12.17.2008

Eddie Van Halen Launches the All-New EVH® Wolfgang® Guitar

Eddie Van Halen launches the all-new EVH(R) Wolfgang(R) electric guitar, available worldwide beginning Jan. 2009. The EVH Wolfgang guitar represents Eddie's 35 years of experimenting with guitars, over two years of intense research and development, and a full year of brutal road testing during the top-grossing Van Halen 2007-2008 tour.


It was during the massive 2007-2008 Van Halen tour that the all-new EVH Wolfgang guitar went through extensive live "road testing" performance trials. The tour kicked off in fall 2007, and Eddie punished early versions of the new Wolfgang each night; playing every updated prototype onstage under the full, unfiltered spotlight of his fans. The results are reflected in the EVH Wolfgang guitar; produced to Eddie's exact specifications and with features identical to the Wolfgang guitars he records and performs with.
 
"A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I could have just stayed at home and built this guitar for myself. I do this because a lot of people ask if they can get what I use. Well, yes you can and what you get is identical to what I use," commented Eddie. "From the basics of the guitar to painstaking aspects like the binding and everything else--we re-did everything on this guitar.


"Every aspect and component of this guitar has been examined and upgraded to the highest standards possible: stainless steel frets, double-potted custom-wound pickups, five-piece binding on the matching body and headstock, custom-made signature tuning machines and Floyd Rose(R) bridge, new low-friction pots, and the list keeps going ... we left no stone unturned," said Eddie. "Everything that I've built, destroyed, stumbled onto, learned and experienced is in this guitar."

When Eddie Van Halen made his debut into the rock music scene in 1978, he did so with a homemade guitar (later known as "Frankenstein"). At a time when his monster technique and tone demanded a high-performance, indestructible guitar, he created his own to reach his own seemingly impossible standards. For over 35 years, he has continued to examine and improve every variable within the instrument, all culminating with the new EVH Wolfgang guitar.

In 2007, Eddie Van Halen and Fender(R) collaborated to launch the first EVH brand high-performance products, including the all-new EVH 5150III (TM) amplifier, the limited run of Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein(TM) replica guitars and an array of high-quality EVH brand accessories.

For more information go to http://www.evhgear.com/ .

1 comment:

Daddy Rose said...

I am a die hard Halen fan to the end, and I hate to be the nay-sayer, but...

What isn't Ed pEDdlin these days? And "Wolfgang" of all things? I was indeed as much, if not more of a sleaze back in his prime, but we are both parents now, and I can honestly say that his came a little too late, and after Valerie set him straight?

Lets us remember that the whole Roth/Hagar/Anthony thing had to do with Eddie's Ivory Tower as well. Seems a little cheesy to me that the "Johnny Come Lately" dad would poach on his son's name to keep the "brand" moving.

I love Ed, (I love Alex more LOL) and we are both quite old now, but methinks Ed is still a little slow on the wisdom.

Hate on me for having my say, but I have been a fan since 78, and I don't think much has changed since The Whisky...