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Amp_chaser
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I continued my research into Van halen 1 tone.
"Eddie Van Halen mentioned using two Marshall amp heads during the recording of Van Halen's debut album in a 1978 interview with Young Guitar magazine. While he confirmed the use of two amps, he did not provide specific details about the second amplifier."
in 2015 on the metro forums as those were already dead someone pointed to a picture of Pat badger who has been to 5150 studios once and he got a picture with the frankie and the amps that recorded Van halen 1...
Well guess what ?
Eddie used the josé load box to get a line out signal of his 68 plex he then reamped it with a 100w master PA. That was the key how he got his first album tone.
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No wonder no one is able to do it exactly with the same amount of punch and bass even with tons of mods.
The variac and the 6ca7 are almost useless it was pure myth. Eddie used the variac to make his tubes last longer.
Moreover what really mattered were the signal chains and his 3 eq. 1mxr in front of the main amp, a second and third one between the load box and the solid state power amp. The main amp probably also had a one wire mod that would leave the amp entirely stock. José introduced eddie with that settup.
here is a guy that extensively researched the topic while citing reliable sources :
http://www.amptone.com/eddievanhalenrig.htm
next step probably building a 2003 Master PA a load box and testing it.
Those Master PA will see their prices going up by a long shot if this is confirmed and they are already rare and expensive x).
"Eddie Van Halen mentioned using two Marshall amp heads during the recording of Van Halen's debut album in a 1978 interview with Young Guitar magazine. While he confirmed the use of two amps, he did not provide specific details about the second amplifier."
in 2015 on the metro forums as those were already dead someone pointed to a picture of Pat badger who has been to 5150 studios once and he got a picture with the frankie and the amps that recorded Van halen 1...
Well guess what ?
Eddie used the josé load box to get a line out signal of his 68 plex he then reamped it with a 100w master PA. That was the key how he got his first album tone.
.
No wonder no one is able to do it exactly with the same amount of punch and bass even with tons of mods.
The variac and the 6ca7 are almost useless it was pure myth. Eddie used the variac to make his tubes last longer.
Moreover what really mattered were the signal chains and his 3 eq. 1mxr in front of the main amp, a second and third one between the load box and the solid state power amp. The main amp probably also had a one wire mod that would leave the amp entirely stock. José introduced eddie with that settup.
here is a guy that extensively researched the topic while citing reliable sources :
http://www.amptone.com/eddievanhalenrig.htm
next step probably building a 2003 Master PA a load box and testing it.
Those Master PA will see their prices going up by a long shot if this is confirmed and they are already rare and expensive x).
