Anybody shred with a semi-clean sound???

[Anonymous]

Eddie's amp seemed like it had an amazing overdrive-to-saturation ratio to it; for as non-distorted as it sounded at times, it really seemed like he had that self-compression happening, and from what I know, he's never been a big user of compressors (correct me if I'm wrong there...)

Agreed, Hunter. I'm still trying to figure out how he does it... Oh, btw, I DID play his guitar to see if it was the pickups... NOPE!! He grabbed my Explorer and made it sing like I never could... Jerk... ha

Nope, Eddie was playing with WAY less gain than a lot of people think. That's why you hear so many people "copping Eddie" but with giant gain. What you're hearing in early EVH is a cranked amp and a kickin' guitar player with loads of attitude. That attitude is your saturation...

Yup.

Steve

 

[Meathead]

Eddie's amp seemed like it had an amazing overdrive-to-saturation ratio to it; for as non-distorted as it sounded at times, it really seemed like he had that self-compression happening, and from what I know, he's never been a big user of compressors (correct me if I'm wrong there...)

Agreed, Hunter. I'm still trying to figure out how he does it... Oh, btw, I DID play his guitar to see if it was the pickups... NOPE!! He grabbed my Explorer and made it sing like I never could... Jerk... ha

Nope, Eddie was playing with WAY less gain than a lot of people think. That's why you hear so many people "copping Eddie" but with giant gain. What you're hearing in early EVH is a cranked amp and a kickin' guitar player with loads of attitude. That attitude is your saturation...

Yup.

Steve

Agreed.
Listen to Spanish Fly again. Eddie could play on an acoustic just fine. Nylon strings are fun to play on.
A big part of Eddie's old tone is from his picking hand really digging in. He wasn't a quiet/gentle player.

 

[robertkoa]

That clean GG clip was a great example of what the OP asked.

Also one of the best tones I've heard from him

 

[Zachman]