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I'd like to see videos of how Ed transitioned from the earlier days to the "5150" sound. So much chorus on nearly every track on "5150", though somehow it wasn't cheesy.
I have 1 request and 1 only, please can you not get such a angled shot down the neck when recording, maybe something a bit more straight on, I can figure things out a little better when I can see what the left hand is doing.. Thanks, Great Playing and Tone 👍
I love how you don't use loads of gain - many make that mistake when covering Van Halen. You're absolutely right - you need that clear, tight sound in order for the licks to sound right...
Very much the same thing with Angus and Malcom Young. Those ripping AC/DC riffs don't have as much gain as you think. There's no way you'd hear the chord changes as intended if there was heaps of gain.
@@jnh73 Yes! Spot on. I'll admit when I was first starting guitar, I heard those HUGE sounding riffs and thought there were heaps of gain, so when I'd go to play those riffs, it'd sound like a mess! It's almost as if the way Edward plays leads you to believe he's running more gain than he actually is... freaky!
@@TommyToboggan611 Exactly. As well as the mods done to the amp, the Echo Plex before the amp input, mix of speakers Greenbacks + JBL D120, and of course the Mighty Mite pickup
@@ImpostorModanica its a stock Marshall at 90v. re biased. No jbl watch the sound city documentary. The jbls were in eddies cabs but just as a cheap blown speaker replacement. its just 2 57s one on the cap and one on the edge. You blend the 2 as a more natural form of eq. Does not cause phase issues like a normal eq. Its one of teds tricks The buffer on the echo plex does act like tone bleed though, like using a 250k 500k tone pot. this is a subtle part of it. The echo is only on select parts. its not on all the time other then Aint talking bout love. that riff is built off a 300ms delay. for the slap back pretty sure the pickup is the paf one out of the 335 his dad got him as a kid? the one that alex and the guys made fun of him for looking like roy orbison. Its all out there. re watch the VH stuff. There is a radio interview on the VH vault were eddie talks about it with a radio host on a phone interview. After the 90v and bias trick was out the bag. the rest of the pieces of eddies story come together. then after you hear one stock at 90v re biased its 100% what it is. The Jose mods. there were several. a few types of master volumes, an additional tube stage, friedman has a video on his page about them. These were done by eddies tech jose but not for eddie.
Thanx a lot! 👍 I've seen dozens of videos on this matter for years and, believe me, this is the only one that actually explains *exactly * what's behind Eddie's tone. Got a new subscriber! 😎🤘
Hey Tom, you really hit the nail on the head where dynamics of a amp tone, can affect how you play or interpret a players true sound and tricks.! I tried playing Eruption into U really got me, and did it with just my sound and usual tone of mine in a live sitch, and I tell you those "harmonic properties" were just NOT there, and it sounded like "just a solo" of some sort and not the "actual" solo or tone.!! I'll never do that again that's for sure. Your the closest guitar player that comes to Eddie's tone too. Nice one.💖🤘🏻
Ok, I do have a request. Perhaps you will consider this challenge. It might be a little left field but people have recreated Eddie's, Randy's, Jimmi's tone, etc. But there is another extremely good tone from an artist that no one has as of yet recreated. Perhaps you will accept the challenge. The artist is guitarist Criss Oliva from the band Savatage (who was tragically killed by a drunk driver in 1993 ). I would consider it a favor if you can do it. Savatage songs like " Edge of thorns "
Thanks Tom amplitude you are 100% accurate you want to play like Eddie Van Halen you have to have the right hookup I've been playing Eddie and I just can't get it I bought a 5150 50 watt Tomball and a bunch of pedals all his petals and it sounds good but I just can't get it when I get back home on my way right now I'm going to come join you I wish I knew about you years ago❤
Hell yes, this couldn't have come at a better time! It's amazing that you're getting these great tones through Amplitube. You've really got a gift for tone. You truly do. The only thing I've been able to dial up worth a damn is Neural DSP's plugins. So, I presume you're plugged into an audio interface and your computer is capturing this sound directly for your videos? But what speakers are you using to hear it live while you play? I mean, we're not really hearing exactly what you hear while you're playing live. That's what I want to see: videos that show how you do what you do. What studio monitors do you use? What interface? What multi-track software? What video editing programs? That's the stuff I want to know, and I'm sure I'm far from alone.
