tweed
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petethorn":203sda8s said:
You are definitely not nuts Pete.
You are definitely not nuts Pete.
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Glimpse
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petethorn":1di1aj26 said:
People talking out of their ass about what EVH used on VHI out of complete and utter speculation? Yes.
You completely fuckin' rockin out with a badass Marshall tone? Yes.
Yes, I hear it.
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Anonymous
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I hear what you hear. The clip is pretty much dead on VHI. The other .000001% is mixing and mastering. Doesn't matter though. There are some that will never believe you can get this tone without slaving, modding, etc.petethorn":21faehow said:
Personally, I just find it amusing as I'm sitting in my studio listening to my Metropoulos 12000, Badgerplex aand El Capistand produce the VHI tones all day long...
Steve
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petethorn
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Glimpse":38sgrz5t said:petethorn":38sgrz5t said:
People talking out of their ass about what EVH used on VHI out of complete and utter speculation? Yes.
You completely fuckin' rockin out with a badass Marshall tone? Yes.
Yes, I hear it.
thank you
thank you thank you 
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nitro
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Im not here to go back and forth,its not worth it,but I have my opinions and thoughts and people i used to talk to in the late 70s and 80s,everthing is cool............. 
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HeimBrent
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I will never open another EVH-related thread again. EVER. This is just crazy.
RedRider
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Whats 2 people arguing on the internet and the special olympics have in common????
No matter who wins, you are still fucking retarded!!! LOLOLOL
No matter who wins, you are still fucking retarded!!! LOLOLOL
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Anonymous
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Geez, that is the funniest joke ever! Well done...RedRider":3aiytno4 said:Whats 2 people arguing on the internet and the special olympics have in common????
No matter who wins, you are still fucking retarded!!! LOLOLOL
Steve
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echodrive
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Edward - pick - Boogie Bodies guitar - cord - pedals - cord - VOX AC15 - cord - attenuator - cord - EP3 - cord - Marshall/HH power amp.
Jeff Hilligan
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Agree with Pete and Steve. Spot on. I took Pete up and did just what he asked. On fire with my $500 headphones and it's spot on! Now get back to either: your family, work, lover, friends, guitar, loaf of bread, beer or whatever and call it good!
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petethorn
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HeimBrent":3v61exk2 said:
I don't believe you!
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petethorn
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RedRider":2bs2w8ja said:Whats 2 people arguing on the internet and the special olympics have in common????
No matter who wins, you are still fucking retarded!!! LOLOLOL
You ain't seen nothing. We can be WAY more retarded than this
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echodrive
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Word is, is that Ed also used a metallic pick, and boiled his string for 2:12 seconds in a stainless steel pot.
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steve@russo
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I have failed miserably at embedding EVH in robocop 
Stramm8
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I spent 45 seconds over at the metroamp forum and found something I have read awhile back. Here is the link and a quote from Dave Friedman on the subject:
http://forum.metroamp.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3521
David Friedman
Very simple. Rudy leiren told me personally. Flange phase echoplex into a marshall with variac to 90 into only one cab. The univox echo or whatever was only patched into the chain for eruption he also used a eq for eruption. Eq was also occasionally used for tone shaping with amps that did not sound as good. This was the core setup. As more vol was needed more amps were added and more cabs but sill only one per amp. There really is nothing more to it. Lots of sustain and feedback from the sheer vol of it all. Now ed was always experimenting and still does to this day so there might have been some mishaps along the way like tubes melting etc. No lying just things not explained the right way out of a lack of technical knowledge.
Well here is what i was told by Rudy Leiren his long time tech. This was just last week. His setup was flanger phaser echoplex amp. His main 100 watt was used on everything. The bias was turned all the way up and the variac was set to 91v. into only 1 cab. There is a pic of the early days with a 50 watt and a vox. He told me the 50 was a back up to the 100 and the vox was a last ditch back up. He often borrowed amps for his back ups. In fact he told me a story that at a party they were playing ed blew a fuse in his main amp and did not have a backup and had to rum home to get a fuse while the band was playing. After this he always made sure he had a backup. Now Rudy said the eq pedal was used only for certain guitars or sometimes when he used rental gear that sounded bad. Also the univox echo was patched in by hand for eruption only and then was taken out of the chain after. Later there was another cab on Mike side that was driven from another amp they used a splitter to do this. As time went on more cabs where used and so where more amps. The amps would only drive one cab though. Now he did say ed was always trying shit but would always come back to this set up. This info follows everything ed has ever said to me personally. Also when 84 hit he changed his set up to H&H power amps and some different effects etc. He still used a cab off the head though no load resister. The Load resister came for the 5150 tour.
