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Post by Johnkenn on Mar 18, 2015 21:55:19 GMT -6
Gotta say, not particularly crazy about the tone...but who the hell am I to say that...I would be horrified if and when Eddie joins up and sees this post. Anyway, the video is cool.
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Post by tonycamphd on Mar 18, 2015 23:14:19 GMT -6
I love EVH, he's the most grooving rock guitarist I ever heard, he swings his ass off! As far as tone, it's not my fav tone either, i'm all about VH1 and the Fairwarning records, those are the most beastly rock guitar tones of all time imo, raw aggressive beauty on the verge of meltdown, the sonic equivalent to lightning in a bottle, just amazing
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Post by tonycamphd on Mar 18, 2015 23:15:47 GMT -6
and yeah, i'd shit my pants if EVH showed up here, i'm a total fanboy 8)
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Post by odyssey76 on Mar 19, 2015 7:09:30 GMT -6
joelhamilton vs. EVH - acoustic Eruption battle. No amps. One night only, a ticket buys a seat....but you'll only need the edge. Your welcome Joel 
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Post by Johnkenn on Mar 19, 2015 8:05:21 GMT -6
I should pull up an evh preset on the old Kemper and record joelhamilton playing through some VH catalog. He was playing some stuff the other day just switching though some models and it was fun as hell. |
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Post by odyssey76 on Mar 19, 2015 9:15:31 GMT -6
I should pull up an evh preset on the old Kemper and record joelhamilton playing through some VH catalog. He was playing some stuff the other day just switching though some models and it was fun as hell. You guys should do some short clips with the Kemper. I only request that there are rhythm tracks included with the lead tracks. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Mar 19, 2015 9:17:24 GMT -6
Will do
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Post by tonycamphd on Mar 19, 2015 10:08:07 GMT -6
Joe H is sick! If you guys get a chance, put on the VH fair warning record, and shut off the RT speaker while listening to dirty movies and the mean street solo, Edie's rhythm playing is swagg funk form hell, really, you could take those riffs and make completely new tunes that would get anyone from metal heads to edm junkies banging!
this here always just kills me!
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Post by formatcyes on Mar 19, 2015 15:33:10 GMT -6
Eddie is a god But seriously 2 weeks before he went on tour he wanted a new amp. I know what I would have done. "Look Eddie has a new dance move" "No wait I think he's still trying to get those amp parts out of his ass"
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Post by sozocaps on Mar 23, 2015 12:55:19 GMT -6
Yes... I bought one. I have a regular 5150III 100 modded to hell and sounds super good. I'll let you know how this compares.
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Post by joelhamilton on Mar 25, 2015 17:49:25 GMT -6
I have purposely waited to comment until all steam on this fabulous thread was lost because if I comment the thread dies. EVERY TIME. Haha
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Post by Johnkenn on Mar 25, 2015 17:55:48 GMT -6
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Post by joelhamilton on Mar 25, 2015 19:25:23 GMT -6
Damn I was buellered. Lol
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Post by donr on Mar 25, 2015 20:30:03 GMT -6
I have purposely waited to comment until all steam on this fabulous thread was lost because if I comment the thread dies. EVERY TIME. Haha Joel, I'm often a thread killah. Dunno why.. Not gonna say no bad about Eddie, he's the Hendrix of his generation IMO, and has never IMO recorded a bad solo or part. ..but, the guitar tone on that video doesn't slay me, compared to what exists on recordings. |
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Post by sozocaps on Mar 25, 2015 20:49:36 GMT -6
I have the amp and love it... I hate the tone he is getting on the demo video.
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Post by joelhamilton on Mar 26, 2015 8:32:52 GMT -6
I have the pleasure of knowing James Brown who designed the Peavey 5150 and 5150ii. He told me that on one of his many trips to hang with Eddie he got to play and examine THE brown sound Marshall. His take? That it was just a regular un modded amp, and a lot of that sound was in the eq on the board.
