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The Peavey EVH Custom Shop "was" a group of 4 highly talented
craftsman each with their own specialty. The shop closed to Wolfgang
orders in 2004 with the departure of EVH but has re-opened for the HP
Special in 2005 (Click this link to see a review of the first HP -
HP Review). The Custom Shop operated out of the Leakesville guitar facility, which was
closed in April, 2003. It opened in January of 2002. The EVH Custom Shop was moved to Peavey's main
facility in Meridian, MS in May of 2003 along with the rest of guitar production. I originally had no idea the Custom Shop was a such a small group. During the
slightly more than a year that they operated out of Leakesville, so much time
was spent on each guitar that they were only producing an average of little
less than one Wolfgang Custom Shop model per day. Approximately 285
Custom Shop Wolfgangs were produced in Leakesville, of which 92 of these
were specific orders and the rest were produced for the Vault or the NAMM
show.. The attention to
detail really showed in the finished product. Another 130 specific
customer orders were produced in Meridian after mid 2003 and another 70 or
so Vault guitars, many of which are not really true Customs as they were
using up remaining materials inventory. Thus, approximately 500 Custom
Shop Wolfgangs were built from 2002 through 2004 (220 were specific customer
orders). More than 100 of those have made it to this site thus far and
are pictured here. Again, some of the last 50 were really
put together using whatever parts and pieces they had in order to help move
the remaining inventory and shouldn't be viewed as the same quality as a
prior Custom Shop guitar. Any Wolfgang where the only upgrade is a
rosewood fretboard is technically called a Custom Shop, but most really are
not. EVH didn't want the production guitars to have rosewood
fretboards so the only way they could produce them like this was to call
them Custom Shop guitars. While these guitars are not really Custom
Shop guitars, the rosewood fretboard is less common. They only had this
option the last 3 years after the Custom shop opened. For now I would say about 450 real Custom
Shop models is a good number. The Custom Shop
models were/are the ultimate rock guitar. The HP Special model may
even go further, but time will tell.
It is my guess that the Custom Shop was conceived and
implemented as a way to showcase the best of what Peavey can do with guitars
and the Wolfgang. It is an image builder and a marketing program for
the company and not a profit center. Those are my words, not theirs.
With such a limited production, this just adds to the special nature of this
guitar. In addition to incredible quality, tone and unique
configurations, you have a very limited supply. Many of the guitars
produced by the Custom Shop are one of a kind.
When I started ordering
guitars from the Custom Shop I wanted to try everything. I wanted to
try each of the different woods they offered for the body. I had to try
different tops and different configurations. I am just as excited (maybe more so) when I receive
a new guitar from the Shop today or find one in the after market. There is
that great anticipation of opening the case for the first time. And
then plugging it in and firing it up! Wow! I also view
them as my art collection!
Following is a list of Custom Shop models, along with a
description and link to a page for each with pictures. About 1/3rd of these guitars are mine but as people send me pictures and descriptions of theirs I will
create a listing and a page for them and give them credit. If that
person would like to include their e-mail address for questions from others
I will include it.
Custom Shop Options - The Custom Shop would
do special things if you asked them to, which I really appreciate. One
was a string through bridge, another was a birdseye maple top. The
others were generally custom top colors, body colors or fretboard inlays.
They also produced some guitars for the NAMM shows and the EVH Vault with
some special options such as solid Koa or Korina construction, mahogany
neck, special inlays, decorative pick-up rings, Lucite body, etc..
Following was what they let you configure on-line:
After selecting whether to start with a Special, Special
Deluxe, Standard or Standard Deluxe, the basic options that anyone could
select in building a Custom Shop Wolfgang on-line were; the body wood; top
wood; fretboard wood; fretboard inlays; bridge type; hardware color; top
color / graphic and matching/standard headstock. The body wood options
were basswood (standard), Alder, Ash or Mahogany. You could get Koa as
a body wood but it wasn't a standard option. You could get a
stop tail bridge or a Floyd Rose Tremolo system (same price for either).
You could choose the hardware color as chrome (standard), gold or black.
The Specials came with the birdseye neck, which was an upgrade from a
production special. For the fretboard you could select Birdseye
(standard), Rosewood or Ebony. For the inlays they had pearl or black
dots (standard), EVH Blocks, Tribal Flames, Skulls or if you asked them they
would leave the inlays off. For the top you could select flame maple
(standard), quilted maple, Koa or none (solid body construction).
