Techdeth
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It’s so solid !
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Beandust
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Great to have that experience! Sadly without Roth. GC wanting to sign that album explains why he just was painful to watch in concert when I caught extreme in a small arena . The tour after extreme III . Forgot the album. Was hoping to at least dig nunos playing and tone. His playing was as to be expected but the room was a bass distotion and feedback show ruining shithole. Gary made me decide id never attended any band he fronted live. Realy a pill to watch. Congratulations on meeting the VH bros. What a bucket list experience.
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Wayniac3
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I looked this show up & man - you're right - this is killer tone even for Ed (meaning his normal tone is great, but this just has some extra bite to it)
jabps
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And it sounded like that live when I saw them on that tour. In fact I saw the soundcheck and the show later, it was smoking. Sadly I didn't get to see his rig up close on that tour as I had the previous two tours.
japetus
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I was a little too young to see VH in their heyday. The only concert I ever saw them in was with Gary Cherone. It was uhhh...it was cool to see Eddie shredding like 25 feet in front of me....
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Wayniac3
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I worked with a guy that was their FOH briefly.. I asked just some basic stuff on the setup on the tour he did (not sure which, but it was prior to Dec 2012). He said it was W/D/W, using the "tweaked" 5150 III's. As far as he knew, those were the ones that then became the production standard 5150 III's.
Corey James
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In relation, how many times has Nuno claimed to be humble in all of his interviews while talking about meeting Van Halen coming over his house while they were recording the new album?
Look forward to see them live again, can do without all the claims of humbleness & GC waving his ass at the crowd
Look forward to see them live again, can do without all the claims of humbleness & GC waving his ass at the crowd
jabps
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You mean the Peavey 5150 II's. The Fender line didn't hit until much later. He was still playing his Peavey's on the 2004 tour. The two previous tours I stood right by his rigs backstage, always got the chuckle back in the day when it was the supposed "hidden" Marshall lol.
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Wayniac3
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Old age is hell - memory is fuzzy. I think he was on the EVH 5153 during that time. But yes - W/D/W was what I was curious about, and he verified it.
Ben Waylin
Banned
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jabps
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VHIII tour was 98. He was either using prototype II's or production II's as the II's came out about that time. It's why I went and bought one when they hit...although I personally never liked them as much as the original.
The EVH 5153 amps didn't hit until 2007. Yes, he'd been WDW for years at that point by 98, even before the Peaveys.
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Wayniac3
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So he could have possibly been on the EVH 5153 amps in 2012... anyway - the tome in that video kicked ass
ccn
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jabps
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Huh? That video is from the Aussie tour in 98.
anomaly
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Apparently Ed and they guys were considering getting Chris Cornell to sing for the band. They wanted him to join. Imagine how weird that would be to watch? Chris Cornell doing "Panama" or something?? Chris was a total rock star, but a very different kinda rock star than what is needed for Van Halen.
ZEN Amps
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Yeah, was great to have a chat with the man.
I mean the signing thing wasn't entirely Gary's fault - Alex went to hand it to him for some reason!
This would have been horrible to watch, glad it never eventuated. Maybe they should have tried Vince, just for the lol's of course.
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Wayniac3
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Got it.
I was just saying that the FOH I referred to was after that, so the setup he was referring to was not the same as the show you watched.
Agree that the 5150 II sounds different than the OG ones.
I've had a block letter, a signature original, a 5150 II, 5150 III 50 watt, and a peavey 5150 2x12 combo. Still have the combo & 5150 II (can get it close to the original sound, but like the option for a slightly better clean channel).
Combo is my favorite, but the 5153 is a nice different flavor & fun to play.
cardinal
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I don't hate Cherone and I really want to like him, but it's unfortunate for Extreme and Nuno that they didn't have a more charismatic front man. He tries and often succeeds at writing clever/intelligent lyrics and his range/timber are fine, but just something was never 100% rockstar about him.
sideburns
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You did the right thing brother. I would have done the same.
mooncobra
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Killer. I would have done the same thing. In fact, I probably would have punched him in the face. The fact that he went to sign it is offensive. His signature would actually deface that album. I consider that dude the single greatest mistake Van Halen made. I had that album on vinyl as well.
Well done sir!!