Nice video with good advice. A lot of players used eq to get good tone back in the day. I know I did. I had a hell of a time getting my Marshall Super Lead to sound the way I wanted. It was very loud & mostly clean. Eddie VH, Randy Rhoads, Tom Scholz all used MXR eq's before the amp.
I just did this on my fender mustang GT100. 7 band equinox pedal with mids and gain boosted into a plexi with plate reverb, done. Even with single coils it sounds fat, clear, and loads of harmonics.
I’ve gotten into so many arguments about exactly what you said about tone Tom…people will argue that tone is in your hands…and yes that is true…but you are not gonna sound like Eddie playing a tele thru a clean fender…not gonna happen…well done my man👍
YOU ARE A YT EVH INSTRUCTIONAL GOD! THANK YOU FOR THIS AND ALL THE EVH LICKS VIDEOS! WHAT YOU SAID AT 4:14 IS 100% SPOT ON! I just picked up the Amplitube 5 MAX v2 for $79 USD with your code! Awesome deal! TY! I use an Elevenrack with my ProTools DAW and the plugins, as well as GTR. Can't wait to check this out. ALSO JUST PICKED UP THE SHRED LIKE ED - PREMIUM EDITION 0 of 421 Lessons Completed - Less than a dollar a lesson! And all the Presets! What a deal! THANK YOU AGAIN! P.S. Now to find the time to get crack'n at these licks. I have been head down working on Mixing, Engineering and Mastering "My Life's Work" album. This will be a great way to take a break and give my ears a rest on the MIX.
I use an MXR 5150 pedal through a Spark 40 as a practice set up. Just dropped the bass on the pedal to zero and it sounds tons better. So much more clarity
Just joined your channel, awesome content!! I just bought the Fender Tone master Pro and hoping some of your tone tips will work on that platform as well.
Hey, Tom! Amazing video! Have you considered doing one for Yngwie's tone on amplitude? It'd really help a lot, as it is the only ampsim I have... Thank you for your great content, beast! 🤘🏻
Sounds sick, makes wanna do some Van Halen stuff again. Also slightly off-topic: am I completely delusional or didn't you have a couple of Yngwie videos up on the channel? Are they gone (Yngwie copyright strike I fear) or am I misremembering?
I agree that you need tone close to the original to get that proper feel. For example, I use a lot more gain, so to get the hammer ons from nowhere to sound a lot better, I have to strike the last last note that would typically be a hammer on (typically the G string). Since I start with a pick upstroke, it's very simple to use a downstroke for the last note.
Wonder what Ed would think of guitar players sitting around figuring out how he got his sound.... I get it it's iconic.... But he was a groundbreaking rule breaker.... I think that was his message more than hey can you figure out my sound...keep rocking
My setting for EVH tone is pretty much identical except for the far right dial I had way down, almost zero. I felt like it added too much fuzz to the tone. But I just put it up around where you have it and there it is. I feel like I’m way closer now. And surprisingly it doesn’t sound as fuzzy as I thought it would
Tightness and tempo have a relation. It takes time for sound to "bloom" this is a big part of why you need to tweak a tone song to song. Best example I can think of is rectos shine with big chord voicings and less repeats. like linkin park, three days grace. Marshalls work better for faster stuff where definition is required. Very vague and basic but a thought I had the other night on the weed.
Hi man , here in your video the flanger and phaser hit BEFORE the amp and not in the FX loop , but why? Does it need to be that way or it doesnt make any difference anyway? thanks great tone!
Can we purchase the tones without the course Tom? It's a shame you don't do the whole chain in this video because I'd like to see how the cab and post stuff is set up
@TomShreds Tom, how much of a different feel do you experience when playing through software vs an amp? Is it mostly just a feel that's different? Because the software these days can get about 90% of the tone to be accurate? Part 2 question. I don't have any theory knowledge, nor have I learnt the notes on the guitar yet but I do like learning EVH. Is your course right for someone like me ? Or does one need the above knowledge?
