Neil Westfall

"Yeah. For a while when we started doing better for ourselves, I started trying out all these crazy hi-gain amps. I had a Bogner Ecstasy and then I had a Diezel Herbert, an Engl, a Framus. It all sounded good and you're always chasing that sound like you said but nothing really worked like that classic 5150 sound. It's so reliable." - excerpt from Ultimate Guitar interview.

"In my rig it's a 5150. Now I'm using the EVH 5150 III but before I used the 5150 II or the 5150 I. I think I've had every single one of 'em. Then I would use a Tube Screamer in front of it just to kind of push it a little harder. Really not until "Common Courtesy," I never used any pedals." - excerpt from Ultimate Guitar interview.

This was also one of the amps he used, according to Ultimate Guitar interview.

Neil uses Kemper Profilers while on tour. He switched to kemper as a way to cut down on shipping costs. It would have cost alot more to ship a regular amp head and cab around the world for tours. He set up his presets while recording the album Bad Vibrations. Bill Stevenson of Decendents helped get the presets while producing the album. The presets are bassed off Neil's Bogner Extacy, EVH 5150 III, and Marshall JCM 800 amps. They tone matched the amps and the kemper until they sounded as identical as possible

In my rig it's a 5150. Now I'm using the EVH 5150 III but before I used the 5150 II or the 5150 I. I think I've had every single one of 'em. Then I would use a Tube Screamer in front of it just to kind of push it a little harder. Really not until "Common Courtesy," I never used any pedals.