums and Reddit to find what players love, question, and tweak about Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar.

Mods and upgrades

  • Some users suggest replacing stock Wolfgang pickups with Seymour Duncan pickups for clearer, more dynamic tone.

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  • Owners have upgraded electronics with Switchcraft switches and EVH pots for improved performance.

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Use cases and applications

  • The Wolfgang pickups are praised for ease in producing harmonics, making them highly effective across various genres.

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  • The guitar's compact design and light weight make it particularly suited for smaller players or those who perform standing for long periods.

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  • The pickups are versatile, suitable for nearly any genre, with a straightforward tone that's often described as very alive.

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Features and functionality

  • The FR Special on the Wolfgang is noted as sufficient for moderate use, despite not matching the longevity of a Floyd Rose 1000 Series.

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  • The guitar has a single volume pot with no tone control, emphasizing simplicity and direct control from playing techniques.

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Comparisons

  • The Wolfgang Standard reportedly has superior sustain compared to higher-priced Charvel guitars, with less need for intonation adjustments.

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  • Owners compare it favorably to the EBMM Axis, noting differences in feel and playability.

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User experience

  • Owners find the narrow neck of the Wolfgang Standard beneficial for string proximity, enhancing playability, but caution that it may not suit everyone.

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  • Despite the unconventional body shape, many players find the guitar well-balanced and comfortable, especially for genres beyond Van Halen's style.

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  • Many consider the Peavey Wolfgang as a workhorse, with ergonomics that make the guitar feel very connected to the player.

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  • Some players find the D-tuna challenging to use with a decked bridge setup.

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Value and pricing

  • The EVH Wolfgang Standard is highlighted as a standout value at $500, especially compared to Charvels which can cost over $1500.

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Build quality

  • A user reported a significant setup issue where the high E string nearly runs off the fretboard past the 12th fret, highlighting a need for careful inspection.

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Setup and maintenance

  • The neck finish is praised for its outstanding feel, but a shim may be needed for optimal playability.

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  • Some users find the narrow 1.625" nut width and vintage fret size challenging, impacting comfort during play.

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masong

Better than the new Fender Evh's

This sounds, plays, and feels ten times better then the new stealths IMO. Had both this and the Ernie Ball Evh, regret selling the latter. I play this out of my friend's 100 watt marshall, and it sounds EPIC.

balint_as

Perfect for almost everything

My favorite piece. Perfect neck, playable instrument.

alchemore

Tone for days!

This guitar just has that sound... Body has a wonderful balance and feel. Awesomely playable!

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See how Jack White uses Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar

Jack White

Singer, Guitarist

The Raconteurs

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Verified via YouTube

New video released on March 2018 and promotional pics of upcoming tour shows Jack White with this guitar, customised with thre humbuckers instead of the Alnico II, a kill-switch and blue details. Though, in another pic he poses with a standard model.

See how Matthew Bellamy uses Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar

Matthew Bellamy

Singer, Guitarist

Muse

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Verified via YouTube

With 22 frets with a scale length of 25 1/2", Muse's Matthew Bellamy used a Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar extensively during the Showbiz tours of 1999 and 2000.

See how Eddie Van Halen uses Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar

Eddie Van Halen

Guitarist

Van Halen

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Verified via Peavey

Eddie Van Halen switched allegiance in the mid-'90s, starting afresh with Peavey as his deal with Music Man ended. (Music Man continued to make the Axis, very similar to the Van Halen signature model.) Ed had already teamed up with Peavey to produce his 5150 amp and cabs in 1992 and a combo version in '95. Jim DeCola was supervisor of guitar design engineering at Peavey, where he'd been since 1988. He'd worked on Peavey's Steve Cropper signature model, introduced in '95, along with a number of regular instruments for the product line. Jim first met Ed back when Peavey was courting the Van Halen guitarist for the amp deal, at which time Jim made a guitar—a one-humbucker Strat-style with a Floyd—to show what they could do in that department. In fact, when Ed visited the plant in 1990 to talk amps, the guitar he seemed more taken with was the firm's new Peavey Odyssey, a sort of hybrid Tele–Les Paul model. Anyway, the idea went no further because, as we've seen, Ed decided to go with Music Man for his first signature guitar. Come 1995, however, with the Music Man deal at an end, Jim made a copy of the Music Man to show they were capable of producing an instrument at the quality level Ed would expect. In March 1995, he showed Ed this guitar during rehearsals in Florida for Van Halen's Balance tour. Ed agreed to go ahead with Peavey on a new signature guitar. Jim went back to the Peavey plant and mulled over the various ideas he wanted to incorporate in his design and present to Ed for approval. They began to-ing and fro-ing on the details, a process that lasted most of '95 as Ed took protos out on the road to test proposed features. An early decision was to continue with a basswood body but to make the maple top contoured, in contrast to the flat, thin Music Man top (and perhaps harking back to that carved maple–mahogany Odyssey that Ed had liked). "Basswood does sound great," Jim tells me, "but sometimes it can be a little lackluster, and I think the hybrid basswood–maple really shined."

