EVH® 5150™ Overdrive

I also have a slide rig deluxe mk 2 and a Bugera T50 Infinium (using clean channel only now) I tell you this because the chase for these sounds took me 30 years, maybe I can help someone else out. The ts9's and 808's do absolutely nothing for my ears at getting this sound, here's what you need imo; Tube amp, should be decent , doesn't need to be Boutique just decent, a solid state or digital amp is not likely going to cover it. -This evh pedal or a Friedman be od , (but I give the edge to the (evh). -Slide Rig or equal , to give that little polish over the top, I think this Slide rig is basically a high tech, expensive compressor, might not get the sound with a cheap compressor, not sure on that. Oh yes, a decent set of speakers, I'm using Bad Cat Patriot 2x12''s but have a 412 cabinet with celestion vintage 30's I need to try that , it will probably be better. There so much bs out there on youtube with people trying to sell you stuff to get these tones, I have tried every pedal imaginable, usually little distortion pedals and overdrives, it wasn't till I spend a gob of money on these EVH and Slide rig pedals that I got this sound nailed. I did have a line six pod go, that was 'close' , running into my tube amp, but nothing like what I have now. You can skip some pedal quality if you can run your good tube amp dimed all the time, but most of us can't do that lol... I don't think you will ever get that quality sound with the cheaper 80 to 100 dollar pedals, I have like 600 dollars now in just two pedals lol, but could have saved a lot more than that, had I known this is what I needed. I needed something for slide, the slide rig does that in spades, I tried the SSS , it did nothing for me, now what is odd , is that the EVH Pedal gives me most of what I need for single note leads and chording, but the slide rig adds a big touch of class and fatness to the overall picture while not using slide. Also I should note that you need a single coil pup in the neck to get the SRV Duane Allman , Dicky Betts etc sound, a strat works for that , and doesn't have to be Fender, just a good strat with single coil , neck, then sometimes if using wah pedal , a hot rails in the bridge is ok or better than single coil , depending on taste. One more note on this pedal, what is incredible with this pedal is the overdrive itself, when you only turn the gain up to like 7 or 8 oclock which means very little gain, this sets the base for that huge, clear, thunk thunk that you want for srv etc, but you can also turn the gain up for Classic Rock and achieve a high quality sound, I can't speak for today's metal, but it probably gets pretty close on that as well. This pedal is now essential to my sound, I may get a second one as this is true bypass, and I would like to have a spare as well as be able to switch between classic rock and blues, without having to kneel down and fiddle with the gain knob. It would have been cool to have that channel switching option, but really not a big deal, the pedal would have cost more and take up more valuable space on a pedal board. I didn't realize this was made by MXR, a product that I never gravitated to in the past, but truly this pedal is out of the park good imo. .. Props to the late EVH for his collaboration (I guess he did) on this pedal, really a great pedal.

Nice overdrive pedal. Gives a real vintage sound.

I didn't have huge expectations for this pedal since I already had an Ibanez TS-9 and I figured it would just be a little different coloring of the overdrive. The TS-9 is supposed to be the holy grail of overdrive pedals. It does a fine job...however, the EVH pedal is NOT just an overdrive pedal! This is optimized gain on tap. I don't know how it does what it does, or how it sounds on other amps, but on my solid state Fender Champion 100 it really brought it to life! You can dial in VH tone very easily....but it does so much more! It sounds best on a clean channel, but if you are careful and use it judiciously with your gain channel it can really enhance that nicely as well! So many options and so many flavors of gain, sustain, response, pinch/chord harmonics, and yes Marshall growl...even on a Fender!. I doubt I will be using my TS-9 anymore. The EVH 5150 OD is that remarkable. You will only know if you try it and see for yourself. Very happy with this and it solved a lot of my tone issues with the Champion 100 gain channel.

I don't gig anymore and spend my time jamming at home these days so I bought a Marshall MG30FX amp and wasn't satisfied with the range of distortion options of the amp (great little amp, btw) but once I plugged in this beast and stomped the switch.....WOW. Clean, crisp, fully adjustable tones and the adjustable noise gate is an awesome added feature that works perfectly. I've loaned this pedal out to a couple of my friends who still play in clubs because they fell in love with it the first time they tried it. I finally had to tell them to buy their own because I felt lost without it when they had it for a few days! LOL RIP EVH. The legacy lives on in this pedal!

I love this pedal because it can go from a light overdrive to a heavy distortion. It sounds exactly like Van Halen with the right settings and is very clean looking. I was very surprised when I bought it outside to bring to a gig and when I went back inside the white notches were glowing! I love how they thought of the little details and was very pleased with this pedal. Only wish it was even $20 cheaper so that more could afford and experience this wonderful pedal. I do understand though how it is high quality and therefore there is a high price. Would recommend.

First one that arrived was used and scratched up, so I returned it and they sent a NEW one to replace it. It was very disappointing but once that was resolved, I was able to happily integrate it into my pedalboard and I’m liking it! Be sure to check packaging. The first box was extremely worn, the bag the pedal was in wasn’t sealed at all, and the pedal was definitely a previous return. Also, they shipped it in a thin amazon bag??? They send other things in boxes, but something of this price range a thin bag??? Great pedal, not so great place to buy it from.

Don’t listen to anything other than this review. Buy this pedal. Sounds awesome in any amp going in the front of amp. Guitar, pedal, to amp front input. I mean, EVH designed it, it’s gonna be great! -Cheers!

Absolutely love this overdrive. It is simply the blue channel of the 5150 III, with a smart gate.

Distorsion valvular poderosa a través de un fender blues junior. Puerta de ruido efectiva.

Unfassbar gutes Pedal! Sowohl Distortion, als auch Overdrive in einem…

A really great overdrive pedal works exactly as it should , good quality.

米国からの輸入のため到着まで時間はかかったが、歪み方が最高でした。

Continua ad essere uno dei migliori pedali circolazione. Qualità di suono pulito e ben modulato sempre.