I hear EL34 tube crunch on Van Halen 1 vs big bottle 6CA7 which to me is cleaner sounding more headroom then a EL34. I hear more 6CA7 on Van Halen II then EL34 crunch like on Van Halen 1. I would bet Eddie was using EL34s on Van Halen 1 then 6Ca7.
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Those pictures were all staged. Most of VHI was recorded on an acoustic guitar through an SM57. Then a little bit of studio magic and BAM. Bob's your uncle. That's why so few people are able to really nail the tone. They're wasting time on tube amps.Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
Originally posted by Douglas AdamsThis planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
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Originally posted by devastone View PostI doubt even Eddie remembers.
FWIW, unrelated, but definitely big bottles in this studio pic from VHII recording. The real tone probably came from the Schlitz Malt Liquor tall boys, they have a certain mojo.
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Dave's karate injury is funny too.
I would take nothing about Eddie's tone or studio rig from this pic -if anything, he thought he was on to something with his tone and moved that big bottle amp facing the camera into the staged photo to throw people of his scent“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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What I most want to know about that pic is . . . where did all the tolex go?Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
Originally posted by Douglas AdamsThis planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
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Originally posted by GuitarStv View PostWhat I most want to know about that pic is . . . where did all the tolex go?“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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Originally posted by TMDA little known fact about the recording of the first two VH albums is that David Lee Roth was unknowingly singing into an electric shaver. His vocal parts were overdubbed by Dave Bickler.“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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Originally posted by NegativeEase View PostThat's weird, I mean because Eddie was also playing an acoustic not plugged in, and Robert Fripp actual tracked all the guitars.Administrator of the SDUGF
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I just got these yesterday and all i can say is bar-none : Behold Excalibur.
Ed murdered alot of good tubes and not by normal use. But he also has recorded some of the best guitar tones known to mankind. He likely melted down all the good EL-34's making the first album.Last edited by JMP/HBE; 04-11-2020, 05:09 AM.
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Originally posted by Sirion View PostSo, what tubes were Warren using to get that superhumanly smooth tone on Ratt's Detonator?
he's special on a Peavey Bandit“For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard
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