Dylana at 3rd Power Amps to build Satriani his next amp for the tour

IMO he could have almost anybody make him an Ed-spec Super Lead. Even I could do that. So why not pick somebody that’s going to give an endorsement? It all seems so evident and simple.
 
CarlF said:
World Class Virtuoso who blew up the internet with his poor choices of appearing on a nationally broadcast show with no rehearsal, gets put on the spot to play things he can't pull off, using junk digital gear.
Nobody who can pull off VH seems to need a custom amp built. Looks like an endorsement deal in the works. An associate at 3rd Power already checked in at TGP and alluded as such.
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I am surprised they have sold that many amps that they can afford to give Joe a deal. If he can cash in on it, good for him. Maybe Marshall isn't willing to keep him on the books.
 
Jon from 3rd Power is posting at TheGearForum-

  • It's just a money grab/publicity stunt"
    • This is a passion product- one born out of chasing a historic tone and feel from the amplifier. Nothing more, not a money grab nor clout chasing. Both Dylana and I are incredibly passionate about Historic tone and feel, ask anyone, we don't do this for the money. We do this because we LOVE what we do
    • Satch could have gone to any company- Fender, Marshall, Friedman, Soldano,etc. and taken a massive check/endorsement. He chose to come to us/Dylana for a reason. He heard how passionate we were from many people in the industry and as he says in his interview- "I know in my heart, I want to hear that sound in my head",
    • Satch went public with the information regarding working with 3p before we even knew he was going to. In the interview, he said he was getting audio clips from Dylana during the design process and was incredibly impressed. So impressed that he went public singing the praises of the amp's tone.
    • I want to be able to feel it. So I've been getting these clips from Dylana every week and that stuff that she's building is really amazing."
 
RevDrucifer said:
World class virtuoso that‘s played more notes onstage than the majority of this forum combined takes advantage of the fact he can have anything and everything built for him to help him do the best he can at paying respects to another world class virtuoso.

Guitarists on the internet: “That’s stupid. You should do what I think is best.”
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RevDrucifer said:
Jon from 3rd Power is posting at TheGearForum-

  • It's just a money grab/publicity stunt"
    • This is a passion product- one born out of chasing a historic tone and feel from the amplifier. Nothing more, not a money grab nor clout chasing. Both Dylana and I are incredibly passionate about Historic tone and feel, ask anyone, we don't do this for the money. We do this because we LOVE what we do
    • Satch could have gone to any company- Fender, Marshall, Friedman, Soldano,etc. and taken a massive check/endorsement. He chose to come to us/Dylana for a reason. He heard how passionate we were from many people in the industry and as he says in his interview- "I know in my heart, I want to hear that sound in my head",
    • Satch went public with the information regarding working with 3p before we even knew he was going to. In the interview, he said he was getting audio clips from Dylana during the design process and was incredibly impressed. So impressed that he went public singing the praises of the amp's tone.
    • I want to be able to feel it. So I've been getting these clips from Dylana every week and that stuff that she's building is really amazing."
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Ok, well we will see soon enough! That's a hell of an endorsement.. good on Joe for going with a builder for the right reasons if indeed this amp is gonna bring the goods. To me, tone is still in the hands :P
 
Here is additional information from GuitarWorld that echoes much of the same.

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jo...JueiuJXXK-ZH9Mvioq01YU2xgu9ZYmOXaH09v5HCqNIgM



By Matt Owen published 1 day ago

“I wanna hear that mythical sound”: Joe Satriani has been struggling to nail Eddie Van Halen’s tone – so he’s having a special amp built for the Best of All Worlds tour. "

Satch has called upon 3rd Power Amplification to replicate the tones of Van Halen's modded Marshalls from 1986, which will form the foundation of his EVH-inspired sound

Joe Satriani has been particularly open about the challenges he’s currently facing as he attempts to harness Eddie Van Halen’s electric guitar sound and style in the lead-up to the upcoming Best of All Worlds tour.

The tour will see him perform a wealth of Van Halen material alongside Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Jason Bonham, and Satch knows all too well the significance of his role as the supergroup’s lead guitar player – a role that will see him tackle many of Eddie Van Halen’s most iconic guitar parts.

Satch has already spoken of the stylistic difficulties associated with covering Van Halen – he told Guitar World the biggest challenge was pinning the player down – but now he’s discussed in more depth the challenges that come with attempting to dial in EVH’s heralded guitar tone.

