..is out. I got it on Audible. It's really good! I'm almost through it at the 5150 time period. He goes into a lot about the Van Halen era and really loved those guys. He said that when Eddie came to the studio for VH1 he asked if he could borrow Ronnie Montrose's head because he loved the tone. He wasn't able to. But it got me thinking that his head probably was stock and he got that extra gain and sound from the variac. I know he's always said it's just the amp dimed but I always felt there was something pushing the front because the headroom would've been more apparent unless his pickups were hot enough to drive the amp like a boost. Plus he had the MXR EQ pedal. Obviously if that was used, it would boost the pre-amp tubes too. But he claims only to use it as a line boost live. So, I'm thinking the variac gave the 'hair' on the top end. And Don Landee is a genius. The book has been great, fwiw.