- Output: 100 Watts RMS
- Channels: Clean, Crunch, Overdrive with switching
- Controls: Gain, low, mid, high, volume, channel select, and presence for each channel
- Tubes: Four 6L6 output tubes, eight 12AX7 preamp tubes
- Protection: Textured Vinyl Covering
Introducing the EVH 5150III amplifier. Buckle up.
EVH 5150II heads and cabinets deliver the sound -- the incredible tones Eddie Van Halen has chased his whole life. It's a triple-threat monster: a truly clean channel, a molten crunch-time channel and an off-the-scale overdrive channel you're simply not gonna believe. In black and ivory, with an unmistakable look and sound that's pure EVH.
Indeed, a central part of Eddie's entire amazing history is that no off-the-shelf guitar or amp righ could deliver the sounds he envisioned during those formative 70's years, so he was always tinkering incessantly with his gear. His amps always wound up being "Van Halen-ized" in some way or another as Eddy dug into them, changing this and adjusting that, pursuing previously unheard sounds that would soon propel him to rock superstardom and stratospheric heights of guitar greatness. Van Halen expected as much from his amps as he did from his hands and his guitars, and he pushed them hard to get what he wanted.
The man know tone from a young age, and he delighted in confounding expectations and breaking rules as he and his swaggeringly ambitious band began their meteoric ascent in L.A.'s mid-70's club scene. He "played" his amps just like he played his guitars, and he used his amps in ways that "you weren't supposed to" according to everybody else. To hear Eddie tell it, it wasn't even all that complicated.
With the 1978 release of debut album Van Halen, Eddie's name became a household word, of course, especially in households containing aspiring guitarists. Van Halen embarked on an incredible hit-making, decade-spanning career, always remaining firmly in the upper echelons of rock success and guitar worship. Eddie continued to chase the sounds he was always after, including various amp projects, but it wasn't until now that an amp truly worth of his name has been offered.