Hello Tom. I’m in a VH tribute band on east coast. All looking to improve my tone. You nailed it. You need tone to be like artist your emulating to respond effectively. Would you mind helping me on just a couple aspects on his tone please. Thank you
I think the only signature tone I'd put above the brown sound is Eric Johnson's tone I've got both artist courses, they're absolutely terrific Would an Eric Johnson course be on the horizon one day??? 👀
Respectfully, listen to Top Jimi, Pete Thorn or Jim Gaustad. This tone is ballpark but not really that close to the isolated track tone. Thanks for sharing your ideas. Great video. Most people try to get early Ed tone from a plug in by decreasing the gain and increasing the reverb. There isn't a plug in out there that gives the proper plexi mid range bite found in a real plexi 1968 super lead. It's something that can't be Eq'd into a tone. Until they can tone clone a Marshall like Ed's, that tone will never be spot on with present day technology.
You can only get so far with all digital.. and it becomes more and more apparent the louder it gets vs native tubes where the sound gets better with increasing volume
That was true back when simulators and solid states were first emerging, but nowadays, it's virtually indistinguishable imo. Although the novelty of having a FAT stack moving loads of air will never die.
Hmm, I've got amplitube and it doesn't sound anything like that through the same amp on the same settings. Its also noisy as hell. I wonder if the audio interface is the issue? None of the audio guitar rig plugins I've tried ever sound natural and always sound a bit too weak to me (neural dsp ones I've tried). I can't see how the audio interface would be the issue though, I mean its just an AD converter at the end of the day.
I dig it. If I'm understanding your signal chain, you're saying the guitar/pick up is the tone problem(flabby bottom end) hence why the eq BETWEEN the guitar and amp, to take the flab out of the pick up tone before it hits the pre amp tunes right?
Good question. In a way, yes. It’s a bit like saying is the car to big for the garage? Or is the garage too small for the car? The plexi is inherently flubby, and the humbucker also contributes to it.
The only thing I see that isn't clear in your presentation is the placement of the pedals. It seems from the onscreen graphic that your eq's phaser ard flanger are in the loop?
super cool...stacking EQ's...woulda thunk? Like the other guy who stack's or "slaves" Bandmaster & Marshall heads, the tones are AMAZING. Any chance you could do a short on the "solo" thingy at the beginning of "Fools"?
@@steveinmidtown The "solo" at the beginning of fools (after the power chords) is really difficult to pick out due to Ed's guitar being kinda buried in the mix at that point, not to mention he's heavily palm muting at points, making the notes difficult to hear. It's one of the few Ed solos that I believe is nigh on impossible to get perfectly (or close to perfect). That being said, Jim Gaustad does an excellent job at capturing the essence of this solo in the WACF entry of his "Quest for the Brown Sound" series.
@@jordanrussell-howard9491 appreciate the reply! Have the "Swedish Shred Secrets" which will give me 30 years of learning Yngwie's stuff...super pissed he put the hammer down on your site...he can seem pretty cool & also the biggest asshole on the planet. As far as the Fools thing, I've had the "Cherry Lane" green TAB book that we all have & that transcription seems good enough but it lacks your approach with pick attack, angle, what notes are picked vs legato...blah blah blah. I follow Gustad, Garber, Horn, Martin & others but your stuff is by far the best produced & makes learning doable. Cheers!
@@steveinmidtown I believe you meant that message for Tom, not me... lol. Anyway, the famous "Cherry Lane" TAB book is probably a good start, I agree. All those guys you mentioned are superb for the VH stuff, too.
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I'd like to see videos of how Ed transitioned from the earlier days to the "5150" sound. So much chorus on nearly every track on "5150", though somehow it wasn't cheesy.
How does your AmpliTube compare to your Helix presets?
I have 1 request and 1 only, please can you not get such a angled shot down the neck when recording, maybe something a bit more straight on, I can figure things out a little better when I can see what the left hand is doing.. Thanks, Great Playing and Tone 👍
The secret to unlocking the brown sound is buying a Peavey Vypyr.
How to get the tone of the artist using amplitube 5?
I love how you don't use loads of gain - many make that mistake when covering Van Halen. You're absolutely right - you need that clear, tight sound in order for the licks to sound right...
Very much the same thing with Angus and Malcom Young. Those ripping AC/DC riffs don't have as much gain as you think. There's no way you'd hear the chord changes as intended if there was heaps of gain.
@@jnh73 Yes! Spot on. I'll admit when I was first starting guitar, I heard those HUGE sounding riffs and thought there were heaps of gain, so when I'd go to play those riffs, it'd sound like a mess! It's almost as if the way Edward plays leads you to believe he's running more gain than he actually is... freaky!
But at the same time EVH riffs sound so saturated? I have no idea how the high gain sound on the bottom end doesn’t apply to higher strings.