There were about 30 colors to choose from including graphics and a custom
graphic option. I did this with my Luna De Fuego guitar. I
supplied the art and they got it on the guitar with their artist. And
finally you could get a matching headstock, which I always did. I also
love the stop tail bridge, especially with the more exotic woods. It
overall just has a better feel on the action and provides for a little
better sustain. However, sometimes you just got have that trem and so
if I only had one Wolfgang it would have a trem. Fortunately, I have a
few to choose from!
Custom Inlays - All of the Custom Shop special
inlays were done by Ron Thorn. You can see Ron's site at:
http://www.thornguitars.com/.
I asked Ron if he did any custom inlays for the Wolfgangs beyond the 5 that
were available through the Custom Shop standard offering. This is what
he said: "As far as 'custom' inlays went, I recall one that I inlaid
that read 'Les Paul' in pearl in a 50's style font. That apparently
was going to be a gift from EVH to Les. I never saw it completed.
There were a handful of other ones, such as wolf heads, diamonds, and I
think a koa hot-rod flame board.... There were a couple that I did in
pin-stripe flames using a silver acrylic for the outside edge of the flames
and a black pearloid for the center.... those looked pretty hip." You
should check out Ron's site. He does some really cool stuff.
The very last or 2nd to last listing at the bottom of the page has a link
to another page of pictures I got from the Custom Shop.
<Click the thumbnail pictures below for a larger image and
the links to the left where available for more pictures>
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Greenburst
Quilt String-thru |
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Gorgeous greenburst string-thru quilt.
Shipped out as last order. Had this on order for 20 months.
The issue was parts for the string-thru. It isn't what I
originally ordered as they ran out of time but I love it just the same.
It did go back and get the matching headstock completed per the original
order and I am happy about that! I can't say enough about this top and it plays and
sounds great as you would expect. |
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Cyanburst Quilt Top - ST |
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This guitar
is beautiful.. It is Ocean and Sand. The top is the ocean
and the neck and fretboard are the sand. The colors on this guitar
are gorgeous. This is a custom color the Custom Shop did for me
I call Cyanburst. The materials they picked out for this guitar
are outstanding. The color of the neck is the lightest I have seen
and goes so perfectly with this guitar. The black binding was also
their call and it turned out great. And what a sweet sound! |
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Orange Quilt Top - Ash ST |
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I was very
surprised to see this guitar become available in the EVH vault right at
the end as during the wind down I have not seen anything like this.
Really nice uniform quilt, ash body, matching headstock (a must for me)
and trans orange body rather than the standard gloss black which I like
to see. No inlays on a super nice fretboard, but does have black
side dots. I would have ordered a guitar just like this if I could have
so I was very happy to be able to get this one. They only made a
couple in this color. |
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Blue Flames Custom |
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Created for the 2003 winter NAMM show as a 50's car theme (with a
matching amp), this is the only one of it's kind and the only one with
turquoise inlays. I looked for this guitar for a year. I put a a
listing on this page that I was looking for this guitar. I would
sincerely like to thank the people who e-mailed me and let me know this
guitar was for sale in Austria. I would have never found it on my
own. I saw this guitar at the 2003 NAMM show and liked it but
didn't get it at the time. It was painful to pay more than double three
years later but it is after all one of a kind and very cool. Built
in Leakesville. |
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Safety Orange 3 Humbucker |
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I am pretty sure this is the only guitar done in Safety Orange.
This was the very last Custom Shop guitar produced. In fact, it
came to me unfinished and had to go back because they didn't have time
when it was all ending. They made a few others like this in black.
It is an Ash body, with volume controls on the neck and bridge pick-ups
and it has coil tap switch when you pull out the 2nd volume knob.
You can get some unique tones out of this one. It has an ebony
fretboard with just side markers, and Orange body and a matching
headstock. |
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Dark Cherryburst
String-thru |
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Don Smith from the mountains of West Virginia sold me this guitar. He
waited over a year for it and they must have completed it at the same
time as the greenburst as I know they didn't have the parts to do a
string-thru for almost two years. I did not know it existed until
I received the pictures. It is gorgeous like the green one.
It has a one piece mahogany back as well. There are only a handful
of Wolfgang string-thrus ever produced. |
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Birdseye Top - Mocha Burst |
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This guitar
is very unique in that you don't see many birdseye tops and I am not
sure why when you consider it is maple and it has such a great look.
I love the colors and the birdseye really gives it a different look that
is striking, especially in different lighting . I really am surprised you don't see more of these.
The body is a very dark burgundy. Another Custom Shop masterpiece! |
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Custom Deluxe
Special |
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This guitar
is about as "one of a kind" as you can get. I am not a big fan of
"paintings" on guitars, but when I came up with this picture I just felt
like it would come out great and that is an under statement. The art
was put on
the guitar by John Douglas (www.johndouglas.com)
through the Custom Shop. John does a lot of work with Peavey.
