I just think it’s a good place to start because you can go to every knob and simply say “do I want less or more”.
It also dependent on the amps of course. Marshall-type stuff is pretty much idiot proof, which is why I love it.
Ed, Lynch, Neal Schon, Leslie West, Joe Walsh.
It depends if you ask other people or ask me. That list is a bit of a blend, because I don’t try to do the Ed thing, but I’ve listed to so much VH that it just comes out, and playing covers in bands people always say “you make that sound like Van...
Even having owned one, I'd also be interested in hearing something that other people think is the sound that draws them in. All the things that I was at one point was told were SLO, wound up being something else.
The Peavey Vandeberg is 24 3/4", along with the Kramer Nightswan, Kramer Proaxe, all "Fusion" models from J/C. Unfortunately, besides the J/C Fusion models, all the rest of these are starting to really climb in price. Though the new Nightswans are fine guitars, at a reasonable price.
When I happened to have an EVH 212 along with a Splawn Quickrod, that setup was instant ACDC. Nice "shape" to the sound for lack of a better word.
It ain't polite, but thats fine by me.
The X100B is the "old old" head Vai used. I had one of the reissues and got good sounds out of it. I got rid of it because when you would turn it on for the first time each day it would do a deafening hiss and I got sick of that.
If the right deal popped up for an original Legacy I would give...