I should also mention somehow I ended up with one of Eddies personal guitars. I bow every time I pass it
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Post by donr on Mar 26, 2015 10:46:45 GMT -6
I have the pleasure of knowing James Brown who designed the Peavey 5150 and 5150ii. He told me that on one of his many trips to hang with Eddie he got to play and examine THE brown sound Marshall. His take? That it was just a regular un modded amp, and a lot of that sound was in the eq on the board. I should also mention somehow I ended up with one of Eddies personal guitars. I bow every time I pass it I know James also, from NAMM shows. I have one of his Tight Drives. Did we determine that Eddie used the Variac to lower the line voltage, or raise it? |
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Post by tonycamphd on Mar 26, 2015 11:00:40 GMT -6
joelhamilton which ax did you get? thats cool as shit! As far as ACV, I'm sure he lowered it, he discovered that variac playing a theatre house, they have variacs on their lighting generally, but it's only for dimming the lights, so the opportunity for him to turn up the voltage wasn't there i'd believe? the spongey sound/feel comes from cranking the amp, and starving the juice to around 80v as i understand it, that also brings a 100w marshall down to less than jet engine levels at full blast 8) Also, if he was cranking the V up, the amp would more than likely not be around to check out. That said, the Brownsound is an absoulutely amazing tone that blew me away the first time i heard it at 12 years old, and still blows me away to this day. I wish Ed would still use it.
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Post by joelhamilton on Mar 26, 2015 21:45:04 GMT -6
I have the pleasure of knowing James Brown who designed the Peavey 5150 and 5150ii. He told me that on one of his many trips to hang with Eddie he got to play and examine THE brown sound Marshall. His take? That it was just a regular un modded amp, and a lot of that sound was in the eq on the board. I should also mention somehow I ended up with one of Eddies personal guitars. I bow every time I pass it I know James also, from NAMM shows. I have one of his Tight Drives. Did we determine that Eddie used the Variac to lower the line voltage, or raise it? James is a great guy, and I still think his Classic 50 is one of the best all time guitar amps. I never discussed the variac with James, but I have always assumed it was used to lower watts like a power soak. That would make a good question for JB! |
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Post by joelhamilton on Mar 26, 2015 21:47:36 GMT -6
joelhamilton which ax did you get? thats cool as shit! As far as ACV, I'm sure he lowered it, he discovered that variac playing a theatre house, they have variacs on their lighting generally, but it's only for dimming the lights, so the opportunity for him to turn up the voltage wasn't there i'd believe? the spongey sound/feel comes from cranking the amp, and starving the juice to around 80v as i understand it, that also brings a 100w marshall down to less than jet engine levels at full blast 8) Also, if he was cranking the V up, the amp would more than likely not be around to check out. That said, the Brownsound is an absoulutely amazing tone that blew me away the first time i heard it at 12 years old, and still blows me away to this day. I wish Ed would still use it. I have a Fernandes prototype Music Man copy from when EVH divorced Music Man. It has the first sustainer he got from them and while I cannot prove this part, may have been the guitar heard on one of the albums from the time. It's not as pretty as the Music Man or Wolfgang |
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Post by jsteiger on Mar 27, 2015 16:35:55 GMT -6
I always dug Eddie's tone especially on the early records. The tone that really slayed me was Randy Rhoads. The first time I heard Crazy Train on the radio, I was forever changed. I suppose Randy would have sounded a bit dif if it wasn't for EVH paving the way.
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Post by odyssey76 on Mar 27, 2015 19:44:35 GMT -6
I always dug Eddie's tone especially on the early records. The tone that really slayed me was Randy Rhoads. The first time I heard Crazy Train on the radio, I was forever changed. I suppose Randy would have sounded a bit dif if it wasn't for EVH paving the way. First song I ever learned on guitar was Crazy Train! Followed by Welcome to the Jungle. Such great guitar days........ I agree with EVH's best tone being in the early days of VH. Mean Streets....... |
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Post by watchtower on Mar 29, 2015 12:46:42 GMT -6
I still love my 5150 EVH Block Letter. I've had it for roughly 10 years. I'm planning to retube it this summer.
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Post by Johnkenn on Mar 30, 2015 21:42:51 GMT -6
You know, after listening to that video again, that tone doesn't bother me that much. of course, we are being nerds - EVH would sound awesome on anything.
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Post by sozocaps on Apr 1, 2015 23:24:25 GMT -6
His tone on Kimmel was good... much better then that Demo.
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