The art is based on a painting by Manuel Nunez. The painting, from
the early 90's is called Luna De Fuego (Moon of Fire). This guitar
has no neck pick-up or toggle switch. |
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Custom Candy Apple
Special |
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I have come
to love the solid basswood Custom Shop Special. I have two of them
and the tone is awesome. The key with the Custom Shop is that you
get the much nicer birdseye neck/fretboard and the better tuners.
The better necks make all the difference. This one is a custom
Candy Apple Red color. I wasn't sure I would like this one because
I didn't know if it would have the quality feel, but it absolutely does.
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Candy Apple w/Black
Hardware |
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Same as the one above only with black
hardware, all black pick-up covers and black dots on the fretboard.
Has matching headstock as well. |
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Orange Flame ST |
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Produced on the very last day of production this is a rare burnt orange
color. They only did a couple of these towards the end of
production. 5A Flame top with an Ash body, mother of pearl flame
inlays on a rosewood fretboard, gold hardware and a matching headstock.
Too bad they didn't have time to do a transparent finish on the body. |
| Tiger Eye Flame ST |
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The serial number on this guitar suggests it might be a special project
Custom Shop guitar as it begins with 110. It is a 5A tiger eye
flame top with a rosewood fretboard and black headstock. |
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Korina Custom
Standard |
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There is one other guitar just like this, but it doesn't have a matching
headstock. They both have ebony fretboards and EVH block
inlays. Pick-ups all black with black hardware. I bought
this at the NAMM 2004 show as did the other person. Until we ran
into each other we were both under the impression they only made one.
I sent mine back to have a matching headstock done where he took his
from the show. (the other one now belongs to Tim Joyce and has since
been sent back by Tim for a matching headstock and black hardware
change). |
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Fire Graphic
Custom Deluxe |
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This fire
graphic looks great in certain lighting both dark and bright. The
black binding is perfect on this one giving it a look of no binding.
An ebony fretboard would have been the way to go but it has a nice
rosewood board that still works. The body is basswood. The
headstock is the standard black but is OK on this one because it matches
the guitar. I normally like to see a matching headstock on a
Custom Shop model. This was at the summer NAMM 2004 show. |
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Blue
Swirl Quilt Special |
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One of the last of the Custom Shop
Wolfgangs. Very interesting top that is almost electric in the
light. It is almost like it is backlit. Rosewood fretboard. |
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Natural Flame Special
Deluxe |
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This guitar
is a heavy mahogany body and has a real natural beauty to it. The
natural binding really looks nice. The guitar has a great feel to
it and makes me wish and I bought a few more specials early on.
Like almost all of the Custom Shop guitars it plays great and is another
work of art. |
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Solid Koa
Special |
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This is an
exceptional guitar. It was built for the January 2003 NAMM show
and displayed there. The body is a solid piece of very pretty Koa
with a mahogany neck and rosewood fretboard. It has a natural hand
rubbed oil finish. It has a great feel and a nice tone to go with
it. |
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Ocean Blue Custom Quilt |
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I heard
about this guitar right after it was built for the summer NAMM show in
2004 and I bought it sight unseen. It was actually built in
Leakesville and went into storage, where upon it was rediscovered for
the show. It seemed to disappear for
awhile after NAMM so I was afraid it got sold to someone else, but one
day it appeared. The different shades of blue (with brown) in the quilt that
are shown in the pictures is actually how it looks. This guitar
turned out very unique and is a favorite of almost everyone who has seen
it in person. It is definitely one for the "art collection". |
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Tiger Eye Quilt Top - Alder
Body |
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The alder body on this
guitar gives it a warm tone and is the closest of any of the woods to
the standard Wolfgang sound. The Tiger Eye quilt top is Superb on
this guitar. The back is a dark red color, which the custom shop
chose. I like it! |
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Dark Cherry-burst Quilt Top - ST |
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The black binding and
ebony fretboard give this guitar a great and unique look. There is
an optical illusion that it is thicker than a regular Wolfgang due to the
monochromatic look from the side. The body is Ash which gives the
guitar a different and unique tone. The look of this guitar is the
favorite of many people who see my guitars in person. |
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Dark Cherryburst Flame
Top |
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This one now belongs to Robbie Staples of
Canada. Another top that the light just makes it come alive. The
black binding really works on this one and it has an exceptional top.
With the black binding and the black outer burst the headstock in black
works well. |
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Koa Top - Finished - ST |
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This is the
first Custom Shop order ever taken and delivered. This Koa top guitar is
one of kind. It has a heavy Mahogany body giving it a weight similar
to a Les Paul. The beauty of the wood up close is stunning.
