EVH Wolfgang pickups import version.

[JMP/HBE]

Recently acquired EVH Wolfgang WG Standard with these pickups.
A2's. Wax potted. Brass backplate. Bridge : 13.2K Neck : 15.5K
Better than most stock pups in my experience.
After i properly adjusted the height & pole pieces these are outstanding.
No need to change.

 

[ErikH]

Those ARE the Wolfgang pickups that come in the USA models as well. Nothing different, except for the neck pickup in the Wolfgang® USA Edward Van Halen Signature, which has an Alnico 3 magnet according to the evhgear.com site specs.

Those are great guitars. Been jonesing for one since they hit the market and I played a few. Not many guitars on the rack that I could say that I could take it from the store and to a gig without changing a thing, but those are definitely in that category.

 

[rmz76]

Cool, yeah they are really great pickups. It's sad to me that some people who buy these Indonesian built Standards waste their money on the EVH USA Wolfgang pickups (sold at $150 a pop no less) because they are the exact spec. Same wiring, same number of wraps, same wrap pattern/distribution on each coil, same magnets, same material for baseplate... Exactly the same in spec, it's just the machine that does the winding is sitting in a factory in Indonesia vs the US... I had a buddy who swapped just the bridge pickup in his EVH Special with the USA Wolfgang bridge and we recorded before and after clips... Indistinguishable... I think the only reason they sound a bit different in the USA Wolfgang guitar is because of that real maple cap adding a little something to the tone, I don't think it's because the pickups are USA made.

 

[JMP/HBE]

Those ARE the Wolfgang pickups that come in the USA models as well. Nothing different, except for the neck pickup in the Wolfgang® USA Edward Van Halen Signature, which has an Alnico 3 magnet according to the evhgear.com site specs.

Those are great guitars. Been jonesing for one since they hit the market and I played a few. Not many guitars on the rack that I could say that I could take it from the store and to a gig without changing a thing, but those are definitely in that category.

Agreed.

 

[jmh151]

I have an early Mexican EVH Striped that squealed like a pig within a few months- I had to take it out and wax pot it myself, something I didn’t have to do on the aftermarket EVH pickups I’ve bought