Chewie5150
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To me it sounds like brand new strings are making the twang. It's there in all of the first 3 pickups I'm listening to. I get the same twang for a day or two after new strings.I got through about half of it and had to run an errand. Did anyone else think that some of the core tones sounded a bit on the twangy side? I mean I have heard better early VH tones from videos that he did 10 years ago.
I think thats the main reason he liked well broken in strings! Not quite as twangy once the brilliance is gone.To me it sounds like brand new strings are making the twang. It's there in all of the first 3 pickups I'm listening to. I get the same twang for a day or two after new strings.
Edit: I watched the (or scrubbed through) each of them.
1. #10 SD Frankenstein A2 ~ 14.2K
2. #9 SD 78 A2 ~ 9.0K
The hotter pickup drove the tone and helped cover up the 'twang' that I hear, especially on D.O.A. The lower output PUs kinda sounded like there was a tele-ish twang on that particular song.
I wished he would've rode the volume knob and cleaned up each of the pickups. This was a really good video for me because I'm in the market for something to replace my JB with. Of course different wood equates to a different tone but it was good to hear the difference in the 8 or 9K vs. the hotter 13 to 14K pickups. Pete has Ed's attack down and is one of the best at covering Eddie, IMO.
I think thats the main reason he liked well broken in strings! Not quite as twangy once the brilliance is gone.
There were all kinds of secrets Ed did to get his sounds almost impossible to attribute it to one thing.
I always like the old Curt Mitchell "In the style of vids"! The guy was off the rails but he nailed the VH tones. I can't remember which pickup he used in his Warmoth but it sounds right on the money.
I think thats the main reason he liked well broken in strings! Not quite as twangy once the brilliance is gone.
There were all kinds of secrets Ed did to get his sounds almost impossible to attribute it to one thing.
I always like the old Curt Mitchell "In the style of vids"! The guy was off the rails but he nailed the VH tones. I can't remember which pickup he used in his Warmoth but it sounds right on the money.
I think thats the main reason he liked well broken in strings! Not quite as twangy once the brilliance is gone.
There were all kinds of secrets Ed did to get his sounds almost impossible to attribute it to one thing.
I always like the old Curt Mitchell "In the style of vids"! The guy was off the rails but he nailed the VH tones. I can't remember which pickup he used in his Warmoth but it sounds right on the money.
Pete is such a force out there. Amazing player and man does he ever nail Eddie's playing so well. He has clearly studied and practiced those little nuances in the smallest of notes or bends that just adds to that authenticity. one thing I didn't realize until this deep dive was the slight tuning variations Ed used on certain songs. No wonder when I'm playing along to some songs there's just something a bit off there.Gotta love Pete and his nerding out. Hanging out with him, Andy Wood, and Dweezil at the same was a pretty expanding experience for me.
I don’t think its the sound per say that he didn’t like.And the fun part is that EVH doesn't even like his early tones. He obviously preferred the 5150 sound over his variac Marshall sound.
"Rocco" got the 5150 tone nailed down spot on and he just used a stock Chapman ML-1 Hot Rod!EVH is such a rabbit hole. I used to spend hours on the Metro Vintage Amp forums and that tone was dissected to the nth degree. Of course each album is different and lately I've been trying to dial in a 5150 album tone to use in my EVH preset. The song 5150 has a dry, unique tone, IMO. For the early tones, I just go with my stock tone and add a quick echo and make sure there's a flanger and phaser in the preset. I prefer MY tone. But I also have Andy Wood's 90's EVH tone in that preset too. I didn't really get into much of the 90's albums and going back and listening to Amsterdam, Cabo Wabo, etc. is kinda cool. I feel like I have him covered except for the 5150, which I am still tweaking to find. It's ironic to me because I'm not chasing an old or new tone but am chasing that song's tone. And I don't know why .... but it's fun.