Whoa... that's... that's it. That's the tone. Great work Tom, thank you for sharing these tips!
I tried these EQ blocks settings in the Helix and it has completely changed the sound for the better!
Thousands of videos out there on Ed’s tone and yours is the closest hands down. Great work man! Sick tone
What? Have you watched the video from Pete Thorn and Dave Friedman??
Absolutely not. Watch Dave friedman and Pete throne. Plexi at 90 volts re biased at lower voltage
@@TommyToboggan611 Exactly. As well as the mods done to the amp, the Echo Plex before the amp input, mix of speakers Greenbacks + JBL D120, and of course the Mighty Mite pickup
@@ImpostorModanica its a stock Marshall at 90v. re biased. No jbl watch the sound city documentary. The jbls were in eddies cabs but just as a cheap blown speaker replacement. its just 2 57s one on the cap and one on the edge. You blend the 2 as a more natural form of eq. Does not cause phase issues like a normal eq. Its one of teds tricks
The buffer on the echo plex does act like tone bleed though, like using a 250k 500k tone pot. this is a subtle part of it. The echo is only on select parts. its not on all the time other then Aint talking bout love. that riff is built off a 300ms delay. for the slap back
pretty sure the pickup is the paf one out of the 335 his dad got him as a kid? the one that alex and the guys made fun of him for looking like roy orbison. Its all out there. re watch the VH stuff. There is a radio interview on the VH vault were eddie talks about it with a radio host on a phone interview.
After the 90v and bias trick was out the bag. the rest of the pieces of eddies story come together. then after you hear one stock at 90v re biased its 100% what it is.
The Jose mods. there were several. a few types of master volumes, an additional tube stage, friedman has a video on his page about them. These were done by eddies tech jose but not for eddie.
Thanx a lot! 👍 I've seen dozens of videos on this matter for years and, believe me, this is the only one that actually explains *exactly * what's behind Eddie's tone. Got a new subscriber! 😎🤘
Awesome breakdown of this, Tom! The Shred like Ed course is a ton of fun to work through. Thank you 🤙🤙
Hey Tom, you really hit the nail on the head where dynamics of a amp tone, can affect how you play or interpret a players true sound and tricks.! I tried playing Eruption into U really got me, and did it with just my sound and usual tone of mine in a live sitch, and I tell you those "harmonic properties" were just NOT there, and it sounded like "just a solo" of some sort and not the "actual" solo or tone.!! I'll never do that again that's for sure. Your the closest guitar player that comes to Eddie's tone too. Nice one.💖🤘🏻
Just picked up the Amplitude 5 max with your coupon code for $79 thanks and great tone!
Always great content Tom! How about a Randy Rhoads series?
Ok, I do have a request. Perhaps you will consider this challenge. It might be a little left field but people have recreated Eddie's, Randy's, Jimmi's tone, etc. But there is another extremely good tone from an artist that no one has as of yet recreated. Perhaps you will accept the challenge. The artist is guitarist
Criss Oliva from the band Savatage (who was tragically killed by a drunk driver in 1993 ). I would consider it a favor if you can do it.
Savatage songs like " Edge of thorns "
Insanely good btw! I haven’t heard anyone nail it like you!
Thanks Tom amplitude you are 100% accurate you want to play like Eddie Van Halen you have to have the right hookup I've been playing Eddie and I just can't get it I bought a 5150 50 watt Tomball and a bunch of pedals all his petals and it sounds good but I just can't get it when I get back home on my way right now I'm going to come join you I wish I knew about you years ago❤
Hell yes, this couldn't have come at a better time! It's amazing that you're getting these great tones through Amplitube. You've really got a gift for tone. You truly do. The only thing I've been able to dial up worth a damn is Neural DSP's plugins.
So, I presume you're plugged into an audio interface and your computer is capturing this sound directly for your videos? But what speakers are you using to hear it live while you play? I mean, we're not really hearing exactly what you hear while you're playing live.
That's what I want to see: videos that show how you do what you do. What studio monitors do you use? What interface? What multi-track software? What video editing programs? That's the stuff I want to know, and I'm sure I'm far from alone.
Da vinci resolve is awesome for video editing.
Hey mate, I have a whole nother video dedicated to this 😎
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How about a tutorial on Gary Moore's tone and approach on The End of the World?
