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EVH has announced the 5150III 15W LBX-S Head, the third iteration in its series of lunchbox guitar amp heads.
The LBX-S combines features from both the LBXI and LBXII in that it teams the 5150III’s Green ‘clean’ channel with the Red ‘full burn’ channel, promising tones spanning blues to metal.
There are dual-concentric gain and volume controls to adjust each channel, as well as shared EQ, presence and resonance controls.
You’ll also find a 1/4-power switch to cut the amp’s 15W output to 3.5W, dual parallel speaker output jacks, an effects loop and a one-button footswitch.
Tubes include four JJ ECC83S (12AX7) preamp tubes and two JJ EL84 power tubes, and an internal bias control port is onboard.
(Image credit: EVH Gear)
Finally, in a move that may well have been inspired by PRS’s MT 15, the LBX-S’s stealthy cage comes with internal LED backlighting that switches from green to red depending on the channel selected.
The 5150III 15W LBX-S Head is available from October for $699/£629. Head on over to EVH Gear for more info.
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Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has been writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist for over 15 years, and recording and performing in original and function bands for two decades-plus. During his career, he has interviewed everyone from John Frusciante to Chris Cornell, Matt Bellamy and Billy Corgan. His writing also appears in The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.
