Thanks, Cliff. Any particular one of the 11 (based on searching "Plexi" in the amp list) that would be a good start?
Any suggestions there? I’ve never used those controls before.
The FAS Wiki says 75% is a good starting point for the EVH brown sound.
I've just started learning the solo from "Feel your love tonight" using this preset. Sounds Amazing.
Do you have the echo in front of the amp and a phaser running during the solo?
The preset has a scene with echoplex and phaser and it sounds dead on to me. I've been using a musicman axis but have two guitars with the pickups that are in your Frankie and would have to agree they sound awesome. Think I used 10's on the axis for E flat and Ernie ball 9 hybrids on my evh wolfgang usa for E standard.
I ended up making a scene just for those settings also. Oh, I also have the echo-preamp CAB blk in the chain. I think it may be in one of @Burgs threads in the preset exchange. To me it kinda acts like a tubescreamer does to a flubby amp. It keeps it a tad tighter and adds a little compression. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it sounds like a tube screamer. It's very subtle and it's possible that I may not be able to tell the difference if it was taken out and I didn't know it. There's a great VH tone thread in the preset exchange but I'm sure you've been there if you've used Burgs' preset.
I know everyone that is a Van Halen fan loves his early tones. As do I. I'm just a little younger than most Eddie fans. I was in 5th grade when Balance came out and I really got into Them. So that is still one of my favorite tones of his. There is a preset on the axechange called EVH madness that is really close to this tone and is just so much fun to play on. But if the Sammy years are sacreligious to you, I totally understand.
I appreciate all the tones. I have a 5150 scene and then a Balance preset that I keep meaning to bring over into a scene, all in one preset. The tones with modulation are almost harder to get than the early tones for me. But I think that's mostly because I don't play through a stereo set up or W/D/W. It's funny, because I have the gear to do it (I think). I just treat the AfxIII and my Xitone as if it's an amp. I did steal Andy Wood's mid 90's EVH preset for my Balance tone though and it's pretty close after tweaking. Everything has to be tweaked from rig to rig I've learned. But there's almost always a 'starting point' in there. And the effect settings are useful. The hardest tone that alludes me is the song 5150. It's a pretty dry, separated tone with a notch of mod.I know everyone that is a Van Halen fan loves his early tones. As do I. I'm just a little younger than most Eddie fans. I was in 5th grade when Balance came out and I really got into Them. So that is still one of my favorite tones of his. There is a preset on the axechange called EVH madness that is really close to this tone and is just so much fun to play on. But if the Sammy years are sacreligious to you, I totally understand.
