EVH 5150 Iconic Series 80W Amplifier Head, Ivory

Are you a musician seeking the pure, powerful EVH tube tone that revolutionized the music industry? The EVH 5150 Iconic Series 80W Amplifier Head, available in both Black and Ivory textured vinyl, is designed to satisfy the needs of both gigging and recording guitarists. This high-quality amplifier head is a more affordable alternative that doesn't compromise on delivering the searing sound and growling gain that the late Eddie Van Halen made famous throughout his illustrious career.The 5150 Iconic Series 80W Head, a product of the revered EVH 5150III amplifiers lineage, was meticulously designed by renowned amp engineer, James Brown. It's powered by four JJ 6L6 power tubes and voiced with two JJ ECC83S preamp tubes, providing all the firepower a modern guitarist needs to create unforgettable music.This versatile amplifier head features two channels, each with an extra voicing for enhanced versatility. The Green channel boasts an overdrive button that transitions smoothly from lush clean tones to increased gain. The Red channel's burn button adds a fiery crunch, ideal for blistering leads.Each channel houses its own gain and volume controls, allowing for precise level-matching when switching between the clean and high gain channels. The quick-attack noise gate on channel two suppresses any hiss, ensuring your staccato riffing is articulate and crisp, not choked and choppy. The Boost control on Channel 2 allows you to add another 10Db of foot-switchable volume to your tone - perfect for ensuring your solos cut through the mix.The control panel also includes shared EQ (Low, Mid, and High), global resonance and presence knobs to adjust the low- and high-end aspects of your tone, and a global reverb control to add the perfect amount of bounce and decay for any room. Other features include a two-button footswitch, effects loop, dual parallel speaker output jacks, 1/4 power switch to reduce wattage, and a speaker-emulated DI XLR with power amp mute for accurate all-tube EVH tone for recording direct or using through any PA system.The 5150 Iconic Series 80-watt head is not only powerful and versatile but also aesthetically pleasing. It's wrapped in textured vinyl with a brushed aluminum front panel and black steel grille featuring silver and black 5150 and EVH logo badges. This head is finished off with vintage-style chicken-head knobs, a red LED jewel indicator, and a molded black plastic top handle. A high-quality fitted cover is available as an EVH Accessory. Experience the iconic EVH sound with the 5150 Iconic Series 80W Amplifier Head.