New evh wolfgang!
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Seraphial
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Re: New evh wolfgang!
Yeah, there were basically 4 tiers
EXP - export model made in Korea. Basswood body, figured veneer top, non-figured necks
Specials - USA, basswood flat tops in solid colours, one volume knob
Standards - USA, available with trem or stoptail, tone/volume knobs, birdseye necks
Custom Shops - lotsa different options.
The EXPs I've tried are good for a cheaper version of the US ones, but you can definitely feel the difference when you go Specials and upwards.
Yeah, there were basically 4 tiers
EXP - export model made in Korea. Basswood body, figured veneer top, non-figured necks
Specials - USA, basswood flat tops in solid colours, one volume knob
Standards - USA, available with trem or stoptail, tone/volume knobs, birdseye necks
Custom Shops - lotsa different options.
The EXPs I've tried are good for a cheaper version of the US ones, but you can definitely feel the difference when you go Specials and upwards.
NUNOSLASH
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You are talking about technique development?? Cause it seems you are and i dont think that matters and that doesnt represent evolving. I dont think guitar players should aspire to have the best technical skills posible, they should aspire to transmit their feeling with their play the best way.
I mean, B.B King hasn't progressed at all since he started playing (well maybe he learned a few new licks) but is that necesary to be considered a good player?
I dont think so.
I do like Gilbert, Vai, Satch, etc, and i consider their playing to have lots of feeling, but the fact that they have better technique doesnt make them more relevant to me, is the music that makes one relevant, not the technique and i dare to say that VH music is WAY MORE RELEVANT than Vai, Satch or Gilbert music...if you are talking about influence.
And last, i dont think Vai, Satch, etc...had progress very much comparing their technique NOW to their technique 20 years ago, they were monsters then, and are monsters now, nothing has changed very much.
The only player i can recall that has evolved and it has been evident is Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest. He started playing pentatonics and blues-based solos, and then with time he incorporated a lot of new techniques and stuff, just listen to the solo in Painkiller...still....since Painkiller i havent seen any more evident progression in his playing, so i think its also difficult to ask a musician to improve technique constantly
OK SORRY THREAD STARTER! NO MORE HI-JACKING!!
And i would love to own an Axis, do the have an All access neck??
You are talking about technique development?? Cause it seems you are and i dont think that matters and that doesnt represent evolving. I dont think guitar players should aspire to have the best technical skills posible, they should aspire to transmit their feeling with their play the best way.
I mean, B.B King hasn't progressed at all since he started playing (well maybe he learned a few new licks) but is that necesary to be considered a good player?
I dont think so.
I do like Gilbert, Vai, Satch, etc, and i consider their playing to have lots of feeling, but the fact that they have better technique doesnt make them more relevant to me, is the music that makes one relevant, not the technique and i dare to say that VH music is WAY MORE RELEVANT than Vai, Satch or Gilbert music...if you are talking about influence.
And last, i dont think Vai, Satch, etc...had progress very much comparing their technique NOW to their technique 20 years ago, they were monsters then, and are monsters now, nothing has changed very much.
The only player i can recall that has evolved and it has been evident is Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest. He started playing pentatonics and blues-based solos, and then with time he incorporated a lot of new techniques and stuff, just listen to the solo in Painkiller...still....since Painkiller i havent seen any more evident progression in his playing, so i think its also difficult to ask a musician to improve technique constantly
OK SORRY THREAD STARTER! NO MORE HI-JACKING!!
And i would love to own an Axis, do the have an All access neck??
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BFahz
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Funny - is there any topic that gets more hits on a thread than EVH?
The guy has done more for guitar heavy music than anyone I can remember... other than Hendrix. I agree that he seems to bash the old for the new, but he seems to be a simpleton who just gets excited with his new toys.
The man is a legend and has in one way or another affected every player on this forum!
Funny - is there any topic that gets more hits on a thread than EVH?
The guy has done more for guitar heavy music than anyone I can remember... other than Hendrix. I agree that he seems to bash the old for the new, but he seems to be a simpleton who just gets excited with his new toys.
The man is a legend and has in one way or another affected every player on this forum!
DMR
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No, i'm not talking technique. I'm talking more along the lines of theory or originality with regard to expanding his horizons. Nobody's stating EVH isn't a good or great player or even disregarding his previous trendsetting accomplishments on the instrument.......only that he hasn't done a whole lot of jack since the at least the early 90's. I'm sure his technique is more than adequate to play whatever he wants, but I couldn't see him holding his own in an improv setting with any of the modern greats. I'm just tired of him being portrayed as some God-like mythical figure on the instrument when the reality is there are plenty of guys who could smoke him 10 ways from Sunday in every sense who are far more deserving of the attention he gets today.
No, i'm not talking technique. I'm talking more along the lines of theory or originality with regard to expanding his horizons. Nobody's stating EVH isn't a good or great player or even disregarding his previous trendsetting accomplishments on the instrument.......only that he hasn't done a whole lot of jack since the at least the early 90's. I'm sure his technique is more than adequate to play whatever he wants, but I couldn't see him holding his own in an improv setting with any of the modern greats. I'm just tired of him being portrayed as some God-like mythical figure on the instrument when the reality is there are plenty of guys who could smoke him 10 ways from Sunday in every sense who are far more deserving of the attention he gets today.
PVFan
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I'll get one sooner or later I'm sure, oh yes. All my guitars have Ed's sig on them except my Fender USA P-bass.
It's coincidence really. I just haven't found anything I like better. People hate the pickups, neck shapes, pegheads, body styles, general look. But not me. Nothing I've tried sounds better or plays better to me, from clean to chunk to metal to shred. Just haven't found anything beefier, sweeter, or smoother than these for what I'm trying to do on electric guitar.
I'll get one sooner or later I'm sure, oh yes. All my guitars have Ed's sig on them except my Fender USA P-bass.
It's coincidence really. I just haven't found anything I like better. People hate the pickups, neck shapes, pegheads, body styles, general look. But not me. Nothing I've tried sounds better or plays better to me, from clean to chunk to metal to shred. Just haven't found anything beefier, sweeter, or smoother than these for what I'm trying to do on electric guitar.
- My Ernie Ball EVH natural finish, though humbucker equipped, somehow has this cool "strattiness" to its sound, a thick, fat LP crunch but with a Fendery jangle. It's sound is hard to describe and it's magical.
- Less stratty but smoother is my #1, a Custom Shop Peavey Wolfgang, vintage-burst, stop tail, rosewood board. I love this guitar so much it's almost perverted.
- Long story goes with my collector, which is a one-of-a-kind, hand-painted black and purple metal flake Custom Shop Deluxe with ebony board, my design. Everything is custom, from the black pearl flame inlays, to the silver metal flake binding, and even all the logos and the dish on the peghead have the same silver metal flake. Check it out, there's even a pic of mine at NAMM 2003:
PVFan
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Except they're not.
Indeed. The Korean ones are pretty good, too, actually.
Except they're not.
Indeed. The Korean ones are pretty good, too, actually.
wanmei1
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He is the greatest human being that has ever been and ever will be!
Your understating his munificence !!!!!!
He is the greatest human being that has ever been and ever will be!
super rad stuff
Skaforlifeologist
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haha ppl debating van halen like its so important
:spam
i prefer it to popcorn)
haha ppl debating van halen like its so important
:spam
i prefer it to popcorn)
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