But it's a really bright and harsh sound. PAFs let a lot of high frequencies thru for sure but Eddie's sound is something else.
I’ve been actually borrowing from a friend 7 different real PAF’s and none of them are at all harsh or bright. There are lots of misconceptions about how PAF’s really sound. They all sound very warm, rich, midrangey, fat, most lean dark and they are all the furthest thing from being harsh imo. I don’t really get an EVH vibe in these PAF’s fwiw and I even tried them in my Charvel aged nitro San Dimas. If anything they make that guitar sound like a late ‘50’s Les Paul and remind me more of guys famous for using those
Pickups aside, you have to factor in the JBL speakers on the first album. Those speakers are very harsh/treble forward.
Yes those speakers I’m guessing are probably the biggest thing contributing to that. Not just the JBL’s, but most don’t know also how bright the 20w GB’s can be since the 25 & 30’s are a lot darker
That's what i'm saying as well. PAFs are not harsh at all and they surely make your guitar sound more like old Gibsons.
Yeah, his tone on those early bootlegs is really good. The base of his sound is all there. Ted just took it to another level with the reverb and that outboard gear they used. In the end, Ed’s playing is what really stood out to me when I heard those early records as a teenager.
The 10 band mxr as well was used right ? I see it listed as used on the album
True.
5 songs on the debut feature the Destroyer
Also, if you believe Gaustad (and he makes a really good case for this) then it was a 250k volume pot. So that explains some of the warmth.
