{"id":1250,"date":"2015-10-26T22:03:35","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T02:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2016-06-06T01:44:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T05:44:56","slug":"mxr-and-evh-announce-new-5150-overdrive-pedal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=1250","title":{"rendered":"MXR and EVH Announce New 5150 Overdrive Pedal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month, MXR announced the release of the new MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive Pedal. It&#8217;s odd that Eddie is endorsing a gain pedal since he&#8217;s been criticizing the use of them for years, but I&#8217;m guessing the market for it is so large that he couldn&#8217;t resist. After all, you can&#8217;t get a 5150-III amp for under $700 so for the budget-minded, a pedal that gets you most of the way to Eddie&#8217;s tone for ~$200 is a no-brainer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/EVH5150Overdrive-11.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1251\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=1251\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/EVH5150Overdrive-11.png?fit=568%2C402&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"568,402\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"EVH5150Overdrive-11\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/EVH5150Overdrive-11.png?fit=568%2C402&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1251\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/EVH5150Overdrive-11.png?resize=300%2C212&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"EVH5150Overdrive-11\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/EVH5150Overdrive-11.png?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/EVH5150Overdrive-11.png?w=568&amp;ssl=1 568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimdunlop.com\/product\/evh-5150-overdrive\">http:\/\/www.jimdunlop.com\/product\/evh-5150-overdrive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, MXR announced the release of the new MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive Pedal. It&#8217;s odd that Eddie is endorsing a gain pedal since he&#8217;s been criticizing the use of them for years, but I&#8217;m &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-1250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-evh"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p32FB4-ka","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1209,"url":"https:\/\/www.pressleypress.com\/blog\/?p=1209","url_meta":{"origin":1250,"position":0},"title":"EVH Reveals New &#8220;Vintage&#8221; Amp on the Way","author":"Matt","date":"April 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"From the Washington Times and VHND.com Q: Speaking of equipment, what new EVH gear are you working on? 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