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Front · Stealth Black
Finishes
Stealth Black
About this model
Engineered for speed, comfort and full-throttle attitude, the reimagined 5150® Series Standard Left Hand is an iconic blast from the past that blends both throwback and modernized features. Like its predecessor, the 5150 Standard Left Hand features a modified Strat®-style basswood body with a deeper upper body curve. The graphite-reinforced bolt-on quartersawn maple neck features a comfortable modified "C" profile, hand-rubbed satin urethane back finish, heel-mount truss rod adjustment wheel and color matched "hockey stick" headstock with EVH® logo decal. Built for smooth and speedy playability, the 12"-16" compound radius ebony fingerboard has 22 jumbo frets and cream dot inlays. While the famed striped original had a single humbucking bridge pickup only, the all-new 5150 is outfitted with an HH pickup configuration controlled by a three-way toggle switch on the upper bout. The custom designed EVH® Wolfgang® Alnico 2 humbucking bridge pickup delivers the perfect amount of punch and articulation with sweet sustain and thick chunky rhythms in a perfectly balanced EQ curve. The EVH Wolfgang Alnico 2 humbucker neck pickup serves up no-nonsense, balls to the wall overdrive and endless sustain without skimping on articulate cleans when the volume is rolled down. A custom designed low friction volume knob creates even-volume tapering for the smoothest volume swells, while the high friction tone knob will stay in place even if accidentally bumped. An added new feature comes in the way of a lower bout kill switch, allowing you to mute your guitar for those stutter, rhythmic effects - think "You Really Got Me." Decked out with a "dive-bomb" certified EVH-branded top-mount Floyd Rose® bridge, the locking tailpiece features fine tuners for each string and a patented EVH D-Tuna® for switching back and forth from drop-D to standard tuning in an instant.
Core specs
- Brand
- EVH
- Model
- 5150 Series Standard
- Family
- Unknown
- Series
- Unknown
- Body style
- Modified Strat-style (5150)
- Body material
- Basswood
- Top
- N/A (solid body; no separate top)
- Neck material
- Quartersawn Maple
- Neck profile
- EVH® Modified "C" Backshape
- Neck joint
- bolt-on
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Scale length
- 25.5" (648 mm)
- Nut width
- 1.685" (42.8 mm)
- Fingerboard radius
- 12" to 16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
- Frets
- 22
- Fret size
- Jumbo
- Bridge
- Top-Mount EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna®
- Tuners
- EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
- Pickup config
- HH
- Pickups
- Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking (neck and bridge)
- Controls
- Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit, Tone (250K EVH® Bourns® High Friction Pot)
- Switching
- 3-Position Toggle + Kill Switch
Extended specsShow
- Nut material
- Floyd Rose® R3 Locking
- Hardware finish
- Black
- Tailpiece
- n/a (locking tremolo)
- Inlays
- Cream Dot
- Pickguard
- None
- Factory strings
- EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
- Case / gig bag
- No (sold separately)
- Country of origin
- Unknown
- MSRP (USD)
- Unknown
- LH finishes offered
- Stealth Black, Ice Blue Metallic
- Body finish type
- Gloss Urethane
Where to buy
| Retailer | Link | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater | EVH 5150 Standard Left-handed Electric Guitar - Ice Blue Metallic with Ebony Fingerboard | Unknown |
| zZounds | EVH Eddie Van Halen 5150 Series Standard Electric Guitar, Left-Handed | Unknown |