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I used an Engle in the studio last couple of times for a rhythm track.
I'm not sure, they sound good but maybe more modern metal?
To be honest the EVH brand thing actually puts me off a bit, I don't want to draw attention to the fact I'm playing late 80s rock guitar any more than is necessary. :)
I'm also conscious that if I am using an EVH amp I won't be able to play my EVH guitar live any more without looking like a dick. :)
I'd like to do a side by side comparison rather than relying on a dodgy guy on YouTube but not many places stock these here...
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You mean that's not you ??
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Seshmeister
Thanks I will investigate.
Just noticed your age, you must have been a child when you started posting here... ;)
Given I started out at the Pleasure Dome in the late 90's... Yes, I was. :)
(Actually, I'm amazed no-one noticed until now... :biggrin: )
Check this out, seems like a nifty little amp...
Or this guy. Ben Granfelt, used to play with Wishbone Ash. (albeit it's a prototype Gigmaster from 4 years ago.)
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So since I've been testing GrindMachine, I decided to try re-amping an existing track ("Clique Mob") to see how it held up to the PODfarms and HeadCases of the world. Not too bad, replaced 8 instances of various amp & cab emulations with 4 instances of GrindMachine, CPU usage dropped 8%. Sounds a little tighter IMO too.
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That's not bad but it just sounds so digital, which is what it is, of course...
There's just zero dynamics in the digital realm...
Not bad though...
:elvis:
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Seshmeister
I used an Engle in the studio last couple of times for a rhythm track.
I'm not sure, they sound good but maybe more modern metal?
To be honest the EVH brand thing actually puts me off a bit, I don't want to draw attention to the fact I'm playing late 80s rock guitar any more than is necessary. :)
I'm also conscious that if I am using an EVH amp I won't be able to play my EVH guitar live any more without looking like a dick. :)
I'd like to do a side by side comparison rather than relying on a dodgy guy on YouTube but not many places stock these here...
I think that would be the case if you had a striped up guitar. Amps are a little different. You don't wear them and they are at the back. The EVH amps are pretty versatile unless you are looking for a real glassy clean sound. Also they are reliable. The only people who tend to notice amps are gear geeks and frankly I don't think anyone would give you shit using an EVH amp. They are capable of doing much more than just getting Ed's tone.
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ELVIS
That's not bad but it just sounds so digital, which is what it is, of course...
There's just zero dynamics in the digital realm...
Not bad though...
:elvis:
http://youtu.be/4z9kwEfd3RE
Digital technology has made recording affordable to the masses but it also can ruin the music. It's like using a calculator too much. You lose the feel for the numbers. I always had great respect for bands like Van Halen that could play live and sound pretty close to the album. Now anyone can be a singer with an auto tune. I want the human element. I want the rawness. I want the fuck ups.
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I think that would be the case if you had a striped up guitar. Amps are a little different. You don't wear them and they are at the back. The EVH amps are pretty versatile unless you are looking for a real glassy clean sound. Also they are reliable. The only people who tend to notice amps are gear geeks and frankly I don't think anyone would give you shit using an EVH amp. They are capable of doing much more than just getting Ed's tone.
I couldn't answer this until today because I literally couldn't take the chance that since this site has hundreds more viewers than posters I would hex this for myself.
I've spent the last week trying to buy one of these fucking things in the UK and it's been a nightmare. Bought one online last Monday from a huge online retailer called GAK.com and then phoned them to see when it would be delivered because I needed it for a gig on Friday. Their reply was July.
I then tried a bunch of other places. Also incidentally a warning to people the GAK people held onto my money for a few days killing that particular card.
So cut a boring story short it arrived today. I think there are literally 2 of these amps on sale in the UK at the moment and I got one of them. I paid $1326 for it which is the cheapest price that it has ever gone on sale here for.
The thing weighs a lot for it's size but I do wonder if I should have just taken a plane over to NYC picked one up and put it in my luggage.
Even if I paid the import duty it may have been about the same price and paid for the flights...
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Cut the mumbo jumbo...
What's it sound like ??
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If you got the EVH 5150 III 50 Watt head they retail here for about $1,000 new. Hell. Cab fair in NYC would eat the difference. LOL!
Heavy usually means quality. A heavy gauge chassis and lots of iron in the transformers. That's a good thing. I never owned the Fender made one. I have a Peavey 5150II and it's been been a great reliable amp. It's easier to dial in a more classic VH sound on the Fender made amps.