Jim made the body shape somewhat more asymmetrical, which meant the neck could be pushed a little deeper into the body, in turn improving balance. "It didn't neck-dive as much as the Music Man, because the tip of the horn was closer to the 12th fret," he says. "And because the neck was deeper into the body, when you're reaching for an open E or an F chord, it didn't feel as far out. It almost felt like a shorter-scale guitar, but it was still a full twenty-five-and-a-half."

Peavey continued with a maple neck, too, adding carbon fiber reinforcement rods, which Jim had tried already on a couple of Peavey basses. "I thought it had a lot of virtue," Jim says, "benefitting the feel and tone of the wood with the added harmonic potential and sustain of the carbon fiber, as well as extra stability. I put the rods in the first prototype I sent to Eddie, and he liked it, so we ended up keeping that feature." Ed wanted a small version of a Flying V head, but Jim told him that was impossible, because it still counted as a copy of the Gibson original. Jim remembered a three-and-three staggered headstock on a guitar he'd built for himself, so he shrunk that a little, added a Peavey-like tip, and showed a rough to Ed. "Hmm," said Ed. "I see where you're going—but I still like the V." Jim repeated his Gibson warning. Ed then made a drawing of a sort of V-notch idea, which Jim said was too close to a Washburn '70s style. Another drawing. Any good? Nope, too Dean-like. Then Jim told Ed to give him a few minutes while he went off to the workbench. "I took my headstock I'd done, which had a black-painted face, went out to a spindle sander, and sanded a scoop into the tip of the headstock. I took it back to him, said why don't we do that? It had the V shape he was thinking about, and the scoop thing, and it still had the Peavey profile on the outside. And he's like, 'Oh yeah, I kinda like that.' We tried to honor Eddie's vision while keeping the Peavey identity."

See how Devin Townsend uses Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar

Devin Townsend

Singer, Guitarist

The Wildhearts

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Verified via YouTube

Peavey Telecaster body, EMG pickups

See how Steve Stevens uses Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar

Steve Stevens

Guitarist

Michael Jackson (band)

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In this user-uploaded photo, Steve Stevens is seen holding a Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar, which he frequently uses on tour.

See how Steve Terryberry uses Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar

Steve Terryberry

Singer, Guitarist

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Verified via YouTube

Here Stevie is using his Peavey Wolfgang. You can see this at 1.29.

See how Bruce Kulick uses Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar

Bruce Kulick

Guitarist

Kiss

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"I went for a melodic nasty tone, which will remind you all of Revenge era KISS. Used my Gold Peavey Wolfgang and my Red ESP Vintage Plus."

See how Jeff Schroeder uses Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar

Jeff Schroeder

Guitarist, Keyboardist

The Smashing Pumpkins

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Verified via Spfc

Jeff Schroeder uses the Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar, a model crafted to Eddie Van Halen's specifications after his 2007-8 world tour. This guitar features enhancements such as stainless steel frets, custom-wound pickups, and signature tuning machines. It comes in both "hard tail" and floating bridge versions, with a "Special" and "Custom" model also available. Further details can be found on spfc.org, which documents its use.

See how Steve Terreberry uses Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar

Steve Terreberry

Guitarist, Bassist

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Verified via YouTube

At 1:26, Steve can be seen playing a Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar

See how Rafael Bittencourt uses Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar

Rafael Bittencourt

Guitarist

Angra

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Verified via YouTube

Rafael uses this guitar live with Angra a lot

See how Tom Bromley uses Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar

Tom Bromley

Guitarist

Los Campesinos!

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Verified via Getty Images

In a performance captured by Getty Images, Tom Bromley of Los Campesinos is seen playing a Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar. Bromley has expressed his trust in Peavey products, describing them as reliable and the best for his busy schedule.

See how João Cabeleira uses Peavey EVH Wolfgang Electric Guitar

João Cabeleira

Guitarist

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Verified via YouTube

It's one of the guitars briefly used by Cabeleira. It can been seen during their live performance of "Telecaster".

Album Usage

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