EVH Striped Series 5150 Red Black and White Stripes MN

General

Legendarily draped in red, white and black, the EVH Striped Series 5150 is much like the original guitar Van Halen frequently played after getting it in 1984. The front-lacquered headstock and striped solid body bear that classic hockey-stick shape and, just like most of Eddie's guitars, this more affordable model features a basswood build finished with an '80s-style maple neck. Next to authentic looks, this is what gets you rich foundation sound with a bit extra bite.

The Striped Series 5150: Added Warmth, More Sustain and Smooth Solos

So you can rock out like Van Halen, EVH have armed the 5150 with a single Alnico 2 Wolfgang humbucker. The result is medium output tone with a warm mid-range, which gets further enhanced by the increased resonance and sustain stemming from the direct-mount design. Meanwhile, the fretboard and jumbo frets have a 12-to-16-inch compound radius for smooth soloing where you can use the super-stable EVH Floyd Rose tremolo bridge with EVH D-Tuna system to drop into drop-D tuning just like that or lace your sound with crazy pitch bends.