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.
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 |
1 X Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit, 1 X 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) |