Of all my Wolfgang's this one has the tone that is furthest from a
standard Wolfgang. It has an incredible clean tone. |
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Koa Top - Unfinished - ST |
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This is
one of my personal
favorites. There is no clear coat on this guitar. It
is natural wood with a hand rubbed oil finish. The birdseye in the
neck matches the guitar. The beauty of the wood is stunning.
The body is a light mahogany and the tone is my favorite of all the
guitars I have. Even the removable covers on the back are made out
of mahogany to match the body. This guitar feels great in your hands! |
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Harvestburst Stop Tail |
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This is a
harvestburst quilt top with a mahogany body and gold hardware. It
looks a lot different in the direct natural light vs. indoors in darker
light. Both looks are good but they are different. Nice
feeling neck, but that just about applies to all the Custom Shop guitars
I have come in contact with. Transparent dark red finish on the mahogany
body, abalone dot inlays on the fretboard and a matching headstock.
It now belongs to Robert Schwab. |
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Mahogany
Flame - ST (Gold) |
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I purchased
this guitar from the 2004 January NAMM show.
It is solid mahogany and the tone was surprising in that it
has a beefy mid range. This one might turn into my regular player
or one of them. The natural mahogany flame is unique. I
might have gone with chrome hardware so when the one below became
available.... Like all of the
Custom shop models there is tons of birdseye in the neck. |
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Mahogany Flame -
ST (Chrome) |
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This is the
configuration as the one above only this one has chrome hardware and a
natural finish on the body. The picture above is taken in direct
sunlight and this one is taken in natural light but not direct. The
color is the same. I am going to eventually sell one, I just can't
decide which one. I bought this one from the EVH Vault when the
Custom Shop closed down because I really loved the tone from the other
one and I liked the chrome hardware better on this one. I bought
it to having something to sell and now ............. |
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Vintage Sunburst Flame Top
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This is without a doubt
one of the coolest flame tops I have ever seen. The wood is alive and it
has a great vintage look. Pictures don't do it justice. The fretboard has black dots which is the only thing I might change. I
find I lose my point of reference sometimes without clearer markings.
For a better guitar player I am sure it wouldn't be an issue. The
body is Basswood for that classic Wolfgang sound. |
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Black Violet Quilt Top - ST |
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This is a beautiful black
violet quilt top. I put this guitar next to my best purple,
original year quilt and this color is more vibrant. This
is a high quality quilt. It is a basswood body. |
| Garage graphic
Special |
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I had to get confirmation from someone at
Peavey that this was an actual Custom Shop guitar before I bought it.
When Leakesville closed and the person running the custom shop left the
company this completed guitar body was on his desk. They were
trying out a young guy from Alabama (last name Hodson as signed on the
guitar) for doing Custom painting and this is the one and only guitar
that he did. He did a nice job but I guess it took a really long
time. This is a Special. I don't think it has a top but I am
not positive. |
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Harvestburst Quilt Top |
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I received this guitar on
March 3rd, 2003. This is one of my favorites. It is an
incredibly beautiful guitar with a tone that matches its beauty.
The workmanship on this guitar is as good as it gets. It has a superior
tone and is something special.
Also, the Mahogany on this guitar is much lighter than the harvestburst
flame top below, which is heavy like a Les Paul. |
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Harvestburst
Flame Top |
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The Custom Shop has only produced
5 or 6 string through guitars. Three are this harvestburst color and two of them are right here. The
third was made for the January 2003 NAMM show and is a quilt. There is
also a greenburst and a red one shown here. The holes
are straight across on this string through and in an arc pattern on the
quilt above. The quilt also has "Wolfgang" and "EVH" in white
lettering, while the lettering is all gold in this one. The quilt has a
white toggle switch and the knobs are also gold. This flame has abalone
dot inlays. |
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Natural Flame Stop Tail |
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A beautiful natural flame stop tail produced in Meridian on 10/26/04.
Mahogany body with natural stain finish. No inlays. This is
a very pretty guitar with a great tone. |
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Snakeskin Archtop |
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Very well done Snakeskin graphic. Pearl dot inlays on Birdseye
neck and fretboard. Produced 12/09/04 in Meridian. |
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American Flag
w/Skulls |
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Notice what looks like shadows on the American Flag graphic. That
is part of the detailed paint job to make it look like there are shadows
that are not there. Produced on 12/08/04 in Meridian. |
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Prototype Birdseye - No
Finish |
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This was a
prototype Custom Shop model that was left without any finish at all.
