Van Halen Brown Sound with Same Rig as Eddie -- Live 1968 Marshall in Studio

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Жыл бұрын

I recently acquired and restored a 1968 Marshall Super Tremolo. I thought I'd try it in my Brown Sound setup. I'm happy. :-)
Rig:
Boss GE-7 with upgraded opamps substituting for my original 6-Band MXR EQ, which is excessively noisy for some reason
1968 Marshall Super Tremolo (stock configuration with tremolo circuit disabled)
Vintage Sylvania 6CA7 power tubes
VARIAC set to 90V
1967 Celestion 20W G12M Greenback doing most of the work
Vintage JBL D120F adds some lower mids
Shure SM57s
Lindy Fralin Pure PAF humbucker with slight overwind (original PAFs aren't beefy enough)
Kemper profiles of this rig will be coming soon...

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@TobyKBTY Жыл бұрын

That is THE sound. It's incredible. I'm a really big fan of the 5150 amps but this is really it when it comes to Ed's sound.

@johnmarshall3903 Жыл бұрын

5150 is not even close

@bluntforcetraumaproduction4567 Жыл бұрын

this, is one of those sentences, when it is really important to use commas.

@tommilitello198 Жыл бұрын

@@johnmarshall3903 yeah,the amp he helped design and tour with isn’t even close to his sound

@ivanzivanovic4013 Жыл бұрын

Lol I don’t think he ever meant that amplifier for this sound. He obviously evolved past this in his sonic journey. I am continually impressed by peoples ignorance of this simple fact. 5150 was never meant to copy the old crunchy brown sound. I mean don’t get me wrong. I love this sound. Always will. However, I love my original Blockletter 5150 for entirely different reason, exactly for what he meant it for.

@roderickbalt8993 Жыл бұрын

@@ivanzivanovic4013 Yeah the magic is in the player, not the gear but we as guitar players can't seem to help falling in love with the old gear ;). The classical world is proof of that with their old instruments and such.

@gustanoid Жыл бұрын

My left ear enjoyed it

@dsvet Жыл бұрын

Ed's guitar is panned left on the album.

@kinkinmyslinky967 Жыл бұрын

😂

@JoshMyersBand Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@electricgypsyblues4761 Жыл бұрын

I think he faked it myself

@StallionStudios1234 Жыл бұрын

@@dsvet Right... Clever

@mbreinin Жыл бұрын

As close as you are going to get without Ed's hands. Great tone.

@j_freed Жыл бұрын

Ed does a lot of subtle things with his hands, because he’s Ed.

@elginphelps5291 Жыл бұрын

Seeing VH 42 years ago was a mind blowing trip from start to finish. Eddie ran, jumped, played his skinny little ass off, and never missed a beat.

@emailchrismoll Жыл бұрын

this is the most authentic VH tone i have ever heard, (and i have listened to a million)

@chasethetone Жыл бұрын

Agreed, but give mine a listen too! It’s on my channel

@kingkrollinvention 11 ай бұрын

it sounds good but its not it. its missing alot of harmonics .ed used a load box built by Jose Arredondo with the variac. ed didnt use a boss e.q.

@coldacre 9 ай бұрын

he's not doing the pick scrape > finger slide before each C>D of the main riff either@@kingkrollinvention

@AchillesWrath1 17 күн бұрын

@@kingkrollinvention I need to get one of those boss GE-10 equalizers.

@damianfranciscoizquierdo2566 6 ай бұрын

Uncanny resemblance. Absolutely spot on

@sjdanthem Жыл бұрын

Oh man. I knew Lindy back when I lived in Richmond decades ago. I've witnessed him hand winding those pickups. Very cool to see his name come up here.

@sspotter1978 5 ай бұрын

That's the sound. I'm happy, but sad because that's going to be near impossible to put together now. Nothing else I've heard sounds like this.

@jimmcdougall9973 Жыл бұрын

I’m drooling! That’s one sweet amp. Exactly the tone of VH 1. Luv it! RIP Eddie Van Halen. Sorely missed.

@DWyn-xq4yf Жыл бұрын

Such a joy to listen and see you playing a classic tune. Long live the mighty Van Halen.

@roblucchesi2731 Жыл бұрын

Awesome sound! Nailed it. Great playing as well. You can really tell that you love what you do. Keep up the great tone search and producing these awesome profiles!!! 🤘👌👍

@geraldhartley Жыл бұрын

I saw the 1980 VH Invasion tour. Eddie was in his prime then, IMHO! This is amazing. The raw brown tone from the correct amp, correct voltage, and correct speakers! Beautiful.

@Mr75044 7 күн бұрын

RIP EDDIE. not only a player but an inventor.. A guitarists guitarist. We salute you.

@bloopydoopy Жыл бұрын

Man, that's bad ass. Sounds fantastic! Great job.

