Dunlop shows MXR EVH Modern High Gain pedal at NAMM 2026

January 1, 2026 · 3 sources

Dunlop showed the MXR EVH Modern High Gain pedal at NAMM 2026 in Anaheim, the company said in a new-gear roundup published on February 2, 2026¹. The pedal was designed in direct collaboration with Eddie Van Halen in 2015, according to Dunlop¹².

Dunlop describes the pedal as delivering "EVH High Gain tone in raw, uncompromised and crushing form"¹². Its controls are Output and Gain, which Dunlop says balance saturation and clarity, plus Bass, Mid and Treble². A Boost switch adds gain, a 55Hz/80Hz switch moves the low end between what Dunlop calls a fatter or punchier response, and a Noise Gate control sets the gate threshold².

In a Premier Guitar video from the show, Dunlop's Bryan Kehoe said the pedal shares a platform with the 5150 overdrive, with output, bass, mid, treble and gain controls, and keeps the same noise gate³. He said the original 5150's boost was an input boost only, while this pedal adds an output boost at the end, and that the boost is fixed rather than variable³. Kehoe described the bass switch as shifting focus between 80 Hz and 55 Hz³. He said the circuit was developed with Van Halen at the same time as the 5150 overdrive³.

Kehoe said the pedal is "not shipping till spring" and put the price at "199" dollars³. Dunlop's own product page lists no price for the pedal².