Messing around with pitch shift. EVH Poundcake tone

[DanO5150]

So please pardon the sloppiness. Here's a cover of Van Halen Poundcake I recorded earlier today with my phone.
I found a backtrack on the tube to play to.
I'd like to get another ear on it. What are your thoughts on tone?

I'm playing through my FJA modded 5150 head w/d/w using my g-force for the pitch shifting. I'm trying to get close to the early F.U.C.K. tone like on the MTV VMAs. If I offset the pitch more I make it sound more like his "wetter" tone circa Mid 90s.

Thanks in advance!

 

[DanO5150]

No responses...does that mean non of you liked the tone I'm working on?

Just trying to get some feedback from a bunch of "tone heads"

;-)

 

[Mailman1971]

Good god that was great man!!
I never mess with effects. But you seemed to nail it to me

 

[tlingen]

Sounds really cool!

 

[Mailman1971]

And yes. FJA modded 5150s rule. Owned one for years. My main player was a FJA modded Dual rec.
loved that amp.

 

[DanO5150]

Good god that was great man!!
I never mess with effects. But you seemed to nail it to me

Thank you sir! Yea Jerry at FJA is awesome. I had him mod my 5150 over 10 years ago and it rips. Even when I play it as a normal mono rig, sounds great.

Sounds really cool!

Thank you!

Yea I'm pretty happy with it. I'm playing it pretty low volume-wise. The Hot plate does a good job of attenuating the signal. But if I crank it up to my normal stage volume it sounds better.

It's funny how much phase makes a difference. For example I'm just playing it in my basement. You almost can't get the full effect of the pitch shift in real stereo (L/R) with the staggered (pan) delay.
It's a nightmare many times to have a sound guy try to mic my rig if they don't have any experience with w/d/w rigs. LOL

I actually bought my slave amp and 2x12 cabs from @sgill72 years ago. He has a really good ear for tone. His rigs always sound good too.