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Alright, I'm going to listen to "Conspiracy" and see what this Andy Laroque talk is all about.

STL = St. Louis

Yeah, put me down for 1 of each. I'm talking real deal if I close my eyes I can't tell if I am playing the original one or the new one.

Exactly, me too. I wasn't in to his blues era at all though I admit he was great at it. I think Run for Cover was his last album that really grabbed me. I couldn't take that Wild Frontiers album where all that Irish stuff made it sound like a soundtrack for Riverdance. Blech.

Me too and don't forget that Emerald Aisles live video from the era. Top 5 player for me and this era is the pinnacle for me.

I took lessons from Danny Gill for a little while. Great player. Great teacher. Imagine my surprise when my band booked a gig at the Troubador and I found out his band was opening for us. Yikes. And I use my pinky all the time for everything. I can bend with it and vibrato with it almost like...

Sounds fantastic!

And did Eddie use the SH-5 in the late 70's? This ad from Seymour Duncan in 1979 would strongly suggest he did? The ad only ran for 2 months as Eddie had Seymour Duncan remove the link to him. Eddie talked about how he worked with Seymour on his pickups and this was clearly Seymour's take away...

Since this is confusing: SH-5/TB-5 is a Duncan Custom (ceramic magnets) - I really like these pickups. My favorite in alder for hard rock and classic metal tones. SH-11/TB-11 Duncan Custom Custom (A2 magnets) SH-14/TB-15 Duncan Custom 5 (A5 magnets)

This does sound good and I notice the old Randall head sitting on those 412's. Maybe his work is inspired by those and or he has figured out something to get around this old story of mine. Seems to me like Randall was closer to killer solid state sounds 40 years ago than anyone else has been...

How does it sound with that trem on it?

Joe Holmes used the J-80. Those are really tough to find. What is not tough to find is the J-80C and you can easily swap out the magnet in there to an Alnico 5 and then you have a J-80. Or you can buy one of Grover Jackson's new Habanero pickups called the Naga Viper which is built to the same...

So awesome! Congrats!

What are the albums with the best Larry tones?

I sure hope not. There's about 100 different Van Halen things we discuss on here and to pile them all in one thread would really suck and be completely disorganized. I mean, you joined RT in 2006... you knew what you were getting in to. LOL

Yeah, last I heard he had a Gibson endorsement and a Kramer signature model so we haven't seen him playing our guitars in a while. This was a surprise.

Warren did not use a Fender Champ on some of the Out of the Cellar solos. He used an early 80's Fender Super Champ. Huge difference. Paul Rivera designed the Super Champ and it was a gainy little beast. This is what a Super Champ sounded like with George Lynch warming up on one backstage back in...

Dang, he played that same guitar the full hour and 15 minute show. \m/

Yes, that is one of ours. He bought 2 or 3 from us a few years ago and has been very kind in mentioning us in his Guitar World article and on social media. Great guy!

I just bought a vintage MM1400 from a guy in Denmark who shipped it here to the USA. I'm going to install it tomorrow and see what I think. If I don't like it, maybe it can return to Europe. :)