OU812 Tone

[SFW]

So what's the best pickup for Eddie's tone on OU812? Alder body strat.

[ErikH]

Re: OU812 Tone

Back in the day I had really good luck with the Custom Custom and a chorus pedal.

[SFW]

Re: OU812 Tone

I was thinking CC as well, but it really sounds like he is using a lower output pickup.

[darthphineas]

Re: OU812 Tone

poplar guitar with a JB. the rest is in the fx and the amp.

But technically speaking, the guitars being made for him at that time were basswood. Even if you had the same rig, you'd still need his fingers.

[Christopher Caruana]

Re: OU812 Tone

custom custom

[zenmindbeginner]

Re: OU812 Tone

In the studio recordings I hear a lot of single coil neck pickup and split bridge tones too... A 4 conductor JB will get you there but you'll need a good noiseless stacked neck tone too.

[Christopher Caruana]

Re: OU812 Tone

the tone to me is waaaay too smooth for a JB. I can get some pretty good VH with my alder body, Floyd rose, CC equipped charvel into my marshall

[Aceman]

Re: OU812 Tone

Custom Custom, a chorus that has a delay knob (wide delay in chorus) and ANOTHER delay. Key to the 5150/OU812 era. Not too much distortion.

[JB6464]

Re: OU812 Tone

Lower output pickup and some Greenbacks cranked.

[alboz28]

Re: OU812 Tone

Custom Custom

Tone Zone

Definitely need a pitch shift device ie. Chorus, Harmonizer, Detune etc.... Eddie was into using the Lexicon, Eventide devices of the time during that recording

[jorge5150]

Re: OU812 Tone

I have a custom custom in an alder superstrat and I get good 1984-5150-OU812 tones. The Frankenstein humbucker is great too but it costs twice as much.