Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
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guitarzinc10
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Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
A VH1 album and a turntable will get you very, very close.
A VH1 album and a turntable will get you very, very close.
Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
Ed H,im not upset I just need to venture on and keep trying diffenent things.I do have a new Seymour Duncan Custom SH-5 in black with no logo on the pickup thats how I ordered it,if interested pm me,Thanks.........
Ed H,im not upset I just need to venture on and keep trying diffenent things.I do have a new Seymour Duncan Custom SH-5 in black with no logo on the pickup thats how I ordered it,if interested pm me,Thanks.........
Ayrton
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Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
That is the problem right there.
Plenty of people have nailed the sound, but others caught up in the chase refuse to accept that.
Let it go man, and just order a Bray or Rockstah modded Marshall.
Done
That is the problem right there.
Plenty of people have nailed the sound, but others caught up in the chase refuse to accept that.
Let it go man, and just order a Bray or Rockstah modded Marshall.
Done
Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
Try the DSD everyone in the know seems to say it is the same thing as the mighty mite eddie used on the 1st record but beyond that i dont know of any pup that will do that tone exact.
I suppose the best thing to do s track down a MM1300 screamer on ebay they show up from time to time there sometimes real cheap!
Try the DSD everyone in the know seems to say it is the same thing as the mighty mite eddie used on the 1st record but beyond that i dont know of any pup that will do that tone exact.
I suppose the best thing to do s track down a MM1300 screamer on ebay they show up from time to time there sometimes real cheap!
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JeffB
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Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
Here you go- as close as your are going to get without being Eddie or having THE PRODUCTION VALUES of the studio and engineer (Templeman).
People don't place enough emphasis on Studio magic.
Just a helatious amp, a guitar, a good player, and a 78. This will get you half of the albums tone- A stock sen wood Destroyer will do the rest- assuming you're up to the task
Here you go- as close as your are going to get without being Eddie or having THE PRODUCTION VALUES of the studio and engineer (Templeman).
People don't place enough emphasis on Studio magic.
Just a helatious amp, a guitar, a good player, and a 78. This will get you half of the albums tone- A stock sen wood Destroyer will do the rest- assuming you're up to the task
Masta' C
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Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
Any of those amps will get you there...they are all impressive. And it's obvious that you can get in the ballpark with good playing, whether you've got PRS pickups in a Mahogany Les Paul or a Super Distortion/'78 in an Ash Strat.
Pitbull, you're chasing a rainbow, my friend. Time to buckle down and set a realistic goal for yourself. If you haven't got the tone you're seeking and you've tried everything that's been suggested (and all the things you listed), then the missing piece of the puzzle might be...YOU.
Play on, my friends...
Any of those amps will get you there...they are all impressive. And it's obvious that you can get in the ballpark with good playing, whether you've got PRS pickups in a Mahogany Les Paul or a Super Distortion/'78 in an Ash Strat.
Pitbull, you're chasing a rainbow, my friend. Time to buckle down and set a realistic goal for yourself. If you haven't got the tone you're seeking and you've tried everything that's been suggested (and all the things you listed), then the missing piece of the puzzle might be...YOU.
Play on, my friends...
Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
Sounds good!!! Wish the same clip could be done with a PAF type pickup[78,59,etc...] to compare!
Sounds good!!! Wish the same clip could be done with a PAF type pickup[78,59,etc...] to compare!
Multi Angle Vise
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Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
I'm sure this is nitro from TGP and other forums.
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=746279
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showpost.php?p=8767614&postcount=752
meta-comment on above
http://forum.metroamp.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=32292
There's no point engaging this person in discussion. Dave Friedman and John Suhr (who have actually worked on Eddie's amp and might be considered to have a modicum of authority) can't make even the slightest dent in his views, so you don't have a chance.
At times I've wondered whether he's actually a bot? Is someone behind the bot is having a good laugh? Even the threads he's started here, compare his posts, is it the same cluster of sentences being rearranged slightly each time? I tend towards thinking it's a real person, but...
I'm sure this is nitro from TGP and other forums.
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=746279
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showpost.php?p=8767614&postcount=752
meta-comment on above
http://forum.metroamp.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=32292
There's no point engaging this person in discussion. Dave Friedman and John Suhr (who have actually worked on Eddie's amp and might be considered to have a modicum of authority) can't make even the slightest dent in his views, so you don't have a chance.
At times I've wondered whether he's actually a bot? Is someone behind the bot is having a good laugh? Even the threads he's started here, compare his posts, is it the same cluster of sentences being rearranged slightly each time? I tend towards thinking it's a real person, but...
Ayrton
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Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
I don't want anyone's head to explode, but I never thought Ed's early tone was the be all, end all anyway.
Good yes, but no where near worth all this drama.
Personally for me, George Lynch's cranked Marshall tone on BFTA is much better.
I don't want anyone's head to explode, but I never thought Ed's early tone was the be all, end all anyway.
Good yes, but no where near worth all this drama.
Personally for me, George Lynch's cranked Marshall tone on BFTA is much better.
Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
your wish is his command!
PAF 1
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=7164257
PAF 2
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=5369443
here is a stock les paul
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10519201
your wish is his command!
PAF 1
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=7164257
PAF 2
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=5369443
here is a stock les paul
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10519201
Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
to me it opened the door to a RAW over the top marshall ready to explode.
I am too busy trying to get my own thing going with my marshall that is every bit as good as his VH 1. it can be done. there was a lot of studio mix involved with that tone, mike anthony said quote "ed's sound in the studio that day was ear piercing trebly,hurt my ears!" people hear the record and think thats what it sounded like there live, NOT!!!!!!!!
to me it opened the door to a RAW over the top marshall ready to explode.
I am too busy trying to get my own thing going with my marshall that is every bit as good as his VH 1. it can be done. there was a lot of studio mix involved with that tone, mike anthony said quote "ed's sound in the studio that day was ear piercing trebly,hurt my ears!" people hear the record and think thats what it sounded like there live, NOT!!!!!!!!
I then moved to Ozzy, and then got heavy into Van Halen (1982ish). 
Christopher Caruana
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Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
If you watch VH vids from the early 80's ('81-'83), Ed's sound has a lot of treble in it and not very much gain at all. His tone is very bright and very clean with very little break up
If you watch VH vids from the early 80's ('81-'83), Ed's sound has a lot of treble in it and not very much gain at all. His tone is very bright and very clean with very little break up
Christopher Caruana
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Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
This is as close to Ed's tone that you're gonna get....the rest is in your hands and technique
This is as close to Ed's tone that you're gonna get....the rest is in your hands and technique
JeffB
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Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
VHholic- a (former?) member here used to have a great website where he would cop early VH tones with various guitars, pickups, and amps. He was able to get a 5150 there (with greenbacks). He'd actually record himself over various VH tracks, was pretty amazing.
VHholic- a (former?) member here used to have a great website where he would cop early VH tones with various guitars, pickups, and amps. He was able to get a 5150 there (with greenbacks). He'd actually record himself over various VH tracks, was pretty amazing.
Ayrton
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Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
Exactly what I am saying, just buy a cheap reissue plexi and send it off to Rackstah.
Done.
Exactly what I am saying, just buy a cheap reissue plexi and send it off to Rackstah.
Done.
Re: Van halen 1 sound Duncan Custom SH-5 or Dimarzio Super Distortion
and he still does,
http://www.vhoholic.com/
and he still does,
http://www.vhoholic.com/
