The Wolfgang!

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After about 3 months with the same ol string and in need of a setup I finally set it up a good bit better and threw on some new strings and all i can say iss HOT DANG!
I now remember why I love this thing so damn much!
The Harmonics just Jump Outta this thing!!
It plays like butter and sounds incredible.
i also decided to throw the GE-7 infront of the DSL and Yowsa!! I get a Freakin' Awesome mix of OD/Distorion in the Pre's and fantastic sustain especially now with the re-discovery of my wolfgang!!

All you guys selling your, you guys must either be

1.Totally outta yer' mind son,

or

2. Give em all to me!!!!


:dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:
 
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My friend has a high end USA wolfgang and the guitar is freaking amazing, not really my style but its a totally kick ass insturment.
 
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big_black said:
How's the Strat doin' ya?
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Great!
Thats all Ive been playing till just a few minutes ago :laugh2:
The neck on it Is just so nice for soloing,as well as any kind of rhythm work, Gotta love that small radius! :)
Still haven't otten round to even trying out the JB in the Bridge :laugh2:
Tho I did replace the allens in the demon and makes quiet a nice improvement :rolleyes:


chcjunior said:
What kind of pups you have in the Wolfgang?
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The stock ones, according to the manual they're Custom wound (For EVH) Peavey Pickups :)
 
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There are some things I really like about them, and some things I don't. Now that I'm a more experienced player, I'm realizing that my preferred specs and Eddie's preferred specs don't really match. The neck feels great, but a 1 11/16 nut width would be a much better choice. That little extra bit of width makes it much easier to play chords close to the nut. I always reach for my Hamer when it comes to rhythm playing, as it's much more comfortable than the Wolfgang for that purpose. I personally find the stock pickups too hot and trebly, which I think has a lot to do with Eddie's hearing loss. Basswood sounds great, but it is way too soft. Most of the screw holes on mine are either stripped or starting to strip. This is under normal use, nothing unusual. I had to use the old superglue trick to fix them. I also don't like that the pickup cavities were routed to accomodate pickups with oval mounting tabs. I had to take a Dremel to the tabs to make the pickups fit. Finally, I find the action is too low near the nut and too high as you go to the upper frets. It seems like they should've routed an angle to the neck pocket to make it a little better.

Mine served me well for a number of years, but I'm planning on selling it in the coming months in order to make room for something that is a bit more suited to me.

Ryan
 
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Yeah, the only problems I had with my Wolfgang were matters of personal preference. I prefer a radius in the 9.5" to 12" ballpark, the uber-flat fretboards don't really rub me the right way. I absolutely LOVE the back shape though, I'm thinking of using that shape for the neck on my next project. I also didn't really like the fact that the body had no carves or body cuts to it, like a tele. I'm used to my carved-top Schecter and contoured strats/RGs, so it wasn't just what I am accustomed to. The guitar sounded great, and is built like a brick sh*t house, but I just don't reach for it as often as the others so I decided to pass it on :). I hope Darth enjoys it!
 
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FretFire said:
Yeah, the only problems I had with my Wolfgang were matters of personal preference. I prefer a radius in the 9.5" to 12" ballpark, the uber-flat fretboards don't really rub me the right way. I absolutely LOVE the back shape though, I'm thinking of using that shape for the neck on my next project. I also didn't really like the fact that the body had no carves or body cuts to it, like a tele. I'm used to my carved-top Schecter and contoured strats/RGs, so it wasn't just what I am accustomed to. The guitar sounded great, and is built like a brick sh*t house, but I just don't reach for it as often as the others so I decided to pass it on :). I hope Darth enjoys it!
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I thought they had a 10" radius?
 
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Yeah, I figured it was 15" or 16". What's really odd is that it felt worlds different than the 14" radius on my Schecter. Either way, I'm looking forward to having a 9.5" on my strat and probably a 12" on my next project :).
 
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rspst14 said:
There are some things I really like about them, and some things I don't. Now that I'm a more experienced player, I'm realizing that my preferred specs and Eddie's preferred specs don't really match. The neck feels great, but a 1 11/16 nut width would be a much better choice. That little extra bit of width makes it much easier to play chords close to the nut. I always reach for my Hamer when it comes to rhythm playing, as it's much more comfortable than the Wolfgang for that purpose. I personally find the stock pickups too hot and trebly, which I think has a lot to do with Eddie's hearing loss. Basswood sounds great, but it is way too soft. Most of the screw holes on mine are either stripped or starting to strip. This is under normal use, nothing unusual. I had to use the old superglue trick to fix them. I also don't like that the pickup cavities were routed to accomodate pickups with oval mounting tabs. I had to take a Dremel to the tabs to make the pickups fit. Finally, I find the action is too low near the nut and too high as you go to the upper frets. It seems like they should've routed an angle to the neck pocket to make it a little better.

Mine served me well for a number of years, but I'm planning on selling it in the coming months in order to make room for something that is a bit more suited to me.

Ryan
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Like you said it's all preference.
I really like the 1 5/8th nut width, and the trebely High Output Pickups :fing25:
 
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The only problem I have with the wolfgang is the neck pickup. It too hot IMO. I just roll back the volume knob a bit and it alot better.

Otherwise this guitar is perfect...
 
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RCM78 said:
The only problem I have with the wolfgang is the neck pickup. It too hot IMO. I just roll back the volume knob a bit and it alot better.

Otherwise this guitar is perfect...
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Yeah, according to peavey the Neck PUP is hotter than the neck..
 
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Weird that the ernie ball musicman axis has a 10" radius for them to be such similar guitars.
 
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Xeromus said:
Weird that the ernie ball musicman axis has a 10" radius for them to be such similar guitars.
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I can't say I've played an axis but i've heard they're great.
 
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