Mike Soldano talks about EVH's Marshall

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All the people that you just mentioned didn't see Edwards amp until the 90s.Thats not a slave out its a master volume.For the techs/builders to say it was stock back then probably believe the earth is flat.No stock Plexi had the tone Edward had back then plain and simple.Edward played nothing stock back then he was and still is a tone chaser,ask yourself why would Edward design his amps( peavey 5150- EVH 5150 III) with so much gain answer Edward loves gain
 
nitro":1anfb4gk said:
All the people that you just mentioned didn't see Edwards amp until the 90s.Thats not a slave out its a master volume.For the techs/builders to say it was stock back then probably believe the earth is flat.No stock Plexi had the tone Edward had back then plain and simple.
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That's what big pharma WANTS you to think. Trust no one.

I've... said too much.
 
Common sents is that 68 Plexi's didn't have a knob/pot in the back that would tell you that it's not a stock amp plain and simple .
 
maybe it's all illusion.....maybe it's all slight of hand....maybe it IS the fingers
 
in all seriousness, what the hell is that vox amp doing in the room with Eddie?
 
mixohoytian":28n351dn said:
maybe it's all illusion.....maybe it's all slight of hand....maybe it IS the fingers
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It's Illuminati
 
shredi knight":2xpwemq3 said:
I've enlarged the picture and now I can see the hole (I think this explains all the secrecy):


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Chubtone just may be on to something.
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I think I see the mods now. The preamp tube shields are crooked and there is pack of marlboros there as a resistor. :D



Business":2xpwemq3 said:
Always nice to see grown men arguing over a nob
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Fixed. And, yeah - it has to be the most interesting and exciting argument in all of electric guitar and rock and roll. Being serious for a second.
 
Business":dyooh6py said:
Always nice to see grown men arguing over a knob
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It's usually about which knob is bigger - not what it's used for. :yes:
 
nitro":61hmxxz7 said:
Common sents is that 68 Plexi's didn't have a knob/pot in the back that would tell you that it's not a stock amp plain and simple .
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Georges 68 spec plexi with the echoplex in front of it sounds just like VH1. The preamp in the echoplex is a huge factor VH1 and explains the added sizzle, The rest, heavey playing and studio stuff, plate verbs etc.

Eddie was no doubt a tone tweaker, but he might have put the MV in there himself and fucked it up. It was gone very soon after. It is true that those guys did not see the amp till the 90's so Im not even sure why their opinion matters. The main marshall could have been stock for a while modded for a while tweaked with everything imaginable for a while and then put back by Bruck WITH the fancy little red stuff over NEW solders.. WHo knows. We will never know all about it. We should just STOP IT. :lol: :LOL:
 
Jose explained to me that he added a master volume to Eds Plexi.Was the amp stock,answer,no.
 
nitro":8ogdl5k3 said:
Jose explained to me that he added a master volume to Eds Plexi.Was the amp stock,answer,no.
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So you never saw it...you just trust Jose's word. Why is his word any better than anyone else's? In fact, I believe that I can recall Mr. Suhr stating that Jose had been less than honest with him regarding other issues, so now we can potentially say that Jose's word is not only not better, but actually less reliable. Point being, your info is no more credible than anyone else's regardless of (or perhaps even because of) where you heard it.

And it's comical how every time this subject comes up, you continue to inject your opinion as fact even though Pete Thorn and others have proven time and again that VH1 levels of gain clearly are attainable with a stock plexi. To deny that is to look like a complete fool regardless of how Eddie may or may not have gotten that sound himself.

Obviously something was added to the back of the amp, so no, it's no longer a stock amp at the point that the hole was drilled. That said, was the actual circuit touched (beyond the "mystery" part referred to by JS)? Seeing as all of the guys who saw it before the rebuild said that the circuit was stock (as were the solder joints), I'll go with them until somebody has something a bit more credible than "Jose told me".
 
dammit Chubtone, stop working and get back in here and answer my Vox question.
 
Well Rupe,let me help you out Jose was Edwards amp tech since 1972 that when they met.Jose was the only amp tech to Edward from the 70s to the very early 90s(up until Jose death-90s).I can explain the knob/pot thats in the back of Eds plexi which is a master volume(Van halen II studio photos shows that, also there are photos of Edwards plexi from the 78 japan tour that show the same knob/pot in the back of Eds plexi) that Jose added.I would talk to Jose oh on a monthly bases(70s-90s).The people that you are talking about didnt see Edwards plexi until the 90s.You can believe what you want I really dont care.As for pete thorn and others about VH1 gain levels they are short gain wise just listen to the Van halen iso tracks and then compare.So you are going to believe people that had nothing to do with Ed or his amps back in the day.There was a knob/pot in the back of Eds amp and Jose was Eds main amp guy in the 70s thru 90s."saw you never saw it"...... :loco:
 
Always sounded like a stock Marshall to me ? Not sure why it would ever make any difference ? - No one sounds like me when they play on my amps - most of them are stock.
 
What stock Plexi can achieve the gain levels on Van halen 1(first album),none...Unless a mod or something in front.Look at all the guitarist in the 70s and 80s using marshall plexis did any of them have the gain that Edward did,no....
 
No one saw Eds amp during the time in question.It was returned to stock later. It's kind of stupid that Ed refuses to admit his amp had a Jose mod. Maybe he just cannot remember. Either that or people that know protect the info for respect to Ed.
 
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