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EVH's Legendary Chorus Effect





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To achieve his legendary chorus effect on songs like "(Oh) Pretty Woman" and "Little Guitars," Eddie Van Halen relies on an equally legendary chorus pedal. MXR's EVH 5150 Chorus captures the sound of that classic effect with features tailored for modern rigs. A simple 3-knob layout makes this pedal a breeze to use. Input and Output Level switches optimize your signal-to-noise performance and achieve unity throughput gain. You also get switchable true/buffered bypass operation and Mono and Stereo outputs. Whether you use it to inject your playing with texture and dimension or combine it with high-gain tones for a way-huge sound, the 5150 Chorus is a pedalboard essential.





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From the subtle phase sweeping on "Atomic Punk" and "Ain't Talking Bout Love" to the seasoned flanging on "And the Cradle Will Rock..." and "Unchained," MXR pedals are all over Eddie Van Halen's most famous riffs. So what's Eddie's fascination with MXR? According to the man himself, "MXR pedals are very solidly built. They always do what they’re supposed to do, and they never falter." MXR pedals are a key part of Eddie's tone, and the proof is on his pedalboard ? it's packed with MXR!





MXR EVH 5150 Chorus Features:


Captures the sound of Eddie Van Halen's classic chorus stompbox


Simple 3-knob layout for ease of use


Input and Output Level switches optimize your signal-to-noise performance and achieve unity throughput gain


Switchable true/buffered bypass operation


Mono and Stereo outputs for flexible integration