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Not including “Eruption”, “Light Up The Sky” is my pick.

One of THE BEST rock/hard rock tones. I’ll always be biased, as EVH is the guy who made me want to play guitar.

Saw STP on the “Family Values” tour. Best sounding band at a big show I’ve ever heard.

Saw Badlands on the “Voodoo Highway” tour, in Sacramento, at the venerable Boardwalk. Jake played through 2 red, full Marshall stacks. His onstage volume was insanely loud. And it sounded fantastic.

I put a Duncan Alternative 8, in my LTD Desert Eagle. I dig it. It’s sorta like a JB without that annoying mid-range spike. It is a hot pickup, just so ya know.

I have the Quarter Pounder in 3 super strat style guitars. In 2 of those, I have fairly hot humbuckers in the bridge position. The Quarter Pounder keeps up nicely with both.

Duncan Quarter Pounder

Randall Satan. Mine is the only one I’ve ever seen in the wild.

I dig it. It’s interesting to hear AC/DC with that type of guitar tone. It’s like seeing a famous painting done in different colors.

I walked out of her show last year. I just couldn’t get into it. She has chops galore. But, the music reminded me of 3rd string Cacophony. I dunno? I love shred guitar, but her music does nothing for me.

Ibanez RG2027xl

Nope. That’s just amp hiss.

One of my favorite Lynch albums. I enjoyed how he reimagined those songs. Of course, he still sounded like himself. I saw the Lynch Mob on that tour, in a tiny club in Sacramento. Seriously crunchy.

It’s always interesting to hear Ed’s live tone. So little gain/distortion. Just beautiful sounding.

Get a 4x12 loaded with 25w greenbacks

Agreed. I also use the Variac switch. Running the Helios with no eq, at ~35w, through a greenback loaded 4x12, is as close to that early VH tone as I’ll ever get. It’s glorious.

Absolutely. Which is why I almost never use my Helios(100w) in ‘80s mode. I like how unpolished the Helios sounds in ‘70s mode. It’s AC/DC to early Van Halen Marshall goodness all day long. Especially through a Greenback loaded 4x12.