Southerntwang
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I've had my new 09' Wolfgang for 10 days now and here are my initial impressions:
1st Impression: This is a quality instrument. The fit and finish is very good and the overall craftsmanship is top notch. It feels like a hand made instrument, not a mass production guitar.
2nd Impression: The neck is an absolute work of art. I have received a few questions about the neck carve shape. I played a new Wolfie (Not mine) back to back with a New FCS Frankenstrat and I swear the back of the neck feels darn near identical. The unfinished neck and fretboard are very comfortable. I would call it a 'Medium' thickness and width. The action was hood dragging low from the factory. The vintage frets and insanely low action give it excellent playability.
3rd Impression: People will be very surprised how versatile this guitar can be. Over the past few days I played the Wolfie through a few different amps (Marshall JVM205H-Half Stack, Genz Benz Black Pearl 30, Fender Princeton Reissue). The pickups are higher output but I would not call them 'HOT' or 'DISTORTION' pickups. Both neck and bridge have a more vintage PAF style tone only higher output. The note separation and clarity is the distinguishing feature of this guitar compared to others I was considering. The new Wolfie has a clearer 'Voice' even under higher gain. I have yet to hear this guitar sound muddy under any gain or EQ setting.
I've always admired EVH but I don't consider myself a hardcore fan. I was in the market for a higher end guitar and compared the Wolfie to many before I made my purchase. A few others I played prior to my purchase:
- Hamer Talladega (Excellent guitar, extremely fine cratsmanship, chunky neck)
- Callaham S Model (The best hand made Strat I've played, wait time is long)
- PRS DGT David Grissom Signature (Sweet guitar, Neck is way to wide, pickups were a little plain for me)
- Fender Custom Shop David Gilmore NOS ($$$$, Neck was nice, excellent tone)
- EBMM Axis and SS (I liked both models, quality lower than the others I tried, More "modern" pickups, tad bit muddy)
A few interesting notes on my new guitar. It is #21 ever built (12/19/2008). I confirmed this through EVH customer service. Another interesting feature is that because it is one of the very early production models it does not have the signature 'EVH' on the tremolo base plate. Mine only has the 'Floyd Rose' script. The EVH customer service confirmed that my Tremolo was a left over from the original prototypes before the production models with the EVH were made. It took we a while to decide but I am extremely satisfied with my choice. The craftsmanship of the EVH is first class. I hope this helps anyone who might be interested.
Sorry the pictures aren't the best quality!
Thanks!
1st Impression: This is a quality instrument. The fit and finish is very good and the overall craftsmanship is top notch. It feels like a hand made instrument, not a mass production guitar.
2nd Impression: The neck is an absolute work of art. I have received a few questions about the neck carve shape. I played a new Wolfie (Not mine) back to back with a New FCS Frankenstrat and I swear the back of the neck feels darn near identical. The unfinished neck and fretboard are very comfortable. I would call it a 'Medium' thickness and width. The action was hood dragging low from the factory. The vintage frets and insanely low action give it excellent playability.
3rd Impression: People will be very surprised how versatile this guitar can be. Over the past few days I played the Wolfie through a few different amps (Marshall JVM205H-Half Stack, Genz Benz Black Pearl 30, Fender Princeton Reissue). The pickups are higher output but I would not call them 'HOT' or 'DISTORTION' pickups. Both neck and bridge have a more vintage PAF style tone only higher output. The note separation and clarity is the distinguishing feature of this guitar compared to others I was considering. The new Wolfie has a clearer 'Voice' even under higher gain. I have yet to hear this guitar sound muddy under any gain or EQ setting.
I've always admired EVH but I don't consider myself a hardcore fan. I was in the market for a higher end guitar and compared the Wolfie to many before I made my purchase. A few others I played prior to my purchase:
- Hamer Talladega (Excellent guitar, extremely fine cratsmanship, chunky neck)
- Callaham S Model (The best hand made Strat I've played, wait time is long)
- PRS DGT David Grissom Signature (Sweet guitar, Neck is way to wide, pickups were a little plain for me)
- Fender Custom Shop David Gilmore NOS ($$$$, Neck was nice, excellent tone)
- EBMM Axis and SS (I liked both models, quality lower than the others I tried, More "modern" pickups, tad bit muddy)
A few interesting notes on my new guitar. It is #21 ever built (12/19/2008). I confirmed this through EVH customer service. Another interesting feature is that because it is one of the very early production models it does not have the signature 'EVH' on the tremolo base plate. Mine only has the 'Floyd Rose' script. The EVH customer service confirmed that my Tremolo was a left over from the original prototypes before the production models with the EVH were made. It took we a while to decide but I am extremely satisfied with my choice. The craftsmanship of the EVH is first class. I hope this helps anyone who might be interested.
Sorry the pictures aren't the best quality!
Thanks!