Please! I’ve been trying to get this for ages!
Eddie always used an EQ. That was the secret to his live tone in the early days. 🎸👑
YES! One of the keys to Ed Tone. 👍
you can see it pretty clearly in this live pic if you magnify this photo. wwwc.dcns.ne.jp/~epi/pedalboard23jul1978.jpg
How about the right setting ? 6 or 10 bands eq ?
Amazing! Thank you! Eddie, Yngwie and Knopfler are my guitar gods!
Nice video with good advice. A lot of players used eq to get good tone back in the day. I know I did. I had a hell of a time getting my Marshall Super Lead to sound the way I wanted. It was very loud & mostly clean. Eddie VH, Randy Rhoads, Tom Scholz all used MXR eq's before the amp.
The Regen knob on the vintage MXR Flanger should be all the way up.
There's a bloke up in Melbourne (Dazatronyx) that makes a pedal called "Brown Sound" that captures this pretty well.
I just did this on my fender mustang GT100. 7 band equinox pedal with mids and gain boosted into a plexi with plate reverb, done. Even with single coils it sounds fat, clear, and loads of harmonics.
any helix tone videos? love and appreciate these universally useful techniques great stuff mate
Great video,Tom. Would love to see a Van Hagar era tone tutorial.
I’ve gotten into so many arguments about exactly what you said about tone Tom…people will argue that tone is in your hands…and yes that is true…but you are not gonna sound like Eddie playing a tele thru a clean fender…not gonna happen…well done my man👍
Hey Tom! Is the pickup in your EVH the stock one? Thanks! Sound great man!!!!
Holy cow,,you nailed it greatly Tom!!
😮 tone x sound our tone x one very good presset EVH !!!
Awesome vid as always.. Shred like Nuno would be a cool one
Man if you could cover Randy Rhoads style one day it would be so awesome, you're killing it
YOU ARE A YT EVH INSTRUCTIONAL GOD! THANK YOU FOR THIS AND ALL THE EVH LICKS VIDEOS! WHAT YOU SAID AT 4:14 IS 100% SPOT ON!
I just picked up the Amplitube 5 MAX v2 for $79 USD with your code! Awesome deal! TY!
I use an Elevenrack with my ProTools DAW and the plugins, as well as GTR. Can't wait to check this out.
ALSO JUST PICKED UP THE SHRED LIKE ED - PREMIUM EDITION
0 of 421 Lessons Completed - Less than a dollar a lesson! And all the Presets! What a deal!
THANK YOU AGAIN!
P.S. Now to find the time to get crack'n at these licks. I have been head down working on Mixing, Engineering and Mastering "My Life's Work" album.
This will be a great way to take a break and give my ears a rest on the MIX.
Thanks legend! I’ll be in touch to arrange your lesson soon 😎🎸🤘
Man that’s spot on
We HATE flubby bottom end. I'd sooner go without than accept a flubby bottom end.... wait what are we talking about?
I saw a girl just the other day with one.
@@louislamboley9167THAT'S exceptable but not with Ed Tone!
My thoughts exactly.
$100 says none of you have girlfriends
I use an MXR 5150 pedal through a Spark 40 as a practice set up. Just dropped the bass on the pedal to zero and it sounds tons better. So much more clarity
I just got a GE-10 and found it naturally wanting those frequencies cut. Once you put that in front of your plexi...boom!
This. is. AMAZING.
For clarity, EVH didn't use that 6-band EQ as well right? And in your case is it also in front of the Plexi?
Cheers!
Just joined your channel, awesome content!! I just bought the Fender Tone master Pro and hoping some of your tone tips will work on that platform as well.
Hey, Tom! Amazing video! Have you considered doing one for Yngwie's tone on amplitude? It'd really help a lot, as it is the only ampsim I have... Thank you for your great content, beast! 🤘🏻
Sounds sick, makes wanna do some Van Halen stuff again.
Also slightly off-topic: am I completely delusional or didn't you have a couple of Yngwie videos up on the channel? Are they gone (Yngwie copyright strike I fear) or am I misremembering?
Man, you have the Edward down pat.
Your tone sounds great. I set mine up just like you have it and it sounds incredibly weak. Im running amplitube 5 standalone
Hey Tom! Great video. What are the pedals that you have after the amp in the chain? I see three of them but cant tell what they
are. Thank you.
