EVH 1st Album Tone FINAL
- Thread starter LLL
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Phantasmagoria
watch where you point that sabre
That is indeed shockingly close. You have the saggy/chewy thing down pat as well :bigthumb:
80's_Thrash_Metal
Slightly_Glazed_Believer
Very good work indeed.
LLL
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Bill Dennis
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I have been convinced for years that a Dimarzio Super Distortion or something very similar was used on VH1. The Destroyer at a minimum had one IMO. The SD Custom is extremely close. He always said the Frankie had a Gibson PAF. Its bright enough, and with the push of the EP-3 preamp very well could be the case.
Later on when he talks about a Super distortion with a PAF magnet, that sounds more like VH2 / WACF / Fair Warning era. A Dimarzio Super D with an A2 mag gets us very close to the Custom Custom / Frankenstein pickups.
Diver Down / 1984 gets us into the Kramer Guitars. Ed claimed for a time at least that the 5150 Kramer had a 59 in it. We now know that it had a JB in it later in life at least. I suspect it started with a 59 and later had a JB which led them down the path of hotter pickups as he got into the EB / PV / EVH years.
I know that at one time I had a PV EXP with Pearly Gates pickups that did a stunning early VH tone. I suspect that the 78 and the PG are danger close in over all spec.
Later on when he talks about a Super distortion with a PAF magnet, that sounds more like VH2 / WACF / Fair Warning era. A Dimarzio Super D with an A2 mag gets us very close to the Custom Custom / Frankenstein pickups.
Diver Down / 1984 gets us into the Kramer Guitars. Ed claimed for a time at least that the 5150 Kramer had a 59 in it. We now know that it had a JB in it later in life at least. I suspect it started with a 59 and later had a JB which led them down the path of hotter pickups as he got into the EB / PV / EVH years.
I know that at one time I had a PV EXP with Pearly Gates pickups that did a stunning early VH tone. I suspect that the 78 and the PG are danger close in over all spec.
