Another Cool EVH Tidbit

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It's always fun to get another piece of the puzzle of Maestro EVH behind the scenes. I, for one, had no idea this was the guitar used on those slide parts. Thanks Wolf!
 

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It really shines on that album. There is so much nuance and dancing all over the pocket on that album. Dirty Movies, Sinners Swing and, geezus - the bridge section on Unchained. Try to play that stuff exactly and it's a workout.
 
PLX said:
He's prolly busy bustin' out a couple three cylinders of those white powdered-sugar doughnuts and a cherry Coke® right about now.

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He does seem to have an issue PUSHIN AWAY FROM THE TABLE:lame:...........:dunno: But I guess we all have our vices..........:LOL:
 
I'm a Gibson fan who hates to see them get bashed on these forums, BUT..... I could totally see Gibson desperately trying to talk the VH trust into authorizing a signature replica of this thing and charging $5K for the 'Dirty Movies SG'. :no:
 
I've always loved that Ed couldn't have cared less about the "sanctity" of instruments. To him they were simply tools to get a job done. If the tool wasn't suited for the job, he'd change it until it was. Nothing was sacred, no change was too extreme.

Definitely throws up a stark contrast against those dudes on vintage guitar forums arguing about whether or not a guitar is worth having if it doesn't have exactly the right kind of period-correct pickguard screws or whatever.
 
TheGreatGreen said:
I've always loved that Ed couldn't have cared less about the "sanctity" of instruments. To him they were simply tools to get a job done. If the tool wasn't suited for the job, he'd change it until it was. Nothing was sacred, no change was too extreme.

Definitely throws up a stark contrast against those dudes on vintage guitar forums arguing about whether or not a guitar is worth having if it doesn't have exactly the right kind of period-correct pickguard screws or whatever.
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I forgot where I read the below but I busted out laughing when I read it because I can picture Michael Anthony freaking out lol.


Eddie was never terribly concerned with the aesthetics of his guitars beyond his trademark stripes. Wear and tear was a good thing. As beautiful as his EBMM sigs were, he just used and abused them. Michael Anthony even recounted once that Ed was frustrated that Mike had a bass that looked too beautiful - figured wood, nice finish, no wear. So he grabbed it from Mike and made gouges in the front of it with a screwdriver. Mike was pissed, but the damage was done.

Back in the day, this is something that made EVH who he was. It was an awkward learning curve, but he never really adhered to conventional... anything, if he could help it.
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