And, according to Satch, the struggle to perfect the “mythical” Eddie Van Halen sound has become so great, he’s sought out help to build a special guitar amp specifically for the tour.

In a previous interview with Guitar World, Satch spoke of the challenge in finding a rig that could cover all Van Halen bases, but later said he’d honed in on a particular tonal era of EVH to do so.

Specifically, he landed on Van Halen’s 1986 Live Without a Net rig, which comprised modded Marshalls that included power soaks and effects processing. That Marshall tone is still the end goal, but now it turns out he’s sounded out Dylana Scott of 3rd Power Amplifiers to bring it back to life for the tour.

“Eddie had specific gear. He didn't play with the gear I used or Steve Vai or Slash or Tom Morello or any of his contemporaries,” Satch said in a new interview with Australian Musician. “He actually had a very specific setup.

“I started to think, 'Well, what's my favorite Van Halen section?’” he went on. “And I did find that period in '86. I talked to Sam [Hagar] quite a bit about it and he said… he was still using Marshalls – in Sammy's view, his favorite sound that Eddie ever made.

“It wasn't small and then stereo-ized. So I reached out to Dylana Scott at 3rd Power Amplifiers, and she is building me what we believe is going to be the amp that does it.”

“I know, in my heart, that I wanna hear that sound in my head, that mythical Eddie Van Halen sound that we all sort of hear in our mind, and I wanna be able to feel it. And so I've been getting these clips from Dylana every week, and the stuff that she's building is really amazing.”

To that end, Satch is all too aware that his own rig wouldn’t work for Van Halen material, owing to the fact it’s set up to serve a completely different purpose.



“I started to think, 'Well, what's my favorite Van Halen section?’” he went on. “And I did find that period in '86. I talked to Sam [Hagar] quite a bit about it and he said… he was still using Marshalls – in Sammy's view, his favorite sound that Eddie ever made.

This is the one that didn't make a lot of sense to me. He has to talk to Sammy to find out EVH was using Marshalls in '86 - "his favorite sound that Eddie ever made." And if he has been struggling to nail EVH's tone then why is he doing the tour? I get Al Estrada is not as well know and didn't play with Chickenfoot. He has done a number of live shows with DLR, but I doubt there is any exclusivity there. Satch DID say that he needs to cover Montrose - Red Rocker - VH and Chickenfoot, but again I'm not sure why he can't get all of those tones with his JVMs. He IS still listed on the Marshall website as a sponsored artist BTW. I don't care so much about the 3rd Power part, it is more just the entirety of it all :dunno:

PS: This is Rig-Talk where we Talk about Rigs within our community that has similar interests. We really don't care if that offends you :yes:
 
311splawndude said:
I get Al Estrada is not as well know and didn't play with Chickenfoot. He has done a number of live shows with DLR, but I doubt there is any exclusivity there.
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These are older accomplished musicians who I assume are doing this to make some money and have some fun. JS and these guys have history together. I can’t imagine they are trying to recruit the best VH tribute player possible, or meticulously recreate Ed’s old tone. Just have fun with guys they enjoy being around.
 
I’m a Zeppelin freak much in the same way a lot of you are VH fans—I think it would be a lot more fun to see Satriani’s take on the material than say, Jimmy Sakurai.

There are plenty of great tribute bands out there if that’s your jam. At least 3 VH tributes came through New England in the last month and a half.
 
tallcoolone said:
These are older accomplished musicians who I assume are doing this to make some money and have some fun. JS and these guys have history together. I can’t imagine they are trying to recruit the best VH tribute player possible, or meticulously recreate Ed’s old tone. Just have fun with guys they enjoy being around.
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Oh yeah. I totally get that they have history and familiarity.

But here is Al Estrada as FYI. He posts here sometimes. @Stradazone

 
Panhead5 said:
I really don't get any of this . You have EVH , Montrose, Chicken Foot, Sammy Hagar . Are you supposed to have a rig for everyone of them ?? You can have all the EVH tone you want but Satrian's playing doesn't remotely sound Like Eddie . There's so many people and amps that have the Van Halen tone just pick one and go with it . To have 3rd Power design one for this gig doesn't make any sense to me.
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I dunno man, if I had the opportunity for someone to design and amp for me I would definitely take it
 
3rd Power is the only "boutique" amp company that I actually have liked every demo I've ever heard on an amp that is designed for my sort of sound. I would love to give one a whirl.
 
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