This guitar is brand new and has been bought in from Fender as B Stock. It is still supplied with the usual Fender two year warranty. This model has a small neck pocket lacquer crack as shown in photograph nine. The pocket crack is only superficial and not structural. We often see minor lacquer cracks where the neck meets the body
Engineered for speed, comfort and full-throttle attitude, the reimagined 5150 Series Standard is an iconic blast from the past that blends both throwback and modernised features.
Like its predecessor, the 5150 Standard 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.
- 25.5 scale length
- Modified Strat®-style basswood body with deeper upper body curve
- Graphite-reinforced bolt-on quartersawn maple neck
- Neck is carved and rolled to Eddie Van Halen's specifications with hand-rubbed satin urethane back finish
- 12-16 compound radius ebony fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets and cream dot inlays
- Convenient heel-mount truss rod adjustment spoke wheel
- Direct mount EVH® Wolfgang® bridge and neck humbucking pickups
- Top-mount EVH-branded Floyd Rose® bridge and R3 locking nut
- EVH D-Tuna®
- Three-way toggle switch, kill switch, volume control (500K EVH Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with treble bleed circuit and tone control (250K EVH Bourns® High Friction Pot)
Product Highlights
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 towards 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 favoured 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 Eddies 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 threes 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 guitars 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.
General
5150 Series Guitars
Right-Hand
Ice Blue Metallic
Mexican
Neck
EVH® Hockey Stick
Quartersawn Maple
Hand-Rubbed Satin Urethane
EVH® Modified "C" Backshape
Bolt-On with Graphite Reinforcement
.790" at 3rd Fret & .810" at 12th Fret
12"-16" Compound Radius (304.8 mm to 406.4 mm)
Ebony
Cream Dot
Cream
22
Heel-Mount Truss Rod Adjustment Wheel
Floyd Rose® R3 Locking
1.685" (42.8 mm)
Floyd Rose® R3 Locking
Body
Basswood
Gloss Urethane
5150
Basswood
Hardware
Top-Mount EVH®-Branded Floyd Rose® Locking Tremolo with EVH® D-Tuna®
Brass
Black
Black Knurled with White Indicator
Black
Black
EVH®-Branded Gotoh®
Floyd Rose® Retainer Bar
EVH® Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges)
Floyd Rose® 1000 Series Locking
4-Bolt Standard
Oversized
Electronics
Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
Direct Mount EVH® Wolfgang® Humbucking
HH
Volume (500K EVH® Bourns® Low Friction Pot) with Treble Bleed Circuit, Tone (250K EVH® Bourns® High Friction Pot)
3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Kill Switch