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Seshmeister
To be honest the EVH brand thing actually puts me off a bit, I don't want to draw attention to the fact I'm playing late 80s rock guitar any more than is necessary. :)
I'm also conscious that if I am using an EVH amp I won't be able to play my EVH guitar live any more without looking like a dick. :)
Congrats on the purchase, I'm sure you'll be very happy with it.
You know, you can always take the EVH badges off.. it's an option. I took the Peavey badges off of my 5150 half stack and removed the wood panel on the front of the head to expose the tubes. Cleans it up and gives it a more unique look.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/27/eqabuduq.jpg
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If it pleases your ear!
I've been doing this for many years, all these amps are good. The fender made 2x12 combo is outstanding, as is the JSX212 or the 5150. The first Bugera amps I saw were amazing. Blackstar are about to release another great amp.
I understand the concept of three channels, two is enough for me.
Truth, I've been playing mostly acoustic this year. It's so raw and naked, with a fucking microscope. Forces you to be strong and accurate.
My philosophy is get good on that.
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Would agree with you there ash , acoustic is a great leveller .makes you see a lot of the things in your playing you can hide with speed and peddles and the tricks of the trade we all end up relying on a little to much .
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I have one channel with no pedals...
I like things kept simple...
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Live I do use 3 sounds. Clean, slightly dirty (vintage ac/dc), and loud.
The midrange knob. The beautiful overtones live in there. :)
Acoustic shows, I use two sounds. Gorgeously woody, and gorgeously woody +20db.
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The midrange knob ... Great band name :D
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The midrange knob ... Great band name :D
It's up there with "Gorgeously Woody" :biggrin:
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or Dixie Normus...:biggrin:
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or Dixie Normus...:biggrin:
My friends bowling team is "My Dixie Wrecked" :biggrin:
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Cut the mumbo jumbo...
What's it sound like ??
It's nuts - ridiculous amounts of gain and loud, volume at 10 O'clock is more than loud enough to get over a live kit if you are both unmiked.
I need to spend some time playing around with it. It's a bit like they have taken everything full up on the lead channel of a Marshall and made that 4 or 5 on the crunch channel.
I was away, got home picked it up and had a 90 minute rehearsal and then to a sound check/gig which wasn't ideal. I need more time with it, it was quite noisy when you put the gain over 5.
Ironically my biggest problem was my Phase 90 pedal I use on a couple of songs, I had to stop using it as it sounded strange.
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The high gain channel is just like a Peavey. The crunch channel on the Fender is better than the Peavey because it's warmer and smoother. More vintage VH sounding. The clean channel is a bit flat sounding. I use the crunch channel the most running the power amp hard enough to get some balls out of the power tubes. That's where you are going to get your classic rock sounding tones. Also the EQ does a lot. A little tweak really changes the sound so you have to dial all that in. It's not like an old Marshall where the EQ didn't do that much.
High gain amps are noisy. Using good cable can help. It doesn't hurt to run a noise gate in your signal chain. You do get less hiss if you run in the middle channel and cut the pre-gain and boost the post-gain. A THD hotplate can be used to get the tone and keep the volume at reasonable levels. It's a loud 50 watts for sure.
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Ironically my biggest problem was my Phase 90 pedal I use on a couple of songs, I had to stop using it as it sounded strange.
An EVH phase 90 ??
Throw that crap away...
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It's an MXR one pre EVH.
Just one knob on it.
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My friends bowling team is "My Dixie Wrecked" :biggrin:
Nice.. my bowling team was 'Bowl Movement' :D
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I get what Eddie meant in the interview about these amps that it's all about sustain.
I think a lot of the time when I turn up gain on other amps it's not for more distortion its to get more sustain.
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Nation Demands More Mind-Blowing Guitar Solos
News • Entertainment • music • ISSUE 50•11 • Mar 17, 2014
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American citizens said they wanted a solo like Slash does on “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” but even faster.
WASHINGTON—Voicing their calls for heavy distortion and completely badass riffs, millions of Americans across the country fervently demanded a significant increase in the number of mind-blowing guitar solos Monday, sources nationwide confirmed.
Highlighting an unmistakable dearth of epic, amazing solos in recent years, Americans of all ages have reportedly called on the nation’s musicians to play technically difficult licks on their electric guitars, preferably at lightning-fast speeds, stressing the importance that the solos be both “loud as hell” and “totally insane.”