It is a Mahogany body and a birdseye top. There is so serial
number on the headstock. It was gigged and the owner thought this
was just the greatest sounding and playing guitar. The top is
perfect, but the back is scuffed up (character!). However, since
it isn't finished it could be easily sanded and finished. The
fretboard is in great shape too. This guitar lives in Australia
now. |
| EVH Striped |
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Peavey
produced a few striped Wolfgangs the first year for promotional
purposes. This was long before the Custom Shop, but it is still a
Custom job. I believe this to be one of those based on the serial
number and talking to people at Peavey. Ed refused to allow them
to produce a striped Wolfgang even though they tried repeatedly. I
think there are only three of these. The guitar is in perfect
condition. |
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Alder Special |
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This is a
solid body Alder Custom Special. Its beauty is its natural look
and surprising tone. Alder is not an especially exciting wood, but
the more you look at this guitar and its lines the better you like it.
I am partial to the look of the natural wood. I could play this
one as my main guitar. It just feels good and has a very nice warm
tone as a result of the solid Alder body. |
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Seafoam Custom Special |
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This is a
metallic Seafoam green finish on a Special. This guitar has the
upgraded tuners that the standards come with and a birdseye neck and
fretboard, eliminating the two main negatives to a regular special.
Pearl dot inlays and a matching headstock also add to the custom nature
of this guitar. |
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Black ST - Coil
Tap |
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This Custom
Shop black stop tail is wired with a coil tap switch that spits the
pick-ups and has a drop D device on the low E that I have never seen
before on a Wolfgang. The guitar features a rosewood fretboard
with really nice abalone bar inlays. The guitar is in new
condition. It was originally built for a Peavey endorsee at the
time named Steve Henderlong of 39 stripes. Steve is with Gibson
now. Steve ordered his guitars with coil tap switch where the tone
control was. |
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All
Mahogany Custom |
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This is a
really nice all mahogany custom deluxe with rosewood fretboard and maple
dot inlays, with a hand rubbed oil finish. The creme colored
pick-up rings and knobs finish off a real vintage look. It was
built in Leakesville but not delivered until after the move in October
of 2003. |
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Heavenly Special - John
Douglas |
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This design
with the crosses was done for the Christian Rock market. I really
liked this guitar and almost bought it but I limited myself to buying
two at the 2003 NAMM show. It was never sold and ended up at a
Peavey show in the U.K. and then went into storage. It was
discovered and listed on eBay in the U.K. by Peavey. I had to bid
for it and pay twice as much as I could have bought it for in 2003 but
what was I to do? It was still new and I had to have it for the
collection. This is a John Douglas hand painted graphic. |
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Custom John Douglas Art
Special |
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This is a John Douglas
hand painted graphic. There is an arch top version as well that is
slightly different. I believe these to be the only two with this
graphic. This guitar was secured direct from a Peavey showroom at
their HQ by Don Smith who cared for it for several years before offering
it for sale to me. It is unplayed. Again, what was I to do?
I had to have it! |
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Lynch Custom Graphic |
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This guitar was dreamed up and ordered by
Roger Cheffer who put his artist background to use and sketched out on
paper with colored pencils a wolfgang guitar model with George Lynch's
famous M-1 Tiger graphic modified to fit the shape of the Wolfgang
(front and back). It was custom order #114. Being an EVH and
George Lynch fan this was the right guitar for Roger and it did turn out
cool. It has a maple top under the graphic as Roger wanted a top
for tone. There is just one pick-up and thus no toggle switch.
And there is no tone control either on this Wolfgang Special. This
is certainly a one of a kind. |
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Quilt -Ash Body |
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Really nice natural quilt special on an
Ash body with ebony fretboard with only side markers. Black
headstock. Built in Leakesville in mid 2002. The neck is
super smooth from playing and some oiling but the guitar looks and feels
new. This guitar was very well cared for before I got it. |
| Custom
Graphic Archtop |
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This is a very cool purple skulls graphic
with skull inlays on a rosewood fretboard. The guitar belongs to
Gready Hunter who plays it live with his band Torque. There are
two of these out there. Bob Alvarez owns the other (below)
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| Natural Flame - Last one |
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Scott Brady
ran the custom shop in Meridian after Leakesville closed. When it
was all winding down Scott was able to purchase the last two Wolfgangs
built, which are this one and the one below it. This is the last
one. It is a hollow mahogany body, clear gloss finish, trans wine
red back, 5A flame top, matching, headstock, mother of pearl block
inlay, rosewood fretboard, gold hardware w/ straplocks It has P90
pick-ups and according to Scott is the only one he knows of produced
with these. |
| Greenburst
Special - First one |
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You just saw the last one made above, how
about the first Custom Shop guitar produced by the EVH Peavey Custom
Shop. Here it is. This is still the only Greenburst Special. |
| Natural Quilt - 2nd to last |
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Scott Brady
ran the custom shop in Meridian after Leakesville closed. When it
was all winding down Scott was able to purchase the last two Wolfgangs
built, which are this one and the one two above it. This is the 2nd to
last one. It is a hollow mahogany body, 5A Quilt top, oil finish,
satin birdseye headstock....nice. Mother of pearl block inlay,
rosewood fretboard with awesome birdseye on back of neck. Gold
Hardware w/ straplocks. |
| Tiger Eye Quilt |
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This guitar belongs to Joe
from Axeshredder.com. The
guitar has the cool black flame inlay and a matching headstock. I
think the body is basswood but I am not positive. Joe calls it his
Wolfzilla. |
| Blue Quilt Archtop |
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Nice Blue quilt top with
matching headstock. This guitar belongs to Thierry Jacques.
