EVH Guitars launches new colourways for the reimagined 5150 Series guitars
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31.03.2022

EVH Guitars launches new colourways for the reimagined 5150 Series guitars

Words by Mixdown Staff

The 5150 Standard is now available in a Slime Green finish, while the Deluxe offers a new quilt maple top wrapped in a mesmerising Purple Daze finish

EVH Guitars has launched new colourways for the reimagined 5150 Series Standard and Deluxe guitars.

What you need to know:

  • EVH Guitars has launched new colourways for the reimagined 5150 Series Standard and Deluxe guitars.
  • The 5150 Standard is now available in a standout Slime Green finish, while the 5150 Deluxe offers a new quilt maple top wrapped in a mesmerising Purple Daze finish.
  • Like their predecessor, both models feature a modified Strat-style basswood body with a deeper upper body curve for enhanced ergonomic comfort.

Read all the latest product news here.

The 5150 Standard is now available in a standout Slime Green finish, while the 5150 Deluxe offers a new quilt maple top wrapped in a mesmerising Purple Daze finish.

Like their predecessor, both models feature a modified Strat-style basswood body with a deeper upper body curve for enhanced ergonomic comfort. 

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 colour matched “hockey stick” headstock with EVH logo decal. Built for smooth, speedy playability, the 12”-16” compound radius fingerboard has 22 jumbo frets and dot inlays.

While the famed striped original had a single humbucking bridge pickup only, the current 5150 is outfitted with a dual humbucking 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 players to mute the guitar for those stuttering, rhythmic effects.

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.

“Engineered for speed, comfort and full-throttle attitude, the reimagined 5150 Series Standard and Deluxe models are an iconic blast from the past that blends both throwback and modernised features,” EVH said.

Head to EVH Guitars for more information. For local enquiries, reach out to Fender Australia.