@freegee3503 2 ай бұрын

You ESPECIALLY nailed the EQ settings! 👍 SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL!

@craig1474 Жыл бұрын

Great tone. Best I’ve heard for sure

@pillsareyummy Жыл бұрын

Great job! Playing and tone spot on!

@FirestormAudio Жыл бұрын

Yes! Nailed it! Also a killer collection of amps you have behind you.

@russellkane9439 Жыл бұрын

I can heasr NO difference from the Eddies sound... great job man

@AchillesWrath1 17 күн бұрын

Ed was the tone master. He was so good he had 2 different era's of tone and they were both fantastic. A lot of people love the early VH tone the "brown sound". I also like the wet dry wet tone he also came up with from 5150 onward. I think they're both great.

@jeffreyp1855 12 күн бұрын

I enjoyed both tones as well, but I really loved the Sammy Hagar era tones.🤘

@ankheruramezu4815 2 ай бұрын

Nice touch at the end, bro 💯

@my_tube9405 Жыл бұрын

I listened to V Halen 1 and 2 today. I'm a 35 year guitar teacher. 80s kid. At first I was listening to the tone, how did it match up. Isthe Eddie swing in there......then I realized I forgot and was just listening to Van Halen. Great job man. That takes a lot of time, research, talent, work, money, good ears, patience, etc. Hats off to you, TJ.

@travisnorman Жыл бұрын

SO good, Jimi! I listened to it on max volume, the way it was intended to be heard 🤘 You're like a brilliant mad scientist constantly seeking the secret to authentic tones!

@TopJimiStudios Жыл бұрын

Thanks man. I feel like a forensic audio engineer.

@jfoquendo Жыл бұрын

@@TopJimiStudios Make sure to email me when the profile is available for sale !!

@schof1212 9 ай бұрын

@@TopJimiStudiosis the profile for this out yet? I want to get it and your other evh brown sound profile, but I really want this one. Kemper btw.

@mikael_samuelsson Жыл бұрын

Sounds AMAZING Jimi! Looking forward to the Kemper profiles!

@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer Жыл бұрын

Well done! Sounds _great!_ 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤘🏻

@samiam7342 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful and Brown!!!!!!!

@razz2001 11 ай бұрын

Excellent! His Kemper profiles are incredible. Definitely some of the best out there.

@BillLarkinmusic Жыл бұрын

Nailed it. Perfect tone!

@american_psycho1147 4 ай бұрын

Wow, that is absolutely spot on! Great stuff

@andyconnrock Жыл бұрын

Dude, this just makes me smile!

@freightdawg6762 Жыл бұрын

Good to see ya brother awesome as usual

@johndrake2729 Жыл бұрын

That is SO dead on! Stoked right now.

@giancarlopaolini7529 Жыл бұрын

It looks promising ...intrigued by the additional sounds you'll come up with with this new ..set up 🙂

@seanhammer6296 Жыл бұрын

Best VH1 sound recreation I've heard.

@itsjohnnymillion Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to your profiles! Sounds great.

@genemoore1 Жыл бұрын

Omg. Man you've really got that dialed in. Well done. The holy grail.

@54Offwall Жыл бұрын

Damn, this is so good. Looking forward to the profiles

@bobbyodell8676 9 ай бұрын

Man that sounds great!!

@jinjxmusic 7 ай бұрын

Wow - nailed that tone.

@chrisvincent4449 Жыл бұрын

Yeah man, sounds epic. Great playing and yep that setup is awesome. Definitely doing the EVH sound a lot of justice.

@AchillesWrath1 17 күн бұрын

That tone is spot on. I've got a Friedman Vintage Plex coming in a few days. It's based on Dave Friedman's personal '68 Plexi, his favorite amp. He was Eddie's rig builder for awhile. It's got a built in variac that goes down to 90 volts with a toggle switch. I'm pretty excited to get it. Great video thanks for sharing

@johngerson7335 Жыл бұрын

Well done Dude, well done. Hat's off to you.

@willdenham 8 ай бұрын

What an amp! I am currently gathering parts to build my 68' 12xxx. The best tone ever. You can really hear it's full majesty with that VH rythm section playing behind it.

@SteveMahoney Жыл бұрын

Sounds great. Looking forward to the profile.

@brentcolacchio5119 Жыл бұрын

Sounds outstanding

@alanbarry3598 Жыл бұрын

That sounds really good!

@brianhutson2337 Жыл бұрын

Well that was spot on! Smoooooth!

@Victor-tl5eg Жыл бұрын

Very detailed and precise, Thanks

@iansimmons735 Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to hearing the Kemper profiles!

@robertmack7116 Жыл бұрын

Great tone! Perfect playing! And watching you I just realized I’ve been playing this wrong since ‘78.

@looking_33 Жыл бұрын

no its just him playing it very wrong

@slashtrio Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s a great tone 👍🏼🎸

@drkaplin98 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely killer!

