Wolfgang Special, Baked Maple
Kirk Hammett has been ripping up solos for Metallica for over 30 years. Riffs on Ride the Lighting, Master of Puppets, and the Black Album are a must learn for all rock guitarists. For Kirk, his tone starts with EMG pickups. “Metallica’s crunch sound is often cleaner than people expect”, says Kirk. “My taste in tone has definitely changed over the years. I don’t like to use as much distortion these days—I prefer my tone to be nice and crisp”.
The Kirk Hammett Bone Breaker set is the result of taking the success of Metallica tone and adding some new elements without sacrificing gain for clean or vice-versa. By making slight pre-amp adjustments and combining Alnico 5 and Ceramic magnets the perfect tone-beast was created. The Bone Breaker set consist of the BB-B Ceramic bridge and the BB-N Alnico 5 neck pickups. If you are looking for rhythm or lead tone, the Kirk Hammett Bone Breaker set offers crisp crushing leads or smooth rounded rhythm tone at the flip of the selector switch.
Make sure to check the instructions for pickup measurements before purchasing to compare your existing pickups with EMG models.
Features
- 25.5" scale length
- Basswood body with arched top
- Graphite-reinforced bolt-on quartersawn baked maple neck
- Neck is carved and rolled to Eddie Van Halen's specifications with a hand-rubbed satin urethane finish on the back
- 12"-16" compound radius ebony fingerboard, baked maple on Gloss Black),with 22 jumbo frets and pearloid dot inlays (black on Gloss Black)
- Convenient heel-mount truss rod adjustment spoke wheel
- Direct mount EVH Wolfgang Alnico 2 bridge and neck humbucking pickups
- EVH-branded Floyd Rose locking trem and R2 locking nut
- EVH D-Tuna
- Three-way toggle switch, EVH volume control (500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot) with treble bleed circuit and tone control (250K EVH Bourns High Friction Pot)
Neck
- Headstock: EVH Wolfgang
- Neck Material: Quartersawn Baked Maple
- Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
- Neck Shape: Wolfgang Backshape
- Neck Construction: Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
- Neck Thickness: .805" at 3rd & .890" at 12th Fret
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Position Inlays: Pearloid Dot
- Side Dots: Pearloid
- Number of Frets: 22
- Truss Rod: EVH-Branded with Wheel
- Truss Rod Nut: Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel
String Nut: Floyd Rose R2 Locking
- Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
- Nut Material: Floyd Rose® R2 Locking
- Fret Size: Jumbo
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Body
- Body: Basswood
- Body Finish: Satin Urethane
- Body Shape: Wolfgang
- Body Binding: 1-Ply Cream
- Body Material: Basswood
Hardware
- Bridge: EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna®
- Tremolo Block: Brass
- Pickup Covers: Zebra
- Control Knobs: Black Knurled with White Indicator
- Switch Tip: Black
- Hardware Finish: BlackTuning Machines: EVH-Branded Gotoh
- String Trees: Floyd Rose Retainer Bar
- Strings: EVH Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
- Tremolo Arm: Floyd Rose 1000 Series Locking
- Strap Buttons: Oversized