Produced in Meridian. |
| Naturalburst Quilt Special |
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This super nice naturalburst
quilt special (might be called "mochaburst") belongs to Andrew Schultz.
It has an ebony fretboard, birdseye neck, dark red finish on the body
and a black headstock. The body looks like it is Ash or Alder.
It isn't basswood. Andy wasn't sure. This was produced in
Leakesville. |
| Tiger Eye Quilt Top |
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This one also belongs to
Andrew Schultz and is a tigereye quilt top with rosewood fretboard and
matching headstock along with gold hardware. This one was produced
in Meridian. |
| Sunburst Quilt |
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This is a
very nice sunburst quilt that was for sale on eBay. It went for
$2,650 on August 17, 2005. |
| Koa Flame |
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This is an awesome Koa flame
top Wolfgang with matching headstock, EVH Block fretboard inlays on an
ebony fretboard and gold hardware. This is a prize. I
remember seeing this one at the NAMM show. There is a story that
this was meant to go to EVH but based on circumstances never did.
It belongs to Don Smith from the mountains of West Virginia and it is part of
a really nice Wolfgang collection. Don has the sickness almost as
bad as me! Don also
has a website with his guitars at
http://www.1hardbone.com |
| Koa Flame |
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This guitar belongs to
Robert Schwab. It is a Koa body and top, unfinished, rosewood
fretboard with block MOP inlays, matching headstock and cream colored
knobs. It is finished in a much different stain than the one above
(they are both very nice). Very classy guitar. |
| Pre-Custom Shop Custom |
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This guitar also belongs to
Robert Schwab. It is a pre-custom shop custom that was given to a
music store owner as a gift from Peavey before Robert got it. It
has an ebony fretboard with EVH block inlays and a matching headstock.
This does appear to be prior to the Custom shop based on the top not
being the killer material they were using once the Custom Shop
officially started up. It is still very nice. |
| Amber Quilt Special |
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This is Jeff Alexander with
the only Custom Shop guitar I have seen with these inlays that are very
similar to the Triple X girl on Peavey's amps and speakers. She is
on the 12th and 5th frets with diamonds in the other positions. It
is also the only one I have seen with the pick-up selector switch on the
bottom. Jeff won a Custom Shop guitar in a guitar competition and
had this amber quilt top Special built. Nice! |
| Red Quilt Special |
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This red quilt special with
matching headstock and EVH block inlays was originally ordered and is
currently owned by Chase Kisling. |
| Koa Special Stop Tail |
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This guitar belongs to
Brandon Griffin of San Antonio. It is a really nice solid Koa Stop Tail with a rosewood fretboard and abalone block inlays. Koa has gotten very expensive
for a solid block like this. |
| Koa Special |
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This one of a kind Koa
Special Wolfgang belongs to Tim Joyce. It is a solid Koa body with
Koa neck, fretboard and headstock. It appears to have abalone bar
inlays as well. Nice gold pick-up trim rings to go with the gold
hardware. I don't think I ever seen another all Koa guitar of any
kind. |
| Peacock Blue Quilt |
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This one also belongs to Tim
Joyce. Nice Peacock Blue Custom with matching headstock. |
| Greenburst Flame Top |
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This is from the collection
of Robert Letizio. It is a greenburst flame top with a rosewood
fretboard, pearl dot inlays. It was one of the last ones built
with a date of 12/22/04. |
| 3 Humbucker Stop Tail |
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This is from the collection
of Robert Letizio. In Leakesville they cut 5 ash bodies for a 3
pick-up model but never used them. They were cut for a stop tail
bridge as well. When the Custom shop was winding down in Meridian
and they were using up any remaining inventory they completed them.
4 were in black and I was able to get the last one in Orange.
