EVH 5150 Iconic Series EL34 80W Tube Amp Head (Black)

The EVH 5150 Iconic Series EL34 80W Tube Amp Head satisfiesthe needs of gigging and recording guitarists craving that powerful EVH tubetone, but at a more affordable price. Evolving from the revered EVH 5150IIIamplifiers, the Iconic Series delivers the searing sound and growling gain thatEddie Van Halen made famous throughout his groundbreaking career. Designed byrenowned amp engineer, James Brown, the 5150 Iconic Series 80W Head is poweredby four EL34 power tubes and voiced by a complex, multi-stage hybrid preampsection anchored by a duet of ECC83 tubes providing all the fire power themodern guitarist needs in a simple to use format. This head features twochannels with an extra voicing on each for even more versatility. The Greenchannel boasts an overdrive button to run from lush clean tones to increasedgain, while the Red channel's burn button adds fiery crunch that's ideal forblistering leads. Each channel houses its own gain and volume controls,allowing for level-matching the volume when switching between the clean andhigh gain channels. The channel two noise gate's quick attack suppresses anyhiss while ensuring all staccato riffing is articulate and crisp, not chokedand choppy. The Boost control allows you to add another 10Db of foot-switchablevolume to your tone - perfect for ensuring your solos cut through the mix. Thecontrol panel also includes shared EQ (Low, Mid and High), global resonance andpresence knobs to adjust the low- and high-end aspects of your tone, and aglobal reverb control to add the perfect amount of bounce and decay for anyroom. Other features include a two-button footswitch, effects loop, dual parallelspeaker output jacks, 1/4 power switch to reduce wattage - allowing you tocrank the amp and still preserve tone but without destroying your neighbor'ssolitude, and a speaker-emulated DI XLR with power amp mute for accurateall-tube EVH tone for recording direct or using through any PA system. Sportingsophisticated and distinctive EVH style, the 5150 Iconic Series 80-watt head iswrapped in Black textured vinyl with a brushed gold anodized aluminum frontpanel and black steel grille featuring gold and black 5150 and EVH logo badges.This head is finished off with vintage-style chicken-head knobs, red LED jewelindicator and molded black plastic top handle.