EVH Custom Shop USA HS Wolfgang Bare Knuckle Pickups Roasted Flame Maple Neck Tune-O-Matic Bridge Purple Metallic 7.45 lbs

EVH Custom Shop Wolfgang – Purple Metallic

Built in the EVH Custom Shop, this Wolfgang comes in a striking Purple Metallic finish with a roasted flame maple neck and fingerboard for smooth playability and stability.

It’s loaded with a Bare Knuckle Black Hawk humbucker in the bridge and a Cobra single-coil in the neck, giving you powerful tones that handle everything from heavy riffs to clear leads. A stopbar tailpiece keeps the setup solid and low-maintenance.

Includes: EVH Hardshell Case

BLACK HAWK BRIDGE HUMBUCKER (Ceramic, 8.6 kΩ)

he Black Hawk humbuckers have a radical look for a radical pickup. You’ll find all the power and clarity of an active with all the tone and dynamics of a passive.

The Black Hawk humbuckers were designed in response to players’ demands for a pickup that embodied the transparency and output of an active, with the character and wide dynamic control of a passive, all without the hassle of batteries. Each coil has a pair of specially annealed nickel plated steel blades which transfer the magnetism to the strings evenly across the width of the coil for perfect string to string balance.

Although on paper the DC resistance is moderate, the specially designed coils and blades, along with the custom calibrated magnets, are capable of huge amounts of power but never at the expense of dynamics. The combination of coil size and winding technique ensure the Black Hawk humbuckers remain extremely reactive to pick attack and changes to the volume pot.

Low notes have excellent depth and track extremely quickly. High notes remain strong and full no matter how high on the neck, and have broad mids with solid highs. Clarity throughout all frequencies is exceptional without ever sounding harsh or clinical. The combination of ceramic (or Alnico V) powered bridge and Alnico V powered neck creates a vast palette of contemporary tones suitable for playing styles as varied as fusion to extreme metal.

These coils are scatter-wound by hand with 42AWG Heavy Formvar wire and then powered by a trio of ceramic magnets for the bridge humbucker (or optional trio of Alnico V magnets) and Alnico V magnet for the neck humbucker.

COBRA NECK SINGLE-COIL (Ceramic, 10.4 kΩ)

The Cobra Coil is your answer to high gain, single coil tone without compromising dynamics or frequency response.

With the Cobra you get the radical look and construction of the Black Hawk humbucker but the Cobra coils are very much true single coil pickups. Each pair of uniquely annealed, nickel plated steel blades are powered by a pair of custom size ceramic magnets ensuring an even string-to-string balance of magnetism for optimum driving of the coil windings. These pickups may be single coil by design but they play with all the output of a humbucker. Despite having massive amounts of power on tap, the emphasis is firmly on dynamic response for a precise and expressive tone.

The frequency response is surprisingly balanced for a high output coil set; the bass notes track precisely with plenty of snap and mids are smooth while retaining a lot of punch. High end response is extremely articulate and remains clear as you roll off the volume pot for exceptional clean tones.