Van Halen 5150 Tone Breakthrough

Tonedeaf said:
Thanks for supplying them. Not only is your preset great for playing the song, it's also great for just noodling, which is what I mostly do these days.
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I sincerely appreciate the kind words! I'm glad you are enjoying the preset. It's insanely fun to noodle on! Playing older VH tunes prior to 5150 with this preset is a real trip! As well as other songs outside VH for sure.
 
Goonie said:
I'm just here to say that FAS is F'n amazing. For us to be able to replicate anything we want plus create our own sound...revolutionary.
@ledhalen45 all of your tone tests are on point. Any one of them would do.
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Thanks for saying so! Not how much more tweaking I can do. The chase is never ending, but I'm definitely content on where the sound is so far. And I'm glad others are too!
 
Powers of Ten said:
Which Friedman Dynacab should be in the top cab?
When I downloaded the preset there were three IR's included? What is the third for?
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The Dynacab sould be the 4x12 Friedman GB.

The 3rd IR was one I was using up until a point, then decided to not go with it. Didn't realize it was bundled in. Sorry for the confusion.
 
ledhalen45 said:
The Dynacab sould be the 4x12 Friedman GB.

The 3rd IR was one I was using up until a point, then decided to not go with it. Didn't realize it was bundled in. Sorry for the confusion.
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Thank you for the explanation.
Is the mic on Friedman the Dynamic 1?

And thank you very much for sharing. Great work and very nicely played😀
 
Powers of Ten said:
Thank you for the explanation.
Is the mic on Friedman the Dynamic 1?

And thank you very much for sharing. Great work and very nicely played😀
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Yes it's dynamic 1. I can get you the placement settings once I'm home later tonight. The mic isn't right on the cone.

And thank you!! Happy to share. I did the best I could trying to play and sound like him. The tone really is in the fingers 😅
 
strats60 said:
Hey ledhalen, are there any particular tuning offsets you're using? This preset gives me the goosies!!
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From time to time, I will use tuning offsets. I'll flatten the B a little bit if I ever find myself playing the early stuff to make the A shape sound a bit more solid depending on what I want to do. Sometimes if I'm recording guitar for my own stuff, I might adjust the tuning depending on what I'm doing and the string-set I intend on using. On all of these recordings though, everything is dead on at 440. I also appreciate the kind words!
 
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Tonedeaf said:
I read somewhere some time ago that during the Live Without A Net tour that the Marshall was being rebuild and that he's playing through a Laney among others. Anyone else come across this? Of coure it's the Marshall on the album.
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What The Actual F...??? This must be investigated more since one of my my dream tones is that live video tone!!!
 





So It's been a while, but here are some examples of some new tones with the detuning method mentioned earlier in this thread. I have to do a few more tweaks, but now I want to try to focus on the Balance Era sounds while keeping the 5150 Album tones in the same patch. I also have a Soldano in the patch as well, but forgot to do an audio example. The noise floor on the plexi is a little high for my liking. Not sure what I can do about it, but I'll experiment with it. Let me know what you think!
 
ledhalen45 said:





So It's been a while, but here are some examples of some new tones with the detuning method mentioned earlier in this thread. I have to do a few more tweaks, but now I want to try to focus on the Balance Era sounds while keeping the 5150 Album tones in the same patch. I also have a Soldano in the patch as well, but forgot to do an audio example. The noise floor on the plexi is a little high for my liking. Not sure what I can do about it, but I'll experiment with it. Let me know what you think!
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Damn dude……so rich and meaty sounding……lol. Sounds really good here! biggrin.gif
 
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