i've watched some of the concerts online. clearly there are parameters enforced by the van halen camp. there is no footage of Ed in any of the songs on the big screen. sammy doesnt need the money he is out there performing because he can and enjoys it , probably knows he doesnt have many years...
most likely this is dirty jacks. the low input shunts the first and second gain stages together when nothing is plugged in there. Make sure all jacks are cleaned with deoxit
i never made that claim. the claim does exist not by me though. every guitar is different. an aluminum bridge can have better sustain than a massive solid steel bridge on the right guitar.
EVH material is pretty straightforward stuff we all learned when we were teenagers. Wont be an issue for Satch. He did say that he purposely never played any of it to avoid it interfering with his own style. Could evh play satriani stuff? likely no
i do order from Ali Express occasionally for small things that i have time to wait for as they are much cheaper than ebay or amazon. (takes a month to receive). Never had any issues so far. I wouldn't drop anything over $100 there though
scary stuff. I've already stopped buying seymour duncan pickups outside of sweetwater. They have gotten so good at counterfeiting them even seymour duncan has trouble identifying them from photos. they simply say make sure you buy from an official reseller