Due in October: EVH® EL34 HEAD

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Re: Due in October: EVH® EL34 HEAD

Post by fivecoyote » Tue Dec 20, 2016 6:07 pm

Tx TJ! For some reason every time I hear those EVH amps I hear too much honk and too much chew for my ears. Gotta assume it sounds different there, but the one time I played through one it was the same. Definitely its own thing, just...can't...bond with it.
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Post by T.J.Fuller » Tue Dec 20, 2016 7:55 pm

so even with the gain backed off / still sounds too gainy ???
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Re: Due in October: EVH® EL34 HEAD

Post by garbeaj » Wed Dec 21, 2016 3:51 pm

T.J.Fuller wrote:so even with the gain backed off / still sounds too gainy ???
YES! On all EVH signature amps ever made as far as I'm concerned. They seem to be more and more geared to the "juhm-juhm-juhm" de-tuned Tremonti/Five Finger Death Punch/eyeliner and Hot Topic crowd. I think Eddie has been making equipment that Wolf's bandmate Mark Tremonti would like. Just my experience from the amps I've played going back to Peavey and this current EL34 model that I tried. The EL34 model sounds better than the earlier EVH amps, but it is still essentially the same territory.

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Re: Due in October: EVH® EL34 HEAD

Post by dirtycooter » Tue Apr 04, 2017 6:54 am

What speakers were you using for these clips?
Pickup??

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Re: Due in October: EVH® EL34 HEAD

Post by T.J.Fuller » Thu Apr 06, 2017 1:00 pm

not a very good speaker on the clips / Celestion but, hi wattage not like a greenback

But, I just bought a Laney 2x12 Cabinet that sounds much better and it had rave reviews so I picked it up
LionHeart 2x12 has hi wattage handling but, awesome mids and bottom end

The pickup I used is a stock pickup, I have one of those newer EVH wolfgang guitars ( the one that is matte army green with Maple Neck )/ not the real expensive one, think is was 1200.00

I don't know for sure but I think is 13k or what ever the bridge Wolfgang's are rated
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Re: Due in October: EVH® EL34 HEAD

Post by countandduke » Fri Apr 07, 2017 8:19 pm

The recent review from either Guitar World or Guitar Player said early VH tones DO exist but on the second channel. Ed (I'm 99% sure) plays on the third which has ridiculous amounts of gain. I DO like the fact that they came out with an EL34 model for that amp though ala the 6534.

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PS. Can we hear some clips of the amp on the second channel with gain at like 2-3 then mid range then more like 8-9ish? It might "bark" better at those levels...

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Re: Due in October: EVH® EL34 HEAD

Post by T.J.Fuller » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:21 pm

sure

I will try and throw something together tonight / I will leave off the effects too

Now that I have a couple months under my belt with it / still love channel 2 and still think
it has the VH2 / fair warning tone

Channel 3 with a good chorus pedal / and I can dial in some mean Stone Temple Pilots on the Core album
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