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.
Specs
Type | Solid Body |
Colour | Stealth Black |
Orientation | Left Handed |
Number of Strings | 6 |
Body Shape | 5150 |
Body Material | Basswood |
Body Finish | Gloss Urethane |
Neck Material | Quartersawn Maple |
Neck Shape | EVH Modified C Backshape |
Neck Finish | Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane |
Fretboard Material | Ebony |
Number of Frets | 22 |
Fretboard Inlays | Cream Dots and Side Dots |
Fret Size | Jumbo |
Fretboard Radius | 12-16 Compound Radius |
Nut Material | Floyd Rose R3 Locking |
Nut Width | 1.685 (42.8 mm) |
Neck Pickups | Direct Mount EVH Wolfgang Humbucking |
Bridge Pickups | Direct Mount EVH Wolfgang Humbucking |
Controls | 1X Volume (500K EVH Bourns Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit, 1X Tone (250K EVH Bourns High Friction Pot), 3-Position Pickup Selector, 1 X Kill Switch |
Bridge | Top-Mount EVH-Branded Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo with EVH D-Tuna |
Tuners | EVH-Branded Gotoh |
Strings | EVH Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges) |
Case/ Bag | Not Included; will fit, Optional: EVH Striped Hardshell (p/n 022-6100-506); Optional EVH Black Gig Bag (p/n 022-1512-006) |