Modified Strat-Style Body With Deeper Upper Body Curve
Reminiscent of the early super-Strat body styles, this modified Strat®-style body features a deeper upper body curve that hugs your frame for increased performance comfort.
12″-16″ Compound Radius Ebony Fingerboard
The innovative 12″-16″ compound radius design features a fingerboard that gradually flattens toward the heel from its smaller and more rounded profile at the nut. This makes for unparalleled comfortable chording and riffing near the nut and precise shred articulation and bending near the heel. A premium wood, ebony has very tight wood grains and creates a slick and fast-playing surface. Ebony fingerboards are known for their clear and crisp attack, and favored by guitarists looking for sharp top end, pleasing brightness and articulate mid-range.
Direct Mount EVH Wolfgang Humbucking Pickups
Not all humbuckers are created equal. Direct mount EVH Wolfgang humbuckers with Alnico 2 magnets are hotter and harness Eddie’s scorching signature lead tone that captivated the world of rock ‘n’ roll in the ‘70s and ‘80s. These pickups deliver rich harmonics, cutting highs and snarling mids in spades.
Versatile Control Layout & Switching
Explore the tonal landscape with the upper bout three-way toggle switch, which in position one engages the bridge pickup for robust rhythm riffing. Position two engages both pickups, while position three’s neck pickup provides a warmer tone for leads. The volume knobs houses a 500K EVH Bourns low friction pot with treble bleed circuit for seamless swells, while the tone control with 250K EVH Bourns high friction pot will stay in place even if accidentally nudged. A killswitch on the lower bout blocks the signal from the guitar to the amp, temporarily stopping noise output as long as the switch is pressed down. This feature adds an expressive stutter, rhythmic effect to performances.
Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Spoke Wheel
Humidity and temperature fluctuations wreak havoc on a guitar’s neck. With the truss rod adjustment wheel placed at the heel of the neck, you (or your guitar tech) can quickly insert a 1.5 mm Allen wrench between the strings for seamless neck relief tweaks on the fly.
| EVH 5150™ Series Standard | |
| Ebony Fingerboard | |
| Body: | Basswood ( Gloss Urethane ) |
| Neck: | Quartersawn Maple, Ebony Fingerboard, |
| EVH® Modified “C” Backshape Neck Shape, | |
| 12″ -16″ Compound Radius, Floyd Rose® R3 | |
| Locking Nut, Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane Finish | |
| Frets: | 22, Jumbo |
| Pickups: | 2x Direct Mount Wolfgang Humbucking |
| Controls: | 1 Volume, 1 Tone, 3-Way Toggle Switch, |
| Kill Switch | |
| Hardware: | Top-Mount EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® |
| Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna® Bridge, | |
| EVH®-Branded Gotoh® Tuning Machines, | |
| Black | |
| String: | EVH® Branded (.009-.042 Gauges) |
| Case: | N/A |
