Inside: EVH's touring EVHIII amp head pics I took yesterday

[nitro]

I have my thought and opinions on Eds early tone which i have posted on many others sites,im not going to get into this again,plus im very happy with my amp anyway..........

 

[echodrive]

That early sound is a nice cranked Plexi with boosts from GE-10 and/or MXR blue box 6 band EQ (frown) and low output PAF pickups

Maybe but still don't buy the "stock" amp theory alone or "stock" pickup alone. A super hot pickup and cranked plexi also gets similar tone to an EQ + the amp. Either way, stock plexi doesn't get you those lead lines unless you boost it, slave it, or use a hotass PU.

Anyone (except for Steve) with any real experience using a 100 watt Marshall is aware of this fact. Randy Rhoads used a gain modded Marshall - Ed did not.

Ed's pickups were wound by a then unknown guy named Seymour Duncan.

 

[Anonymous]

[Yes, he used the Vox/Marshall rig on VH I and VH WACF for sure.

Pure conjecture. There is no proof that he ever used a Vox on a VH record and I highly doubt that is the case...

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

That early sound is a nice cranked Plexi with boosts from GE-10 and/or MXR blue box 6 band EQ (frown) and low output PAF pickups

Maybe but still don't buy the "stock" amp theory alone or "stock" pickup alone. A super hot pickup and cranked plexi also gets similar tone to an EQ + the amp. Either way, stock plexi doesn't get you those lead lines unless you boost it, slave it, or use a hotass PU.

Dude - what do you think the GE-10 and MXR six band are? They were effectively acting as boosts.

Steve

 

[echodrive]

[Yes, he used the Vox/Marshall rig on VH I and VH WACF for sure.

Pure conjecture. There is no proof that he ever used a Vox on a VH record and I highly doubt that is the case...

Steve

You go dude!

If you can't hear the difference between power-tube distortion, and preamp distortion - then God Bless you! Much easier to find a satisfying sound...

 

[echodrive]

That early sound is a nice cranked Plexi with boosts from GE-10 and/or MXR blue box 6 band EQ (frown) and low output PAF pickups

Maybe but still don't buy the "stock" amp theory alone or "stock" pickup alone. A super hot pickup and cranked plexi also gets similar tone to an EQ + the amp. Either way, stock plexi doesn't get you those lead lines unless you boost it, slave it, or use a hotass PU.

Dude - what do you think the GE-10 and MXR six band are? They were effectively acting as boosts.

Steve

Actually Ed used a 5 band MXR.

 

[Digital Jams]

Echo has been battling Pete Thorn and John Suhr at TGP over this stuff


Go get him Steve!!!!!

 

[Anonymous]

Anyone (except for Steve) with any real experience using a 100 watt Marshall is aware of this fact.

I'm not gonna get into a battle with you about what Ed did or didn't do and what I know and how, but this is just silly. I said Ed was using the GE-10 and/or MXR 6 band in fronty of the amp. They function essentially as boosts. They work quite well in taking an already cranked NMV Marshall amp into VHI gain territory. And as I said, I get this sound with a hotter pickup (the EVH pickup has a farily high output) and a boost from a Badgerplex pre. I'm quite familiar with what 100 watt NMV Marshalls feel like and sound like without a boost, thanks...

Steve

 

[Digital Jams]

Anyone (except for Steve) with any real experience using a 100 watt Marshall is aware of this fact.

I'm quite familiar with what 100 watt NMV Marshalls feel like and sound like without a boost, thanks...

Steve

Pure conjecture!

n00b

 

[echodrive]

No malice intended... I only know that when I listen to VH I, that is EL84 power tube distortion! No doubt in my mind. Another "sleeper" amp that gets these tones is the Star "Gainstar 30". Simply an incredible amp!

 

[Anonymous]

That early sound is a nice cranked Plexi with boosts from GE-10 and/or MXR blue box 6 band EQ (frown) and low output PAF pickups

Maybe but still don't buy the "stock" amp theory alone or "stock" pickup alone. A super hot pickup and cranked plexi also gets similar tone to an EQ + the amp. Either way, stock plexi doesn't get you those lead lines unless you boost it, slave it, or use a hotass PU.

Dude - what do you think the GE-10 and MXR six band are? They were effectively acting as boosts.

Steve

Actually Ed used a 5 band MXR.

Really? 5 band MXR, huh? Now you are showing your ignorance of Ed's early rig. I ask you to turn your attention to top right of Ed's '78 pedalboard in this pic:

Oooohhh... whaddaya know... A 6 band MXR Eq, just like I said...

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

I only know that when I listen to VH I, that is EL84 power tube distortion!

Um, ok.

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

[Yes, he used the Vox/Marshall rig on VH I and VH WACF for sure.

Pure conjecture. There is no proof that he ever used a Vox on a VH record and I highly doubt that is the case...

Steve

You go dude!

If you can't hear the difference between power-tube distortion, and preamp distortion - then God Bless you! Much easier to find a satisfying sound...

This has absolutely nothing to do with what I was saying, which was that you have no proof whatsoever that a Vox amp was used on VHI.

Steve

 

[Digital Jams]

That early sound is a nice cranked Plexi with boosts from GE-10 and/or MXR blue box 6 band EQ (frown) and low output PAF pickups

Maybe but still don't buy the "stock" amp theory alone or "stock" pickup alone. A super hot pickup and cranked plexi also gets similar tone to an EQ + the amp. Either way, stock plexi doesn't get you those lead lines unless you boost it, slave it, or use a hotass PU.

Dude - what do you think the GE-10 and MXR six band are? They were effectively acting as boosts.

Steve

Actually Ed used a 5 band MXR.

Really? 5 band MXR, huh? Now you are showing your ignorance of Ed's early rig. I ask you to turn your attention to top right of Ed's '78 pedalboard in this pic:

Oooohhh... whaddaya know... A 6 band MXR Eq, just like I said...

Steve

 

[charveldan]

This is as fun as midget wrestling.

 

[D-Rock]

Well, one slider would be a level, and the other 5 would be used for adjusting freq bands.......no?

 

[nitro]

Box#1 and Box#2 in my opinion, one of those boxes is the fuzz-distortion box that jose arredondo explained to me that Ed used when they recorded van halen 1,that came right from Jose arrendondo mouth,to bad jose is not around anymore,I dont believe the assumtion that someone started that those boxes were switching units.

 

[Anonymous]

Well, one slider would be a level, and the other 5 would be used for adjusting freq bands.......no?

No.

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

This is as fun as midget wrestling.

Platform Shoes FTW!

Steve

 

[biggness]

Those small circles on the amp are from him balancing cigarettes on end on the amp.