EVH® 5150 ICONIC® 6L6 40-WATT 1x12 COMBO
EVH® 5150 ICONIC® 6L6 40-WATT 1x12 COMBO
The 5150 Iconic tube amplifier series is designed to capture
many of Edward Van Halen's iconic guitar tones in a single
amplifier. These simple and easy-to-use two-channel tube
amplifiers accomplish many tonal variations from the EVH
5150III® series, as well as adding some heavier classic 5150®
flavors using the overdrive and burn tone switches on chan-
nels one and two respectively. Many modern gig-friendly
A. INPUT: Plug in an instrument here. Use only a high-qual-
ity shielded instrument cable.
B. CHANNEL ONE/TWO SELECT: Pushbutton selects chan-
nel one (low-medium gain, green LED) or channel two
(high gain, red LED). Footswitch overrides this button
when connected to amplifier.
C. CHANNEL ONE GAIN: Preamp gain control for low-
medium gain on channel one. Higher settings increase
preamp distortion.
D. OVERDRIVE SELECT: Sets gain and resets voicing on
channel one from clean to medium distortion.
E. CHANNEL TWO GAIN: Preamp gain control for high
gain on channel two. Higher settings increase preamp
distortion.
F.
BURN SELECT: Sets gain and resets voicing in channel
two from high gain to heavier and thicker distortion.
G. NOISE GATE: Reduces noise and tightens attack on chan-
nel two only.
features have also been added, including a built-in noise
gate on channel two, front-panel resonance and presence
controls, a quarter-power switch, a footswitchable solo
boost, and an analog-speaker-emulated XLR output for con-
necting directly to external sound reinforcement and record-
ing equipment.
TOP PANEL
TOP PANEL
H. LOW/MID/HIGH EQ: Shared passive low-, middle- and
high-frequency tone controls.
I.
CHANNEL ONE/CHANNEL TWO VOLUME: Post-preamp
volume controls for each channel. Note: For cleaner
sound from channel one, set this volume control higher
and keep channel one gain control (C) lower.
J.
BOOST VOLUME: Footswitchable master volume boost.
Set channel volumes first (I), then use this post-effects
loop control to set solo volume. Footswitch boosts input
gain even when this control is turned fully counterclock-
wise. Note that BOOST VOLUME is only activated using the
included footswitch.
K. REVERB: Adjusts reverb level for both channels (post
effects loop).
L. RESONANCE: Adjusts power amp low-frequency
response by selectively adjusting damping factor.
M. PRESENCE: Adjusts ultra-high frequency tone control for
both channels by selectively adjusting damping factor.
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