Re: VH sound with '68 Plexi.
Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:49 am
thanks for posting, a good basic vh tone, a bit reverby, but nice
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The first clip was too dark sounding for my taste, but you can definitely hear that it's a great amp. The second clip sounds a LOT better to me, I really like that tone, and while I don't think that it's the perfect EVH tone, it sounds more like another classic player's tone that I can't put my finger on at the moment. I think if you had a little less reverb it would be perfect. What exact pedals were you using and was the rest of the setup the same (hotplate, etc)? I haven't been able to get my Bass control up past 4, a lot of the guys here turn all of the controls on 10 with the Bass between 0 and 4, have you tried that?rawel34 wrote:Here're the differences :
the first sample was recorded at high volume with the only power tubes saturation; the second one is at VERY low volume with an OD pedal through a clean booster and bass middle and treble at 10 !
I think that tone controls all the way up, are the most important Eddie's trick )))))
Krinkle wrote:The first clip was too dark sounding for my taste, but you can definitely hear that it's a great amp. The second clip sounds a LOT better to me, I really like that tone, and while I don't think that it's the perfect EVH tone, it sounds more like another classic player's tone that I can't put my finger on at the moment. I think if you had a little less reverb it would be perfect. What exact pedals were you using and was the rest of the setup the same (hotplate, etc)? I haven't been able to get my Bass control up past 4, a lot of the guys here turn all of the controls on 10 with the Bass between 0 and 4, have you tried that?rawel34 wrote:Here're the differences :
the first sample was recorded at high volume with the only power tubes saturation; the second one is at VERY low volume with an OD pedal through a clean booster and bass middle and treble at 10 !
I think that tone controls all the way up, are the most important Eddie's trick )))))
By the way, don't get discouraged by the comments, I think that everybody here is committed working towards a better tone, and are here to help.
MINKIA !!!jp0971 wrote:Nice sounding amp.
I find that the -16db setting in particular on the hotplate makes ANY amp sound muddy and darker than it actually is.
here's my '68 running flat out (no attenuation)
http://forum.metroamp.com/viewtopic.php ... 31#p219031" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'm confused..is that an insult?rawel34 wrote:MINKIA !!!jp0971 wrote:Nice sounding amp.
I find that the -16db setting in particular on the hotplate makes ANY amp sound muddy and darker than it actually is.
here's my '68 running flat out (no attenuation)
http://forum.metroamp.com/viewtopic.php ... 31#p219031" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I think I understood what you meant when I read the private message, but thanks.rawel34 wrote:"I'm confused..is that an insult?"
It's exactly the contrary thing.