The All-New EVH® 5150® Iconic® Series

The EVH® 5150® Iconic® Series satisfies the needs of gigging and recording guitarists craving that powerful EVH tube tone, but at a more affordable price. Evolving from the revered EVH 5150III® amplifiers, the Iconic Series delivers the searing sound and growling gain that the late-Eddie Van Halen made famous throughout his groundbreaking career. This all-new series launches with the 80W Head, 4x12 Cabinet and 40W 1x12 Combo — all in either Black or Ivory.

Experience the 80W Head & 4x12 Cab in Black with this video featuring guitarist Frankie Lindia (RATT, David Lee Roth).

[itslikethesamebutdifferent]

Just came here to shower some love for this amp. It actually does sound really good and very versatile, you can dial up really great clean tones as well as gain it up for some tasty lead work and for the price range it can’t be beat. All in all an excellent amp.

[TVoltG]

I remember when the Original 5150's came out. Everyone said the same. Fizzy.. 😂.

I had to listen to this through some good monitors this morning. Sounds pretty damn good. I think with eq'ing it will be pretty versatile. I am on the list. Looking forward to getting one.

[mitchvechart]

It’s not a bad sounding amp, it’s got a vibe to it. I’d have dialed it in a little differently but I feel the demo was supposed to be more Van Halen tone focused I guess.

[michaelbarber]

I think a lot of people were expecting this amp to sound like some kind of over the top modern high gain metal beast and they got their hopes up a little too high for what they assumed it was going to be. From what I can hear; it actually sounds really good, like something in between a Marshall JCM900 and a JCM2000, and just as good as either. 30 years ago there's no way you could find something brand new in this price range that would've sounded this good.

[hyperbolekid]

Get one of these to OLA asap to see where this ranks on the Chug Meter!

[WholeLottaBulldog]

Am I missing something? This sounds really good to me..
Folks in the comments not happy

[darklight]

I think it sounds killer...a lot of the engineers in the comment section here are hating on it because all they hear nowadays is polished eq'd to death tones...this amp is raw, plug in the guitar and play, fuck all the nonsense post production shimmer

[JohnMasino]

I’ve had my Iconic for 3 days and this amp is amazing! I’m not trying to dial it in to sound like Eddie. The amp is very versatile and there no need to dial in a lot of gain to get a great lead sound on channel 2. I use a beautiful clean sound on channel 1. The boost works fabulous! I run a line out of the preamp out to a Boss ME70 into a JCM900 into Orange cabs. That way all my effects have a volume pedal so I can blend in modulation/delay effects into the Marshall while keeping the Iconic rock solid with a little bit of reverb. I love the reverb on the Iconic!
Anyway, create your own sound with this amp, don’t try to make it sound predictable.
The Iconic amp gives you everything you need to blaze into future guitar sounds…

[schlagdog]

This amp sounds pretty great. Built in boosts, noise gate, reverb, cab sim out, and reduced output power switch is just a crazy amount of built in features.

[caryboudas]

This guy is a awesome player and the amp sounds good!

[sontinos]

I got the combo. It simply delivers the sound I was dreaming of. And: what an awesome video, great guitarist, killer sound.

[Merjia]

Sounds exactly like the kind of amp that Eddie would have loved, and been proud to put his name on.

[thomasdorame]

Can't wait to get my hands on a fifty one-fizzle!

[JoshHaynesguitar]

Sounds good to me. If I was still using an amp live, I'd rock it. Not sure what everyone was expecting. Kudos to this guitar player too, he's ripping it!!

[tripledoubletroubful]

It sounds exactly like I'd expect it to with the EQ settings, and pretty amazing to me for an affordable amp. Looking forward to hearing demos with a bit lower gain and more mid-forward, less scooped tone.

[brandoshreds]

You really delivered on Eddie's tone from "A Different Kind of Truth" with this one. Not sure if that's a compliment. But some people I'm sure will love it.

[BeniRey]

Love everything this company dishes out, keep up the amazing products!

[subd]

Honestly, it sounds like a fuzz pedal with an EVH overdrive attached. I'll have to try it in person.

[balderdashsir]

I think people are missing the importance of that fizz. The "brown sound" was due largely in part to JBL's with aluminum dustcaps adding a shrill top end. This demo might not sound fantastic on it's own, but if they interspersed these sounds with backing tracks, I guarantee it would cut through and sit really well in a mix.

I'm also confused as to how anyone could say this isn't high gain. This is way more saturated than Eddie ever really was. Whatever, I'm just glad to finally hear it, although I will certainly miss the videos from dumb YouTubers declaring it sucks/it's awesome from a time when nobody heard it.

[drewxiii]

That green channel with the overdrive is GOLD