There is no tone knob, but dual volume controls allowing the center
pick-up to work independently of the other two, creating a deep and rich
sustain according to Robert (mine is not completed as of this date).
This one was born on 10/30/04. |
| Root Beer
Quilt Stop Tail |
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This is from the
collection of Bennett of Montville, NJ. It is a gorgeous quilt
top. New old stock, never played as of the date the pictures were
sent to me in February of 2008. It has a maple neck with an ebony
fretboard, matching headstock. |
| Tribal Flames Special |
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Also from the collection of
Robert Letizio, this ivory special has hand painted black tribal flames,
pearl dot inlays on an ebony fretboard, all black hardware and pick-ups.
The neck is hardrock maple. It was born on 11/11/04. |
| Dark Cherry Flame Top Special |
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This guitar belongs to Steve
Polin. It is a really nice dark cherry flame top Special with
flames painted around the edges on both the back and the front.
Birdseye fretboard with no inlays. Black headstock. |
| Natural Quilt Arch Top |
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Part of Steve Polin's
collection.
Natural
quilted maple top Custom Deluxe (no finish), The body is ash with
just an oil finish and cream binding. The neck is birdseye with an ebony
fretboard and pearl block inlays. This is Steve's personal favorite. |
| Ash Vintage Sunburst Arch Top |
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Another of Steve Polins
collection. It is solid ash construction with a birdseye fretboard
with block inlays. The body is stained to match with the burst on
the back as well. The guitar also has the matching headstock. |
| Solid Ivory Custom |
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This guitar belongs to Milan
Kordlup from Zemun, Serbia. This guitar has an outstanding neck.
Milan was lucky enough to somehow find this like new Custom shop guitar
in his local area! |
| Alder Natural Flames Special |
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This is
Steve Polin's Ivory custom Special with see through alder body flame
(front and back). This one has gold hardware and a birdseye maple neck/fretboard
with pearl dot inlays and matching headstock. |
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Chocolate Quilt |
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10A Maple top, Mahogany
body, rosewood fretboard with black dots. Very pretty.
I wish I had ordered one like this! |
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Silver Special with skulls |
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This guitar was on eBay.
I hope to get better pictures from the owner. The back is silver
as well. I don't know if it has a matching headstock. This
one shows the skull and crossbones inlays which was an option but you
don't see it too much. |
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Dark Cherryburst
Quilt |
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Dark Cherryburst quilt with
ebony fretboard and EVH block inlays. Matching headstock.
Great combination. This guitar is owned by Louis Kruska and is one
of the last Custom Shop guitars to get completed in Leakesville. |
| Moonburst Flame Top |
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This is a really pretty
Moonburst Flame top owned by Dirk K.. It has a rosewood fretboard
and stock black headstock. |
| Tiger Eye Quilt |
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This guitar
belongs to Xavier Bradley from Sacramento. It is a really nice
Tiger eye quilt with black hardware and matching headstock. I have
more pictures I will put up later. Xavier wrote me the following,
which is worth sharing: "
It is hard to explain they
are just on a whole different level and until you play one you can't
appreciate or understand ( at least I couldn't) Anyways I am hooked on
these guitars. They are definitely the best money can buy Period." |
| Purpleburst Special |
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This is a purpleburst Special with an ebony fretbooard and pearl dots.
The headstock is black. It was for sale on eBay on 11/22/05.
I am not sure who purchased it. |
| Clear Acrylic Wolfgang |
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They made
three of these guitars that I am aware of. One went to Ed and
another showed up on
eBay awhile back. The third belongs to a record producer named
Kevin Shirley. When they produced this guitar it was a "novelty"
guitar. It is VERY heavy and I am told doesn't have the
greatest tone by the guys who produced them. On the other side it
is said that EVH loves his so he must be happy with how it sounds.
Any way you look at it, it is definitely a unique Wolfgang. |
| Hot Rod Flames Arch Top |
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This is a
cool Custom arch top painted with Hot Rod Flames that belongs to Scott
Pickens. The pick-ups are all black instead of the zebra look and
there are decorative pick-up rings installed in gold to match the gold
hardware. That was something they rarely did but it gives it the
vintage look. The headstock is standard black. |
| Ocean Blue Quilt Special |
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This is a
real nice Ocean Blue Quilt Special with matching headstock and a
birdseye neck & fretboard. The fret protector was left on in the
picture so you can't see the fretboard as well. This guitar was
owned by Mike Rees. He solid it for $2,300 on eBay on 12/15/04. |
| Purple Flames Special |
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This guitar
belongs to Neale Hanna from Calgary, Canada. Neil was lucky to
find this Leakesville built guitar in a music store in Canada.
