Why wolfganggold?

Some people may wonder where that name came from (hi mom!). Very simple really: My first "real" guitar was a Peavey Wolfgang Special with a beautiful gold paint job.



That's, alas, not MY guitar but it's the same basic deal. A single volume knob (no tone knob), a Floyd Rose locking tremolo, a very cool D-Tuna for the low E string, which allows you to go to dropped-D instantly and in perfect tune (assuming you have it set up right), and a pickup switch that's reversed from the norm, that is when it's in the up position, the bridge pickup is selected, not the neck. Eddie Van Halen, the designer of the guitar, said he liked it that way because it kept him from hitting it and switching to the neck pickup inadvertently. The only thing I didn't like about that guitar was the position of the volume knob. I was forever hitting it while playing which can make for some unintended volume changes.

I so loved that guitar. I'm really sorry I sold it, especially since I eventually sold the thing that I traded it for (an Ernie Ball Stingray).

I wish I still had all the music equipment I've sold off in the past. I've sold more guitars and amps than I own right now. At least one was a dog (my '62 reissue J-bass), but for the most part I want it all back...