Listening to Eat Em and Smile

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Yes it was Steven Stevens' Jose Marshall on the album - Vai went out and got his own Jose's for the tour
 
Don't get me wrong, when Dave came out of the gate with Eat Em & Smile I didn't think VH would ever stand a chance again. Shit was insane. So sad about Jason Becker though. "A Little Ain't Enough" is my favorite! A sleeper album that never got the attention or recognition it deserved. Playing is off the charts. Definitely not the commercial success, but the depth is just amazing. IMO

Watch Jason Becker's Not Dead Yet Documentary. Sad, but great watch.
 
Excellent album, would have been an awesome VH record, I bet. Still some of Roth's best stuff.
 


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{Vai's eat em Lee Jackson modded JMP}



After Roth it was all downhill for Vai, hard to top. :thumbsup:

I was a working musician at the time this came out and the bar was set high.
 
Loved the album and the tour was great..Hugely influential album for me and alot of other musicians around that time..I think I saw em' with Cinderella opening when "Night Songs" came out. The solo in "Big Trouble" was always a favorite. Vai's phrasing and vibrato were incredible on this album. Nowadays, I just wish he would do another rock oriented album and lose the over processed harmonized tone, sustainers, ect..He is a genius player, but lately I think he does weird stuff on his solo albums just for the sake of being weird..I would love to hear him play again with just a modded Marshall, a little delay, and a wah. Hope this reunion happens this year!
 
Such killer musicianship on this album. High points for all of the artists involved really.
 
Great record, saw them on this tour also. Steve & Billy were incredible, would love a reunion of this line-up!

Took my future wife to this show also, now married 27 years as someone above stated also.
 
Great record! Hard to think of any band filled with that kind of talent and showmanship. Great Great Stuff!
 
One of my all time favorite albums. Saw the tour as well. I think I was 15-16? Just incredible. As mentioned above Cinderella opened for the Night Songs tour and were pretty bad ass.
 
John 14:6":2oyvb5ft said:
Some of Steve Vai's best playing ever here.

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The solo is just so damn good.... that down slide at 2:19 with the glistening high end all but gone on the boutique "marshalls" and impossible to replicate with the "snip the bright cap" crowd. Important "annoying" frequencies
 
Great clip. I've never actually heard the whole album but now I'm gonna check it out. I've only ever heard yankee rose which I assume is on this. Thanks for the recommendation
 
lespaul6":33kvkchr said:
John 14:6":33kvkchr said:
Some of Steve Vai's best playing ever here.

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The solo is just so damn good.... that down slide at 2:19 with the glistening high end all but gone on the boutique "marshalls" and impossible to replicate with the "snip the bright cap" crowd. Important "annoying" frequencies
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I agree about the solo. It is one of the best things Vai ever did. It is also one of Roth's best performances ever.
 
lespaul6":337rvb5f said:
John 14:6":337rvb5f said:
Some of Steve Vai's best playing ever here.

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The solo is just so damn good.... that down slide at 2:19 with the glistening high end all but gone on the boutique "marshalls" and impossible to replicate with the "snip the bright cap" crowd. Important "annoying" frequencies
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:rock: I gotta have that in my tone, with any rig. If what I have can't produce that, out it goes. And yes, I can even get that with my 2C+.
 
Pretty well documented that at least one Lee Jackson modded amp was used on Eat Em too. Not all Jose stuff. Lee's stuff is as good as it gets, but can also be hit and miss depending on the donor amp and if the circuit is original to his mod.

http://www.vai.com/em-em-and-smile-marshall-auction/

"Steve’s 100 watt Marshall JMP & matching “white face” 4×12 cabinets used on David Lee Roth’s “Eat Em and Smile” record and the 1986-1988 David Lee Roth tour are for sale on the Official Light.Without.Heat eBay account.

The 100 watt Marshall JMP was given to Ted Templeman by Steve Stevens during the NYC recording sessions for “Eat Em and Smile.” The amp was then modded to Steve’s liking by Lee Jackson, famous for performing sought after custom modifications to Marshall amplifiers for top artists in the 1980′s and 1990′s. The 100 watt plexi head features an extra gain stage, frequency adjust control, effects loop & master volume. The head has been well maintained in Los Angeles and features matching Drake transformers, KT88 quad-matched power tubes & hand-selected pre-amp tubes to Steve’s liking."
 
gtrwun":20mxk0dj said:
Pretty well documented that at least one Lee Jackson modded amp was used on Eat Em too. Not all Jose stuff. Lee's stuff is as good as it gets, but can also be hit and miss depending on the donor amp and if the circuit is original to his mod.

http://www.vai.com/em-em-and-smile-marshall-auction/

"Steve’s 100 watt Marshall JMP & matching “white face” 4×12 cabinets used on David Lee Roth’s “Eat Em and Smile” record and the 1986-1988 David Lee Roth tour are for sale on the Official Light.Without.Heat eBay account.

The 100 watt Marshall JMP was given to Ted Templeman by Steve Stevens during the NYC recording sessions for “Eat Em and Smile.” The amp was then modded to Steve’s liking by Lee Jackson, famous for performing sought after custom modifications to Marshall amplifiers for top artists in the 1980′s and 1990′s. The 100 watt plexi head features an extra gain stage, frequency adjust control, effects loop & master volume. The head has been well maintained in Los Angeles and features matching Drake transformers, KT88 quad-matched power tubes & hand-selected pre-amp tubes to Steve’s liking."
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If you go to the completed auction, the seller added that the JMP was not given to Vai by SS. Either way, Cool piece of history there. My first modded Marshall was a Lee Jackson 2204. Great amp.
 
I'm think it was just one of the Marshalls he used for the tour, all the amps on the album were Steve Stevens.
Still Vai's best tone IMO

Producer Ted Templeman sent out an S.O.S. from their New York City recording studio. “I think Dave wanted to record in New York ’cause he wanted to get away from the Van Halen thing. But they were having issues getting a good guitar sound with Steve. Ted asked me to meet up with Steve and give him some pointers. He was using Carvin gear or something. So I called Ted and said, ‘You’re not gonna get a good guitar sound out of that stuff.’ I said, ‘Let me send over my gear. I’ll send over all my Marshall stuff.’ So that’s all my equipment on that first David Lee Roth record.

Read More: How Steve Stevens Almost Joined David Lee Roth's Band | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-le ... ck=tsmclip
 
Love this LP. Saw this tour in Detroit. EPIC!! Vai and Sheehan killed it!!!

Yankee Rose and the Guitar/Bass Dual

 
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