I agree that you need tone close to the original to get that proper feel. For example, I use a lot more gain, so to get the hammer ons from nowhere to sound a lot better, I have to strike the last last note that would typically be a hammer on (typically the G string). Since I start with a pick upstroke, it's very simple to use a downstroke for the last note.
Wonder what Ed would think of guitar players sitting around figuring out how he got his sound.... I get it it's iconic.... But he was a groundbreaking rule breaker.... I think that was his message more than hey can you figure out my sound...keep rocking
My setting for EVH tone is pretty much identical except for the far right dial I had way down, almost zero. I felt like it added too much fuzz to the tone. But I just put it up around where you have it and there it is. I feel like I’m way closer now. And surprisingly it doesn’t sound as fuzzy as I thought it would
Thanks Tom I Got Shred Like Ed Love It Definitely Got To Get The Amplitube Hopefully Next Week Your An Amazing Player
Tightness and tempo have a relation. It takes time for sound to "bloom" this is a big part of why you need to tweak a tone song to song.
Best example I can think of is rectos shine with big chord voicings and less repeats. like linkin park, three days grace. Marshalls work better for faster stuff where definition is required. Very vague and basic but a thought I had the other night on the weed.
James Hetfield live tones throughout the years would be awesome to see. I also have Ampltube 5 and am still trying to figure it out.
I'd love more in depth tone videos
Thanks for the awesome playing! Maybe at some point you do some Randy rhoads that would be pretty cool
Hi man , here in your video the flanger and phaser hit BEFORE the amp and not in the FX loop , but why?
Does it need to be that way or it doesnt make any difference anyway?
thanks great tone!
Hey mate. Yep, it is VITAL for the EVH sound to have these effects before the amp. Will do a lesson on this eventually.
My problem has always been the tinkle. Playing the intro to “I’m The One” really suffers without it.
Can we purchase the tones without the course Tom? It's a shame you don't do the whole chain in this video because I'd like to see how the cab and post stuff is set up
I wish there was any explanation for why a second eq works but 1 doesn’t.
Great Video, Thankyou 🎸🎶🎸
What speaker cab are you using in Amplitube?
I'd like to know also.
You make the best playing faces 😂
My band give me this feedback often 🤣
@TomShreds Tom, how much of a different feel do you experience when playing through software vs an amp? Is it mostly just a feel that's different? Because the software these days can get about 90% of the tone to be accurate?
Part 2 question. I don't have any theory knowledge, nor have I learnt the notes on the guitar yet but I do like learning EVH. Is your course right for someone like me ? Or does one need the above knowledge?
Could you teach a tone lesson on Van Halen 2 album? I'm very impressed with this video!!
Sounds exactly like it holy shit!!!!
Hello Tom. I’m in a VH tribute band on east coast. All looking to improve my tone. You nailed it. You need tone to be like artist your emulating to respond effectively. Would you mind helping me on just a couple aspects on his tone please.
Thank you
Many thanks for this useful video. But what about the other pedals i see on the right of the amp?
Is it amplitude 5? Are your patches available for download?
Nailed it 🔥
Great video!
I think the only signature tone I'd put above the brown sound is Eric Johnson's tone
I've got both artist courses, they're absolutely terrific
Would an Eric Johnson course be on the horizon one day??? 👀
I'm sure that will be possible. If one can play malmsteen, EJ is similar in terms of picking rules.
So are you using BOTH EQ pedals before the amp?
Do you have any videos featuring the striped Les Paul?
Not yet, but I look forward to putting together a Little Guitars lesson!
Ok, thank you. That sounds good Tom, looking forward to seeing it 🙌@TomShreds
Just subbed, great content!
Respectfully, listen to Top Jimi, Pete Thorn or Jim Gaustad. This tone is ballpark but not really that close to the isolated track tone. Thanks for sharing your ideas. Great video. Most people try to get early Ed tone from a plug in by decreasing the gain and increasing the reverb. There isn't a plug in out there that gives the proper plexi mid range bite found in a real plexi 1968 super lead. It's something that can't be Eq'd into a tone. Until they can tone clone a Marshall like Ed's, that tone will never be spot on with present day technology.
You can only get so far with all digital.. and it becomes more and more apparent the louder it gets vs native tubes where the sound gets better with increasing volume
That was true back when simulators and solid states were first emerging, but nowadays, it's virtually indistinguishable imo. Although the novelty of having a FAT stack moving loads of air will never die.
