
EVH 515 0™ OVERDRIVE
DESCRIPTION
• Designed in close collaboration 
with Eddie Van Halen
• Infuses any rig with legendary 
EVH tones
• Features 3-band EQ section for 
versatile tweakability
• Boost switch adds ex tra gain 
and compression
• Gate control engages noise gate
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OUTPUT INPUT
OUTPUT INPUT
OUTPUT BASS MID TREBLE
OUTPUT BASS MID TREBLE
GATE
GATE
overdrive
overdrive
GAIN
GAIN
POWER
The 5150 Overdrive is powered 
by one 9-volt batter y (remove 
bottom plate to install), a 9-volt 
AC adapter such as the Dunlop 
ECB003/ECB003EU, or the 
DC Brick™ and Iso-Brick™ 
power supplies.
CONTROLS
GATE control engages noise 
1
gate— knob illuminates yellow 
when active—and sets gate 
threshold
OUTPUT knob controls overall 
2
effect volume
BASS knob cuts/boosts low 
3
frequencies
MID knob cuts/boosts 
4
midrange frequencies
TREBLE knob cuts/boosts 
5
BOOST
BOOST
high frequencies
GAIN knob sets overdrive 
6
intensity
BOOST switch increases amount 
7
of gain and compression
FOOTSWITCH toggles effect on /
8
bypass (blue LED indicates on)
DIRECTIONS
• Run a cable from your guitar 
to the EVH5150’s INPUT jack 
and run another cable from the 
EVH5150’s OUTPUT jack to 
your amplifier.
• Turn the effect on by 
depressing the footswitch.
• Star t with GATE control fully 
counterclockwise and all other 
controls at 12 o’clock.
• Rotate OUTPUT control 
clockwise to increase effect 
volume or counterclockwise 
to decrease it.
• Rotate BASS control clockwise 
to boost low end frequencies or 
counterclockwise to cut them.
• Rotate MID control clockwise to 
boost midrange frequencies or 
counterclockwise to cut them.
• Rotate TREBLE control 
clockwise to boost high 
end frequencies or counterclockwise to cut them.
• Rotate GAIN control clockwise to increase intensity of 
overdrive or counterclockwise 
to decrease it.
• Push the BOOST switch for 
increased gain and compression.
• Rotate GATE control clockwise 
to engage the EVH5150’s noise 
SAMPLE SETTINGS 
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OUTPUT BASS MID TREBLE
CLASSIC DISTORTION
OUTPUT BASS MID TREBLE
GATE
MODERN DISTORTION
OUTPUT BASS MID TREBLE
GATE
gate and raise its threshold. 
GATE knob will illuminate yellow 
when noise gate is active. 
Turning GATE control fully 
counterclockwise shuts the 
noise gate OFF.
SPECIFICATIONS 
Input Impedance 740 k Ω 
Output Impedance 1 kΩ
Nominal Output Level* -22 dBV 
Maximum Output Level 0 dBV
GAIN
BOOST
Noise Floor**
Gate Open -76 dBV 
Gate Closed -93 dBV
Controls
BOOST Preamp Gain, +6 dB 
BASS ±5 dB, 30 Hz 
MID ±5 dB, 650 Hz
GAIN
BOOST
TREBLE ±5 dB, 10 kHz
Bypass True Hardwire
Current Draw
Bypassed 12.5 mA 
Effect on, Gate 
Engaged
14. 5 m A
Power Supply DC 9 volts
*All controls at m id position
GAIN
BOOST
**A-Weighted, all co ntrols at mid p osition 
DUNLOP MANUFACTURING, INC. 
P.O. BOX 846 BEN ICIA, C A 94510 U.S .A. 
TEL : 1-707- 745 -2722  FAX: 1 -707-745 -265 8