So who do you want to believe regarding Ed's setup: Dave/Rudy or echodrive/gaindeli/jcooperman?? I think I'll go with the former...
http://forum.metroamp.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3521
David Friedman
Very simple. Rudy leiren told me personally. Flange phase echoplex into a marshall with variac to 90 into only one cab. The univox echo or whatever was only patched into the chain for eruption he also used a eq for eruption. Eq was also occasionally used for tone shaping with amps that did not sound as good. This was the core setup. As more vol was needed more amps were added and more cabs but sill only one per amp. There really is nothing more to it. Lots of sustain and feedback from the sheer vol of it all. Now ed was always experimenting and still does to this day so there might have been some mishaps along the way like tubes melting etc. No lying just things not explained the right way out of a lack of technical knowledge.
Well here is what i was told by Rudy Leiren his long time tech. This was just last week. His setup was flanger phaser echoplex amp. His main 100 watt was used on everything. The bias was turned all the way up and the variac was set to 91v. into only 1 cab. There is a pic of the early days with a 50 watt and a vox. He told me the 50 was a back up to the 100 and the vox was a last ditch back up. He often borrowed amps for his back ups. In fact he told me a story that at a party they were playing ed blew a fuse in his main amp and did not have a backup and had to rum home to get a fuse while the band was playing. After this he always made sure he had a backup. Now Rudy said the eq pedal was used only for certain guitars or sometimes when he used rental gear that sounded bad. Also the univox echo was patched in by hand for eruption only and then was taken out of the chain after. Later there was another cab on Mike side that was driven from another amp they used a splitter to do this. As time went on more cabs where used and so where more amps. The amps would only drive one cab though. Now he did say ed was always trying shit but would always come back to this set up. This info follows everything ed has ever said to me personally. Also when 84 hit he changed his set up to H&H power amps and some different effects etc. He still used a cab off the head though no load resister. The Load resister came for the 5150 tour.
So who do you want to believe regarding Ed's setup: Dave/Rudy or echodrive/gaindeli/jcooperman?? I think I'll go with the former...
Erock
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What a legend, 30+ years later, and people are still ready to throw down over how to achieve his tone, lol, that's awesome.
FWIW Pete, that's about as close as I could ever imagine needing to get, the rest is fingers IMO, and you got em. Kickass.
FWIW Pete, that's about as close as I could ever imagine needing to get, the rest is fingers IMO, and you got em. Kickass.
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petethorn
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Erock":32wgmudg said:What a legend, 30+ years later, and people are still ready to throw down over how to achieve his tone, lol, that's awesome.
FWIW Pete, that's about as close as I could ever imagine needing to get, the rest is fingers IMO, and you got em. Kickass.
no one will ever play like him though, he is just THE MAN.
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Lord Toneking
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You described it best when referring to his 'swing' Pete. I'd say youre as close to his 'swing' as anybody Ive heardpetethorn":f9jdj2f9 said:Erock":f9jdj2f9 said:What a legend, 30+ years later, and people are still ready to throw down over how to achieve his tone, lol, that's awesome.
FWIW Pete, that's about as close as I could ever imagine needing to get, the rest is fingers IMO, and you got em. Kickass.
no one will ever play like him though, he is just THE MAN.
Have you hung out with Ed? Ever been to his studio?
Kapo_Polenton
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Ok we're done with Ed, let's do Demartini now! Was it a small fender into a MArshall, was it a Jose, was it a pedal, was it a Laney. My brain is going to explode!
But now it is a Deizel just like his ol pal Lynch.
But now it is a Deizel just like his ol pal Lynch.
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petethorn
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Lord Toneking":1350n1p7 said:You described it best when referring to his 'swing' Pete. I'd say youre as close to his 'swing' as anybody Ive heardpetethorn":1350n1p7 said:Erock":1350n1p7 said:What a legend, 30+ years later, and people are still ready to throw down over how to achieve his tone, lol, that's awesome.
FWIW Pete, that's about as close as I could ever imagine needing to get, the rest is fingers IMO, and you got em. Kickass.
no one will ever play like him though, he is just THE MAN.
Have you hung out with Ed? Ever been to his studio?
well thanks, he's a huge inspiration. And always will be.
yea he and Matt Bruck are pals, they are great guys, both of them. Wolf is really cool too. People talk lots of nonsense about Ed, I think he's one of the sweetest, most generous dudes around.
Matt took this pic on the roof of 5150:
http://www.evhgear.com/artists/artist.php?id=31