Hmm, I've got amplitube and it doesn't sound anything like that through the same amp on the same settings. Its also noisy as hell. I wonder if the audio interface is the issue? None of the audio guitar rig plugins I've tried ever sound natural and always sound a bit too weak to me (neural dsp ones I've tried). I can't see how the audio interface would be the issue though, I mean its just an AD converter at the end of the day.
If you want to go down a rabbit hole, look up input gain settings and Amplitube.
This video is precious!
Great info !!
I dig it. If I'm understanding your signal chain, you're saying the guitar/pick up is the tone problem(flabby bottom end) hence why the eq BETWEEN the guitar and amp, to take the flab out of the pick up tone before it hits the pre amp tunes right?
Good question. In a way, yes. It’s a bit like saying is the car to big for the garage? Or is the garage too small for the car? The plexi is inherently flubby, and the humbucker also contributes to it.
Thanks.
I was hoping you would mention the approximate frequency numbers that were reduced.
The only thing I see that isn't clear in your presentation is the placement of the pedals. It seems from the onscreen graphic that your eq's phaser ard flanger are in the loop?
AND SOME VIDEOS ON RANDY RHOADS! AKA SAINT RHOADS! CAN'T LEAVE OUT ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREATEST!
So you're using TWO different EQ pedals in series in FRONT of the marshall plexi?
Great video, it could be better if you'd show the mic position in front of the cabinet 🙂
Left that stock - nothing crazy!
@@TomShreds Which cabinet?
super cool...stacking EQ's...woulda thunk? Like the other guy who stack's or "slaves" Bandmaster & Marshall heads, the tones are AMAZING. Any chance you could do a short on the "solo" thingy at the beginning of "Fools"?
@@steveinmidtown The "solo" at the beginning of fools (after the power chords) is really difficult to pick out due to Ed's guitar being kinda buried in the mix at that point, not to mention he's heavily palm muting at points, making the notes difficult to hear.
It's one of the few Ed solos that I believe is nigh on impossible to get perfectly (or close to perfect).
That being said, Jim Gaustad does an excellent job at capturing the essence of this solo in the WACF entry of his "Quest for the Brown Sound" series.
@@jordanrussell-howard9491 appreciate the reply! Have the "Swedish Shred Secrets" which will give me 30 years of learning Yngwie's stuff...super pissed he put the hammer down on your site...he can seem pretty cool & also the biggest asshole on the planet. As far as the Fools thing, I've had the "Cherry Lane" green TAB book that we all have & that transcription seems good enough but it lacks your approach with pick attack, angle, what notes are picked vs legato...blah blah blah. I follow Gustad, Garber, Horn, Martin & others but your stuff is by far the best produced & makes learning doable. Cheers!
@@steveinmidtown I believe you meant that message for Tom, not me... lol. Anyway, the famous "Cherry Lane" TAB book is probably a good start, I agree. All those guys you mentioned are superb for the VH stuff, too.
Does EVH use EQ back then or he just tweak his amp drastically (and mod it as well) then eventually arrived at his tone?
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Greatness!
Awesome tone! I don't understand the difference between using a second eq and cutting this band on the 10 band eq
Hey Tom Can You Do A Video Of Step By Step Doing Your Presets Im Definitely Have Trouble Thanks
Thanks!
Thank you mate!
Do you sell the amp5 presets separately?
so you think he eq'd before the other pedals?
Is that the same Amplitude that comes with the Tonex One? I think it is Amplitude 5 or SE.
Amplitube 5 MAX v2 🎸😎🤘
31 band mxr and a little fender amp and his pedal board. Thats St.Lodejwik t9ne
Vito Bratta is a natural progression from EVH inmho
Song lessons would be awesome.
So.. in theory, this should work in the real world with amps too?
JIMMY PAGE! AKA POPE PAGE! THE ALL TIME GREATEST! THAT WOULD BE A VIDEO TO MAKE! BLACK DOG SOLO!
This guy comes from a good gene pool.
I am surprised by all the comments, I really don't think its that close...
Anyone know what that first riff was ?, very memorable but i'm not sure where its from, think it was in the charts in the 90s. Thanks.
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Whats that black pedal in the chain?
The same for yngwie malmsteen, Chris impellitteri, Paul gilbert and Nuno bettencourt PLEASE 🙏