“When I turn on the radio, I want to hear a killer solo where the guy just totally shreds it hard,” said 36-year-old Kent, WA resident Michael Pellone, echoing the sentiments of the vast majority of citizens from coast to coast. “I want a solo so fast you can barely see the guy’s fingers moving—where the guy’s up on stage, one foot on top of a speaker, and just going nuts all over the guitar. That’s what I want.”
“And not one of those short solos either,” Pellone continued enthusiastically. “It’s gotta be, like, three minutes. Three minutes of this guy fucking wailing up there and making his guitar do those cool squealing sounds you hear a lot. Yeah, it has to have a lot of that.”
According to thousands of amped-up sources nationwide, a guitar solo in which the guy bends the strings really far while leaning his head back and grimacing is currently a top national priority. Additionally, citizens from all 50 states emphasized the importance of the guitarist running all over the stage, jumping off an amplifier, and then sliding on his knees through the lead singer’s legs while rocking out hard the entire time.
The U.S. populace also insisted that the solos contain several sections in which the guitarist uses his right hand to tap notes on the neck of the instrument just like Eddie Van Halen does in “Eruption.”
“I like when they’re just tearing it up on the low part of the guitar, but then they suddenly go up and play on the high part—they should do that lots of times,” said 31-year-old Mark Kessek of West Orange, NJ, adding that he really likes how it sounds when guitarists do long slides up and down the strings, so the solo should include a few of those. “I also like when they do that wah-wah effect thing—that has to be in there too. But the main thing is that it has to be really fast. So fast you’re just like, ‘Whoa, fuck yeah!’”
“Yeah!” added Kessek, excitedly making devil horns with his hands. “Pantera!”
According to a recent poll, 59 percent of Americans vehemently demanded that guitarists rip it up on a sweet double-neck guitar, frequently switching between the two fretboards like it’s nothing, while 84 percent called for an interlude midway through the solos during which another guitarist walks over and plays a cool harmony part alongside the lead. A further 73 percent said guitarists must at some point strum a really high note and simply let it ring while holding the guitar up with one hand, preferably while looking up and nodding at the crowd.
Moreover, 100 percent of respondents said that the guitarist should hit the whammy bar at the end of a particularly sick riff, with all respondents agreeing that such a maneuver would “kick ass.”
“What they should do is make the whole stage dark and then there’s a big spotlight on the guitarist guy, and there’s all this fog and smoke coming up around him too,” said 42-year-old Houston resident Samantha Pragle, noting that, ideally, the guitar should have some cool flames painted on it. “And it doesn’t just have to be one solo per song. A song could have a whole bunch of solos in it. Maybe the entire song could be a solo! Man, can you imagine how insane that would be? That would fucking rule!”
While unanimous in their demands for more unbelievable, earsplitting solos, the American public is reportedly divided over how the solos should end. According to sources, some have pressed for several amplifiers to be wildly kicked over after the last note, though others are staunchly in favor of seeing the soloist use his guitar strap to throw his instrument around his body, catch it, and then seamlessly transition into playing the song’s final chorus.
“I love guitar solos! I like when they play the guitar behind their head, just like this!” said Philadelphia accountant Alan Hurley, 57, closing his eyes and rapidly moving his fingers across an imaginary fretboard while making guitar sounds with his mouth. “Wa-na-na, neeow, wa-na, wa-now!”
“Wa-na-na-na,” Hurley added. “Na-na-neeow, wah-a-wow!”
At press time, tens of millions of enthusiastic Americans had reportedly cued up a YouTube video of Steve Vai’s “For The Love Of God” and cranked it all the way up.
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Seshmeister
It's an MXR one pre EVH.
Just one knob on it.
Cool...
But if you want to vomit, try the EVH model...
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ELVIS
Cool...
But if you want to vomit, try the EVH model...
I have the older orange one as well.. how different is the EVH one? From what I've read the 'script' mode is kind of cool?
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The script mode is slightly better but the pedal is very muddy with most of the phasing happening at lower frequencies...
I have an original block logo phase 100 that destroys the EVH crap on every setting...
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It is quite obvious the EVH amps are still in the "boutique" class in terms of availability. Can't deny Ed is his own best salesman. After they played here in Gnashville, I stopped in at Guitar Center one day to see if they had one in stock.
They said no, but they could get me one if I wanted to order one. No timetable either.
Sounds to me like extremely low production, distribution problems, or both.
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New stuff...goofing around in drop B.
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A live clip from the band I did SXSW 2014 with
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Hmmm...
That was good, if not a bit odd...
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Almost sounds like New Orleans music...
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That must be a good thing!