EVH and Fender announce new range of EVH Wolfgang Guitars

So your dad is Eddie Van Halen and you are named after Mozart... Step Forward Mr Wolfgang Van Halen. No Pressure there then!

Born in 1991 Wolfgang Van Halen is the Son of legendary Guitarist Eddie Van Halen, He is also the name behind the EVH Wolfgang Guitar.

The First Wolfgang Guitar was released by Peavey in 1996 after a years development process between Peavey and Eddie Van Halen. It became EVH's signature Guitars and alongside the 5150 Amp it delivered the classic EVH tone that became famous across the Globe. In 2004 Peavey and EVH parted company and production of the Peavey Wolfgang ceased.

But now we have new Wolfgang Guitar. They are built by Fender but carry Eddie Van Halens own EVH branding. It a EVH guitar designed by Eddie, Made by Fender and released by EVH. Sounds like a winning combo.

Three basic ranges consist of the Wolfgang Special, The Wolfgang USA and the Wolfgang USA Custom each available in a choice of finishes and specs.

The process undertaken to develop the Wolfgang£ took over two years of intense trial-and-error research. The formidable task yielded a series of prototypes that endured a full year of brutal in-concert road testing by Eddie on Van Halen's triumphant 2007-2008 world tour. The result is a bulletproof and beautiful tonal giant of a guitar that takes whatever you can dish out and then asks for more.

As the VH tour kicked off in the fall 2007, Eddie pushed every aspect of the Wolfgang's performance capabilities to the absolute limit, playing various Wolfgang prototypes every night on virtually every song. As the tour roared along, Eddie changed and adjusted components and specs until he was satisfied with the Wolfgang's sound, feel and looks. To prove that it was battle-worthy and could survive the road, performance data was collected from every gig for months and months to establish and confirm consistency and durability.

This is what makes the Wolfgang the culmination of Eddie Van Halen's endless pursuit of outstanding tone, durability and consistency.

The EVH£ Wolfgang guitar is built to his exact specs and has every single feature of the Wolfgang guitars he himself plays onstage and in the studio. It's exactly what he uses.

"Everything that I've built, destroyed, stumbled onto, learned and experienced is in this guitar,"

Click here to see all the EVH Wolfgang Guitars at Andertons

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