Duncan Custom SH-5 Special Van halen pickup

[Butch Snyder]

And what if THIS happened....

He recorded with 2 different guitars and 3 pickups?!?!?!?!

Day 1 - lays down rhythm track with Explorer and Super Distortion
Day 2 - throws down solo with Strat and Duncan Custom
Day 3 - Party at Dave's place... Ed changes pickup in Explorer to a PAF
Day 4 - redoes bridge and last half of sol with Explorer


What NOW?!?!?!?!?!:dunno:

What now??? Well, No matter what gear I have, and the pickups he used are a small part of his tone chain, I'm never going to sound like him anyway, no one will. Phil X does a great job of imitating EVH and even he's a looooooooog way off (by his own admission). I just enjoy the music and play what I can. The tone chasing and researching is fun though.

 

[beaubrummels]

The problem is it ends up being more speculating than research.

 

[Mincer]

The problem is that no one knew exactly what he was doing, and even if he were alive, he wouldn't remember (or he would lie about it).

 

[Securb]

And what if THIS happened....
Day 3 - Party at Dave's place... Ed changes pickup in Explorer to a PAF

Every account from EVH indicates that after modifying the Ibanez, the resulting sound was subpar. Consequently, the only subsequent use of that guitar was for the photo shoot on the cover of "Women and Children First." Regardless of the pickups in the guitar pictured, it is highly unlikely that they were ever used in any recording.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Every account from EVH indicates that after modifying the Ibanez, the resulting sound was subpar.

You mean when he took a drill to it and cut that massive piece out and put those two eye bolts and coupling nuts where the wood used to be? I believe he said cutting the piece out of the body made the tone super thin.
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[Aceman]

The problem is people for some reason don't believe they can generate EVH tone with a Digitech RP200 and whatever pickups come stock in a 1992 Epiphpone Les Paul.

 

[Chistopher]

The problem is people for some reason don't believe they can generate EVH tone with a Digitech RP200 and whatever pickups come stock in a 1992 Epiphpone Les Paul.

Well you see, tone is in the price tag.

 

[Mincer]

The problem is people for some reason don't believe they can generate EVH tone with a Digitech RP200 and whatever pickups come stock in a 1992 Epiphpone Les Paul.

But there is a preset called 'Jump'.

 

[jeremy]

yeah, but that really just makes your guitar sound like a casio keyboard

 

[Securb]

You mean when he took a drill to it and cut that massive piece out and put those two eye bolts and coupling nuts where the wood used to be? I believe he said cutting the piece out of the body made the tone super thin.
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From what I have read, the eye bolts and coupling nuts were a last-ditch experiment to try to restore some of the acoustic transmission and tone. It didn't work.

 

[Butch Snyder]

From what I have read, the eye bolts and coupling nuts were a last-ditch experiment to try to restore some of the acoustic transmission and tone. It didn't work.

Oh, that's funny. I remember when I bought the WACF album when it was first released. I think I was 15. I saw that guitar on the front cover and thought the eye bolts and coupling nuts looked super cool. yeah, I was 15. I thought they were purely aesthetic.

 

[Bill Dennis]

Oh, that's funny. I remember when I bought the WACF album when it was first released. I think I was 15. I saw that guitar on the front cover and thought the eye bolts and coupling nuts looked super cool. yeah, I was 15. I thought they were purely aesthetic.

They were supposed to be...

 

[Juanhanglo]

Re: Duncan Custom SH-5 Special Van halen pickup

Wanna know what pickups I used? F Yo Mama. That's the pickup.

OMG!!! I haven't seen that pic in years!!!!!

Do you guys remember the thread from the good/bad old days of the SD forum? They kept photos hopping his face and that mouth on to a bunch of pics.

It was huge and I remember laughing really hard on some of them.

That had to have been 10 plus years ago. Maybe 15?

Good times

 

[jeremy]

i remember, and that was a long time ago. such an awful pic ya cant help but laugh. i dig the shirt though