Nice find. The headstock is the standard black and it has the
tribal flames inlays on what looks like a rosewood (could be ebony)
fretboard. |
| Natural Quilt Special |
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This
natural quilt Special belongs to Mark Reres. He was the first one
to grab this guitar the morning it showed up in the EHV Vault.
There were dozens of other people asking for it as the demand in October
'04 far out paced supply. This guitar has an ebony fretboard and
no inlays. The headstock is standard. It has a birdseye neck
and regular Special tuners. |
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Sunburst Flame -
Mahogany |
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This is a
gorgeous sunburst flame with the very thin flame pattern in the wood
grain. The rosewood fretboard is exceptional and darker in color
than the other 3 I have. The set-up on this guitar is perfect.
It plays great. The mahogany body makes it a little heavier giving
it a little more versatility for clean tones and probably slightly more
sustain. It just has a great feel to it. |
| Light Blue Flame
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A beautiful
Custom Shop, lighter blue flame top. I would have liked to have
seen this one have a matching headstock if they could have matched the
body. It has a standard black headstock. The guitar is owned
by Rob S. |
| Dark Cherryburst - Solid Ash |
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This guitar
was built for the Winter NAMM 2004 show and is owned by David Grant.
It is solid Ash construction with matching headstock and abalone bar
inlays. The actual color is a little darker than this, but the
direct natural light brings out the wood better. |
| Tiger Eye Flame - Alder body |
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This guitar
is stunning but it doesn't exist anymore as pictured. Mark Aziz is
the owner but he wanted something different so he sent it to GMW in LA
to have it re-topped. What it turned into is the next guitar down. It is an Alder body
with black binding. The back is the regular gloss black and the
headstock is the standard black. The fretboard has the black flames
(obviously). |
| Spalted Maple retop from GMW - Alder Body |
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This guitar is the one above with a new Spalted Maple top from GMW.
The picture is from GMW before they shipped it back. I am curious
what kind of binding they did as the Wolfgangs come with a poured
binding. I doubt that was duplicated but you never know. GMW
does great work. Spalted maple was something I had on the list to
get but they never got to it. I had it on order for close to 2
years but supposedly they lost the piece of wood they had picked out.
Thus, Peavey never built a Spalted Maple Wolfgang so this is the only
way to get one and in all likelihood the only one that exists. For
anyone interested GMW's price was $1,000 to do this. |
| Harvestburst Quilt |
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This guitar
is owned by Rob S. It is a really nice harvestburst quilt with
matching headstock and gold hardware. |
| Las Vegas Custom |
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This guitar
is owned by Chris Bettiol from Australia. It is the Las Vegas
custom graphic. The guitar has a maple top, matching headstock and
EVH block inlays on the fretboard. The guitar is in new condition.
There is another one of these out there with a rosewood fretboard and
cool dice inlays on the fretboard. |
| Amber / Red Flames Special |
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This guitar belongs to David Turner.
It was displayed at the summer NAMM show 2004. Very unique.
This one has the tribal flames inlays. Headstock is standard.
Looks cool in the light. |
| Burnt Orange Quilt Archtop |
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This guitar also belongs to Scott Flood.
It is a nice burnt orange quilt they called TRCORAL. It has gold
hardware and a matching headstock. Very few in this color. |
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Koa Special |
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This is a
gorgeous natural oiled finish special deluxe with a flame like Koa top.
The guitar is owned by Mike Crisel from Santa Cruz. The guitar has
an ebony fretboard with pearl block inlays, all black pick-ups and I
think a Koa body since the build sheet just says "Koa" in describing the
guitar. It does look a lot like Mahogany though. Either way
it is a great guitar. |
| Red Quilt Special
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This guitar
belongs to Jason Chanyi. He won this as the last guitar given away
in the "Eddie's Dozen" contest promotion, that was started when the
Custom Shop opened. They gave one guitar away each month.
This is a Special with what I believe is a quilt top that happens to
have a bit of a flame look to it. It has an ebony fretboard with
block inlays. The neck is the hard rock maple rather than the
birdseye. The headstock is black and it has the Special tuners. |
| Green Quilt Top |
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This guitar
is owned by Rob Sinclair. This is a
beautiful green quilt with black binding, black hardware, matching
headstock and black tribal flames on the fretboard. It was built
in Leakesville. |
| Dark Cherryburst
Quilt Spcl. |
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This guitar belongs to
Chris Dixon. It is a Cusom Shop special, dark cherryburst with
rosewood fretboard. Chris says it is heavy so it might have a
mahogany body. It was created on 9/17/04 in Meridian. Chris
is the original owner, purchasing it from a music store in Canada. |
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