Pete and Dave have done it: The EVH tone vid is must see for ALL!

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Tough Crowd! But I appreciate that all our nerd ears hear stuff differently. Who knows, that might have been Ed's tone on any given day if you removed as some people already mentioned, the board, the JBL speaker mixed in for top end, and the compressor/EQ on the final mix. I think it sounds as close as to what Pete has going on but I think it is also in the room vs. mic'd. I think I am with the masses though. A cranked Marshall sounds amazing but it isn't THE sound of VH1. Variac is closer but again, for that push, I see an EQ plus his Echoplex giving a push. All those combined gets the lead playing to sound more effortless. This guy here dropped his Superlead down to 60! Pedals for that extra push.


Sounds like a can of bee's.
Just proves that the guy does weird stuff to his amp.
Would be interesting to hear the tubes melt down when he cranks the output running @ 60v.
 
Mike Soldano with his EVH encounter



I came here to post this and saw you had. This is a great bit of new info. Had no idea EVH's first SLO was purchased after OU812 and likely during the recording of F.U.C.K. That makes much more sense.

So it can be deduced that right around that time (1988-1990) EVH was wanting new tonal options (likely more gain) outside of Marshalls. Soldano, CAE 3+ Preamps, etc. He bought an early SLO and another with a loop in early 1990.

Also interesting is on the 3rd SLO invoice, which he bought in August 1990 JUST after SRV's death/crash, there is a "n/a" charge for "Overdrive Preamp Mod." I wonder what mod was done to the Preamp on that SLO? Whatever it is, that amp (the EVH striped one that Soldano talks about) also has the Slave out installed.

So, it is likely that he was slaving THAT amp into the power section of his Marshall(s) and that is when James Brown at Peavey came in and the foundation was laid for the groundwork for the 5150, as "that is what he had to beat."
 
The EVH principles work so well.

My little Orange Dirty B. Hinds Terror (like most Terror amps) has a 7 watt mode that cuts voltage to everything, supposedly. At least the B+ goes from ~320v to 230v, and 7.4v drop, for about 8.5w each tube at idle. With a lower cathode bias resistor (100 vs 150), tone stack dimed, and a 16 ohm speaker in the 8 ohm jack, it’s pure EVH: sounds and feels fun, which inspires enthusiasm.

That is what made him great: enthusiasm and joy.
 
Also Dave was dead ass about that 50k mid pot. Made my Zinky lose the “crashing”
sound from the dimed treble pot. More low mids too. It’s a modified 59 Bassman, like a Fender Tonemaster.

Lighter gauge strings are such a blessing as well. I tune down a half step with a 25.5”
scale guitar, and going from 11’s to 9’s (.48 to .42) really cleaned up the bottom end. May even go to those .40 bottom Fenders! Loving the pure Nickels too.
 
I posted about this in the tech section about my Bugera 1960..it is a great sounding amp BUT the crashing I get with the treble dimed is brutal. I can't take it past 7.5. I might look at swapping out a pot for a 50k as I liked the tone diff.

Here is what mine does:
 
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