I’m no EVH fan, but of course who doesn’t respect and think of Eddie as a guitar monster! The dude was incredible, just not my preferred music style.

But to pull all these “stunts” he must have had a very comfortable guitar, right? Plus… he was always looking for improvements and tweaked all his guitars until he actually created his own brand which is built by Fender.

So.. I bought an EVH Wolfgang Special, I really wanted the pro… which is made in Japan… but I found a flamed maple top under offer… and I couldn’t resist.

This isn’t my first “shredder” guitar… but it’s the first time o by an expensive shredder guitar. I’ve had Ibanez and I still have an old Shecter.

This EVH is awesome, first of all… whatever Fender is doing with Frets lately…. is just incredible and much better than any other brand! Definitely better than Gibson, are they stainless steel? I don’t know, but the strings just glide on them… the ends… are just so well rounded off. Impeccable work here.

The neck is roasted maple, which is a first for me, and it also feels really good, it offers zero resistance to your hand cause I believe there is no finish on them and it has this tanned color that looks very cool.

The headstock… I know it’s minor, but lately I’ve been looking at headstocks more and more and in occasions..: it has put me off from buying certain brands… some look just too big, too crazy, too similar to other brands. The EVH headstock looks great, good size and “original” shape (very similar to a musicman also owned by fender?)

So… Playability? 10… definitely a 10, not just for shredding, which isn’t something I do great… but for general stuff and of course mainly soloing, this combination of features are unbeatable.

The body… on the smaller side… quite comfy with good curves and cutouts. It has a floyd rose system, but… it bonoy goes one way… down… which means changing strings isn’t a pain in the neck. It does have nut locks and the micro tuning on the floyd rose too. It also a d-tuner which took me a few attempts to understand the best way to use it (mechanically speaking) and I can say… it is very well designed.

Pickups! Boy these are hot! But still very articulate and they clean up nice when volume is rolled down… which brings me to another feature, the volume pot… slightly different to your regular pots, these have very little mechanical resistance yet they are firm (they won’t move on their own) very cool for volume sweeps.

All in all, an outstanding instrument and very well built, made in Mexico.