EVH Striped Series 5150 Red, Black and White Stripes

The new EVH Striped Series 5150 is based on Eddie’s famous red, black and white striped 5150 guitar from 1984. The basswood body is identical to the original along with a bolt-on quartersawn maple neck and “hockey stick” headstock. Pop in to our Glasgow shop for a closer look and demo one for yourself. If buying online we’ll make sure you get a perfectly setup example which will be ready to play straight out the box. We ship fast across the UK and beyond.

EVH Striped Series 5150 Red, Black and White Stripes

When Eddie Van Halen introduced his famous red, white and black striped 5150 guitar in 1984, he never would have fathomed the thousands of copies it would inspire. But then again, Eddie has made a career of being copied in every which way imaginable. EVH Gear proudly introduces a new Striped Series 5150 model based on his original instrument, featuring his distinctively striped 5150 motif and single humbucker setup.

The Striped Series 5150 has a basswood body identical to the original, with a bolt-on quartersawn maple neck featuring a comfortable modified “C” profile, hand rubbed back finish and “hockey stick” headstock. The fast-playing compound-radius (12”-16”) maple fingerboard has 22 jumbo frets, black dot inlays and a convenient heel mounted truss rod adjustment wheel.

The EVH 5150 guitar is also fitted with a custom designed EVH Wolfgang alnico 2 Humbucker bridge pickup, delivering the perfect amount of power and articulation with sweet sustain and thick chunky rhythms in a perfectly balanced EQ curve. A custom designed EVH-branded low-friction volume knob provides for unmatched performance and even-volume tapering for the smoothest volume swells.

Decked out with a rock solid “dive bomb” certified EVH-branded Floyd Rose bridge, each locking nut tailpiece features fine tuners and a patented EVH D-Tuna for switching back and forth from drop-D to standard tuning in an instant.

With its quintessential red 5150 hologram numbers and star decals, the Striped Series EVH 5150 guitar is a high-powered, high-performance machine that’s as kickass to look at as it is to play!