Marshall amp mods for van halen 1 sound

[Codyjohns]

If you want the VH 1 sound just buy a Superlead ('60 or '70) and dime the tone stack and crank it up.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9q7Vfyv_5M]‪Marshall 1978 Superlead Dimed.‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bluesymetal]

Hey I haven't read this whole thread yet, but a splawn quickrod in gear 1 od2 with some reverb and phase 90, will get you pretty close to the vh1 tone. I don't know if Scott does mods still, but he is a great guy and his work is some of the best. Don't get to hung up on the tone though, go to rig talk to see the guys chasing it lol it gets crazy. Pete thorn gets close, like really close on some of his demos though.

 

[John 14:6]

Here is some great first hand information on Eddie's amp. John Suhr gives Rockstah a nice shout out here also.

WoodyTone! - The Final Word About EVH’s Super Lead?

 

[Viking62]

Check this out

Eddie Van Halen's Guitar Sound in the 1st album

 

[Viking62]

YouTube - Clinch FX EP Pre demo, by Pete Thorn

watch the last 30 seconds. all you really need is a good plexi RI or clone, an EP booster (xotic also makes one), and the usual reverb, phase 90, flanger, etc associated with EVH. His tone isn't as impossible to replicate as everyone thinks it is.

Absolutely! that last bit sounds very close

 

[PaoloJM]

I'm pretty confident that if you posted a set of unmarked clips, with players of various abilities, and various rigs all playing VH riffs and asked the forum to identify the best VH tone they would pick the better players.

 

[jupiter89]

This dude covering On Fire with his Friedman modded 1959SLP is worth a listen.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iECM9ZAxdY0&NR=1]‪Van Halen On Fire Overdub Cover (Friedman Modded Marshall Plexi Reissue)‬‏ - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Murmel]

anything you could ever want to know. These guys have come incredibly close.
Rockstah, has just about nailed it. Good info.


MetroAmp.com Forum • View forum - Eddie Van Halen

The Rockstah guy tried to conivince us in another thread that he could nail the AfD tone with his amps, but I think he is far from that. My AfD does it way better than his amp.
But this is not a bad thing because I also checked his other demos and I agree with monsterwalley that his evh tone is the best that I have ever heard, besides Eddie back in the 80s and late 70s of course.

I think you just don't get Eddie and Slash in one box.

 

[indeedido]

Here is some great first hand information on Eddie's amp. John Suhr gives Rockstah a nice shout out here also.

WoodyTone! - The Final Word About EVH’s Super Lead?

Why would there have been a standby jack in the back vs. the one on the front?

 

[JTyson]

From the clips I've heard, Rockstah Mods has that tone absolutely nailed down. (as was said)
Check his vids on youtube, they are spot on.

 

[John 14:6]

From the clips I've heard, Rockstah Mods has that tone absolutely nailed down. (as was said)
Check his vids on youtube, they are spot on.

I agree!

 

[rockstah]

I agree!

thank you!
Mark

 

[Jonathan Wilder]

Enjoy!

Eruption

 

[Codyjohns]

Enjoy!

Eruption

Very cool

It's hard to imitate the dummy load out the back of a Superlead into a MXR phase 90 and into a H&H power amp.

 

[roddy]

Enjoy!

Eruption

Sounds great!!

 

[JTyson]

How would you be "doing your own thing" with someone else's tone? About the only "thing" that would ever come of that would be just writing songs that you wrote that sound like Eddie Van Halen played them.

Meh, people have done that since the beginning. I think its entirely feasable to take someone else's sound and make it your own with your own playing style.
This being the Marshall Forum, I would dare say most people here have done that. Most Marshall mods are variations of something already done by someone else. Whats wrong with that? You find what works for you, and use it your own way.
Marks heavy clip dosent sound like eddie at all to me
But I'm just a lowly pee-on

 

[indeedido]

+1

 

[peterplexi]

...and then when you figure out all that stuff....don't forget to factor in the Universal Audio tube pre with Lots of compression and the EMT plate reverb...lol.

 

[peterplexi]

...and then when you figure out all that stuff....don't forget to factor in the Universal Audio tube pre with Lots of compression and the EMT plate reverb...lol.

 

[John 14:6]

Enjoy!

Eruption

Very Nice! The guitarist was dead on too.