EVH Limited Edition 5150 Deluxe Ash Guitar, Ebony Fretboard, Natural

Player's Perspective

This EVH 5150 is a stripped-down, no-nonsense "Brown Sound" machine. If you're a Van Halen fan, you're no stranger to what this guitar can do, but players newer to his guitars and their characteristics will still be able to connect nicely to this model's vintage-style features, including its Strat-style body and modern C profile, which should be familiar to Fender players. We're big fans of the guitar's "raw" look with the natural ash body and think it's a very "rock and roll" aesthetic.

The ebony fretboard is smooth to the touch and is a breeze to play, and the guitar sounds brighter acoustically as a bonus. Combined with the swamp ash body, the response on this axe makes it a true beast in terms of the bite and snap. High-gain riffs and chords have excellent clarity both acoustically and plugged in with the EVH humbuckers, and palm mutes hit like a truck.

The EVH humbuckers are obviously a big part of the guitar's signature sound, and we found them to have great clarity under heavy distortion and sound surprisingly good for low-gain styles as well. The Floyd Rose double-locking bridge is absolutely rock-solid when properly set-up, and it withstood the dive bombs we threw at it without issue. 

For an excellent axe that will satisfy both fans of the late legend and those just looking for a well-equipped tool to rock out with, this straightforward shooter of a 5150 Deluxe will meet those needs.

Item Specifics

The Limited Edition 5150 Deluxe Ash features a modified Strat®-style body with a deeper upper body curve. The ash body is paired with a graphite-reinforced bolt-on quartersawn maple neck that has a comfortable modified “C” profile, hand-rubbed satin urethane back finish, heel-mount truss rod adjustment wheel and “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 Deluxe is outfitted with a dual humbucking configuration controlled by a three-way toggle 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 humbucking 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.

A modern spin on a fan favorite, the Limited Edition 5150 Deluxe Ash is elegance personified with a Natural stain finish and all-chrome hardware, including the EVH-branded Gotoh® tuning machines.

Specifications

General

• Series: 5150
• Color: Natural Ash
• Number of Strings: 6
• Orientation: Right-Hand

Body

• Body Finish: Satin
• Body Shape: 5150™
• Body Material: Ash

Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
• Neck Pickup: Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
• Pickup Color: Black
• Controls: Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit, Tone (250K EVH® Bourns® High Friction Pot)
• Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
• Auxiliary Switching: Kill Switch
• Pickup Configuration: HH

Neck

• Neck Material: Quartersawn Maple
• Neck Construction Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
• Neck Thickness: .790" at 3rd Fret & .810" at 12th Fret
• Neck Finish: Hand-Rubbed Satin
• Neck Shape: EVH® Modified "C" Backshape
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Number of Frets: 22
• Fret Size: Jumbo
• Nut Material: Floyd Rose® R3 Locking
• Nut Width: 1.685" (42.8 mm)
• Position Inlays: White Dot
• Truss Rod Nut: Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel
• Truss Rod Wrench: 2.5 mm Hex
• String Trees: Floyd Rose® Retainer Bar
• Headstock: EVH® Hockey Stick
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Standard

Hardware

• Bridge: Top-Mount EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna®
• Hardware Finish: Chrome
• Tremolo Arm: Floyd Rose® 1000 Series Locking
• Tremolo Block: Brass
• Tuning Machines: EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
• Control Knobs: Black Plastic

Miscellaneous

• Strings: EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
• Strap Buttons: Oversized
• Case/Gig Bag: Optional EVH® Striped Hardshell (p/n 022-6100-506); Optional EVH® Black Gig Bag (p/n 022-1512-006)
• No Bag No Case
• Instrument Weight: 8.3 lbs
• Serial #: EVH2204716

Overall Condition

Music Store Live is proud to be an authorized dealer for EVH. This 5150 Deluxe Ash is 100% brand new and is being sold with a full manufacturer's warranty. Photos are of the exact guitar you'll receive.

Our in-house guitar tech will inspect, test, set up, and clean all of our instruments on site prior to shipping. All of our instruments are guaranteed to be fully functional upon arrival.