@wizaxed Жыл бұрын

Wow, just found your channel. This is the best VH tone I have heard. You knocked it out of the park. Now, tell me about that "circles" guitar with the reverse ESP banana headstock. I've never seen that. Great job!!!

@TopJimiStudios Жыл бұрын

It’s one of my Frankenstein builds I was doing for a few years. EVH body, custom neck, original Floyd Rose, Fralin PAF.

@bobmartino8073 Жыл бұрын

Sounds great. Very nice job. I remember seeing pictures that were taken during the recording of VH 1 in the studio. I believe Eddie used a 2 X 12 cabinet but you definitely have the right speakers and amp. Very cool.

@Magik1369 4 ай бұрын

Nailed it and with an ESP guitar!

@mysteriomarvel933 Жыл бұрын

Does my heart good to see guys of all generations paying tribute to arguably the best rock guitarist of alltime and my childhood here Mr. Edward Van Halen. I'm certain he would thrilled to see all these video tributes in his honor. I also hope Valerie..Alex and Wolfgang watch these too to pick up their spirits whenever they feel down. The love respect and dedication shown by his fans will never wane. Wish I could have met Ed in person. Besides shaking his hand and thanking him for making the musical soundtrack to my life inevitably I would have asked if he ever ate any brown M and M's behind Dave's back on the road touring lol. Rest in peace Eddie....you are sorely missed but your music will outlast us all.

@NealWalter Жыл бұрын

f'n amazing, great job!! that's probably the closest to Eddie's tone that I've heard anyone come up with. I'd love to hear you play some more songs through that rig. Nice job man!!! Must have been fun to do

@WaterproofSoap Жыл бұрын

SICK!!! Those bias grids are grilling some electrons baby!!!

@FabrizioCalderara76 Жыл бұрын

Eddie would be surely proud of your tone ❤

@AeonOfAwareness Жыл бұрын

He’d applaud the effort and playing but Ed always hated this tone. Billy Corgan told him once it was his favorite tone and Ed responded by saying “Why!? That album sounds like shit!”

@billygreenville59 Жыл бұрын

@@AeonOfAwareness Randy Rhoads was not happy with his tone, either, on Ozzy's monstrous first two landmark albums.

@thatsameenergy Жыл бұрын

This is too good, man.

@elttabykcir 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful!🥹

@jimmypage9198 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding!!! Many have attempted what you've just done perfectly in my opinion. The others have failed for the most part. You didn't. 5 out of 5 Stars my friend. I'm turning my outlandish praise mode off now😀😎

@sheldonswan45 Жыл бұрын

Sounds great!!

@FernandoOliveira1979 9 ай бұрын

you nailed it

@adam872 Жыл бұрын

Damn, that is a rad tone.

@livefromstudioa8245 11 ай бұрын

I would just like to salute you for not playing the chorus triads with vibrato like 99% of the rest of KZfaq. :) I think so much of the power of the guitar part of the chorus is just letting those chords ring with that incredible sustain and tone. I think a lot of people try to mask the dissonance of the major third between the third and second strings when the second string isn’t slightly detuned by using a lot of vibrato. Minor point but all this stuff adds up!

@TopJimiStudios 11 ай бұрын

Thank you. Definitely gotta detune that B string.

@user-sn3cs2hd8r Жыл бұрын

Love that neck on the body!!! Awesome I had the circles but had to sell - offer I couldn’t turn down

@thomasjefferson3481 8 күн бұрын

Great job it sounds just like it!

@carsandguitars6264 Жыл бұрын

Woah that sounds killer

@Guitarmalade Жыл бұрын

Love this! I want one!

@danfox1756 Жыл бұрын

NAILED IT!

@StanwoodSpartans 6 ай бұрын

Best EVH tone on youtube

@rayprevailer8454 2 ай бұрын

Nailed it!

@mataloha Жыл бұрын

I'd say you've nailed it.

@giambibollareal Жыл бұрын

Cant wait for profiles

@musicgearnetwork Жыл бұрын

Sounds DAMN Good!

@chucklee347 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I was really enjoying this. I think the neighbors called the law.

@BoulevardRecording Жыл бұрын

Absolutely Perfect.

@BigBDMDog Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to the kemper pack 🤘

@rmzzz76 Жыл бұрын

Yep, you've nailed it.

@jodylowe8476 10 ай бұрын

Damn that is on point.

@80Shades-Guitar Жыл бұрын

G damn brother! 🔥

@ZEGO24x Жыл бұрын

THIS is closest to THE sound I have ever heard anyone replicate... Incredible...

@scsbands5673 Жыл бұрын

Yep, you got it dialed. That first sustained chord you hit, I went to immediate stank-face. You know, that face you make when something rocks, and it's just RIGHT in the world. Basically stayed that way until the camera panned around and then it became the sly grin. Went back to stank face later. Nice work.