Anyone have some good Van Halen tone settings?

[romanianreaper]

I was messing around with my Axe-FX II the other day (with Wolfgang Special) and somehow "stumbled" onto a really close early Van Halen tone. I was tweaking knobs and all of the sudden it was closer than my other attempts.

I am using the unit's "Brown" amp so I have a good crunch setting but want to understand more about Eddie's chain so I can get closer. Here is some of the other stuff I have in there:

- Analog Delay at 320 ms
- Medium Plate Reverb
- Phaser (Script 90) at front of chain with rate at 9 o'clock

I was reading about having an EQ pedal in the chain with the "frown" setup but would be great to know exact levels.

Any info would be great. Some guy posted a killer "Unchained" clip on the Fractal forum. Here it is if anyone hasn't heard it. Pretty good:

https://soundcloud.com/javilynch/van-javi-1

 

[Rogue]

That's a pretty nice VH clip there.

 

[Zachman]

I was messing around with my Axe-FX II the other day (with Wolfgang Special) and somehow "stumbled" onto a really close early Van Halen tone. I was tweaking knobs and all of the sudden it was closer than my other attempts.

I am using the unit's "Brown" amp so I have a good crunch setting but want to understand more about Eddie's chain so I can get closer. Here is some of the other stuff I have in there:

- Analog Delay at 320 ms
- Medium Plate Reverb
- Phaser (Script 90) at front of chain with rate at 9 o'clock

I was reading about having an EQ pedal in the chain with the "frown" setup but would be great to know exact levels.

Any info would be great. Some guy posted a killer "Unchained" clip on the Fractal forum. Here it is if anyone hasn't heard it. Pretty good:

https://soundcloud.com/javilynch/van-javi-1

Aloha Mikey!!!

Try setting the Delay around 220mS, mix in less reverb (15-20%) w/ around 100mS predelay time, and route the reverb and delay in parallel to each other, and pick one side L or R, for your primary core tone, and route the effects to the opposite side w/ a hint in your dry side.

 

[romanianreaper]

I was messing around with my Axe-FX II the other day (with Wolfgang Special) and somehow "stumbled" onto a really close early Van Halen tone. I was tweaking knobs and all of the sudden it was closer than my other attempts.

I am using the unit's "Brown" amp so I have a good crunch setting but want to understand more about Eddie's chain so I can get closer. Here is some of the other stuff I have in there:

- Analog Delay at 320 ms
- Medium Plate Reverb
- Phaser (Script 90) at front of chain with rate at 9 o'clock

I was reading about having an EQ pedal in the chain with the "frown" setup but would be great to know exact levels.

Any info would be great. Some guy posted a killer "Unchained" clip on the Fractal forum. Here it is if anyone hasn't heard it. Pretty good:

https://soundcloud.com/javilynch/van-javi-1

Aloha Mikey!!!

Try setting the Delay around 220mS, mix in less reverb (15-20%) w/ around 100mS predelay time, and route the reverb and delay in parallel to each other, and pick one side L or R, for your primary core tone, and route the effects to the opposite side w/ a hint in your dry side.

The Zachster!! What's up bro? BTW, was checking out the Hot Licks site the other day. Looking great! Pretty impressive page. How is Carlos these days? Tell him I said "hey".

Appreciate the help with the settings. I'll try some of that.

 

[Zachman]

I was messing around with my Axe-FX II the other day (with Wolfgang Special) and somehow "stumbled" onto a really close early Van Halen tone. I was tweaking knobs and all of the sudden it was closer than my other attempts.

I am using the unit's "Brown" amp so I have a good crunch setting but want to understand more about Eddie's chain so I can get closer. Here is some of the other stuff I have in there:

- Analog Delay at 320 ms
- Medium Plate Reverb
- Phaser (Script 90) at front of chain with rate at 9 o'clock

I was reading about having an EQ pedal in the chain with the "frown" setup but would be great to know exact levels.

Any info would be great. Some guy posted a killer "Unchained" clip on the Fractal forum. Here it is if anyone hasn't heard it. Pretty good:

https://soundcloud.com/javilynch/van-javi-1

Aloha Mikey!!!

Try setting the Delay around 220mS, mix in less reverb (15-20%) w/ around 100mS predelay time, and route the reverb and delay in parallel to each other, and pick one side L or R, for your primary core tone, and route the effects to the opposite side w/ a hint in your dry side.

The Zachster!! What's up bro? BTW, was checking out the Hot Licks site the other day. Looking great! Pretty impressive page. How is Carlos these days? Tell him I said "hey".

Appreciate the help with the settings. I'll try some of that.

Carlos is doing well. He and his wife just had another daughter, and he's finally opened up his new guitar shop.

http://carlosperformanceguitars.com/

Call him up and say hi, I'm sure he would be super stoked to hear from you.