Musical tastes are a personal thing. I get that a lot of people are not going to dig what Wolf is doing. With that said, let's not pretend that everything Eddie did was brilliant. There is a lot of garbage filler in the VH catalog. And I say that as a massive Van Halen fan.
In the past week I have witnessed a video of a young girl, just barely older than my daughter, being stabbed to death. And then a video of a young man the same age as my son being assassinated. I have no words. Only rage. We live in a very sick world.
Prime Zakk was just so damn good. Don't get me wrong, he can still play circles around me.
On a side note, I am interested to see where he goes now that he is the torch bearer for the Kingdom of Ozz.
Are you seriously comparing a stereo to a guitar?
Paul Reed Smith is a quack. With that said, you can change the overall tone of a guitar by changing the hardware. Swap the bridge saddles on your strat for a set of graphite saddles. Tell me you didn't notice a tonal shift. Change a bridge...
Every component of a guitar has an effect on the overall tone. Whether or not you think that tone is good or bad is down to the owner and listener. Add a ton of gain and those small differences become less. If hardware didn't make a difference, there wouldn't be a huge aftermarket industry.
Quick clip running through channel setting on my Runt 50. Running 4CM with my QC for effects and boost. Gonna do some captures later and put them on my Cortec Cloud account for download.
You can also remove the cover and place a piece of masking or painters tape over the slug coil. This helps to keep it from vibrating with higher volumes.
I have gigged with Duncan Antiquities, BKP Mules, Thobak SLE-101s and Voodoo 59s. All of which are unpotted. I play with a lot of gain at loud volumes. For the past 15 years, I have either used a Splawn QuickRod on Gear 3 or an EVH 5150 III. I have not had any issues with squealing when I...