EVH Wolfgang - Anybody Try One? (Page 1 of 2)

Hi Indy
I had one but I sold it. For me it had only one tone. Not sure if it was because of the basswood. Could not get anything other then that in your face kind of growl. Don't get me wrong it was a great guitar and I love growl but I needed more that blues from the soul tone when called upon also which it did not do for me. Simply for me only one dimensional. I had the Fender custom shop build. As with everything else what you hear needs to work for you. So if it's your kind of guitar go for it.
Cheers Ron

Never tried the stealth model but owned the old Peavey model and played the newer one. Tone is very much 'hot' I found even if playing some clean blues, a very bright sound which I like.

Absolutely adore the neck and frets on the guitars though, played very few as good as the old Peavey and Musicman ones.

Man, I love stainless steel frets.  I'm never getting another refret unless it's to stainless, and I don't see myself ever buying another guitar without stainless frets (perhaps I can give a pass to 50s and 60s LPs, teles and strats that might be in my future if I win the lottery).  Just my 2c.

Never played the Wolfgang, but I have played some Suhrs with a basswood body/maple cap and they sound absolutely gorgeous, dynamic and full of tonal options - clean and with OD or distortion.  I'm guessing if the Wolfgang is one dimensional it's more about the pickups than the wood.  Does the Wolfgang have a maple cap?

This is basswood/maple:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO0ABQAbSrI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwh2Cj8CX7A

Personally I believe that the lifelessness is due to the Floyd Rose.... They are the biggest tone sucker out there!! Their limited contact with the wood causes the wood to resonate less and the whole guitar loses life!! I've heard guitars made out of all sorts of materials that sound great.... and I've heard guitars with premium woods that suck because they simply have a floyd rose!!

Actually, I think that's just the JP6, JP7, and JP12 regular models.  According to their website, the BFR versions of those models are alder with maple tops and mahogany tone blocks (except for the ones with the Koa top, which are apparently solid mahogany).  The Reflex model is basswood, as was the 25th Anniversary model the Reflex is based on.  I am the proud owner of a 25th Anni, and if it is a "one-trick pony," I like that one trick very, very much...   

I tried the new special and the matt black special stealth. I have also previously owned a number of the previous Peavey Wolfgang, an EBMM EVH1 and Charvel Art series. For me the new Fender EVH Wolfgang is the weak link in EVH's signature models. The stealth is noticabley better than the maple neck special but neither seem that versatile.

In the end I built the guitar in my sig pic instead for around the same price as the stealth special with a real floyd (as apposed to the FR special on the EVH), stainless 6105 frets, mahogany chambered body (with high grade quilted top), goncalo alves neck with pau ferro fingerboard.

I like Floyd's although they are a huge pain to set the intonation on. In my experience they don't rob tone on guitars where they're set flat to the body (eg. EVH, Axis etc.).  In my opinion it's the new pickups that let the new Wolfie down not the body as all my old Peavey Wolfies were basswood and they sounded huge.

I have a Alex Lifeson Gibson LP that has a Floyd and it kicks you know what. Floyd Rose are tricky to set up I suggest if you are having issues make sure you have it set up correctly. It would be worth taking it to a tech if you are havigf Floyd problem.
My two cents
Cheers Ron

Not an issue with the wolfgang (against body) setup as you set the tension on the rear springs so the bridge doesn't lift when bending the 2nd and 3rd strings as far as you can push them.