Somebody get me a guitar doctor!!

[Cathedral]

Originally posted by DLRdelight!
Well thanks, but does it have the tools to capture the classic vh sound

Yep, it has the tools.

[ELVIS]

Sure...

Those are nice guitars with the right pickups and hardware for the Van Halen sound...

Decent price from Musicians Friend too...

[DLRdelight!]

So do you guys agree on that it can really get the job done?

[Cathedral]

Originally posted by DLRdelight!
Well i do know some Van Halen, SO your saying the sound can be gotten from a wolfgang?

I think what the majority is saying is that the brand of guitar doesn't make much difference.
If you want an Eddie tone then the Wolfgang could be a starting point.

Any alder body with a Gibson PAF pickup and a Floyd would get you there.
But the amp is as important as the guitar as well.

[Cathedral]

Originally posted by DLRdelight!
So do you guys agree on that it can really get the job done?

To be honest, if you want the old school VH sound then i'd try an find an old Charvel and build one like Ed's "Franky"

It will cost more than the Wolfgang Import you are looking at though.

[DLRdelight!]

Alright thanks, you all have been very helpul. The amp i have is a peavey transtube 212 II special. Since he used that guitar in the late van hagar years and on VH 3 that is definately a sound i want to tay away from. but heres a link to the amo i have

http://peavey.com/products/shop_online/browse.cfm/action/details/item/00449050/wc/1A1B214/fam/TT/tcode/4/sial.cfm

[DLRdelight!]

yeah thats waht my teacher said, to make one out aof a charvel body

[DLRdelight!]

So you guys think i should just make sumthin out of a charvel body and make it from there

[turboblues]

Just buy a decent guitar with a floyd and good p/up (this could be a wolfgang,yeah). I can't imagine that you've already got the skills to slap an axe together.

[DLRdelight!]

alright, thanks for all, if any more opinions feel free to post

[ELVIS]

I build guitars as a hobby...

There's a little more to it that just putting parts together...

Buy the Peavey...

Nice guitar for a nice price...

[DLRdelight!]

Thats awesome that you build guitars man, and i know its more than putting pieces together, i was just saying it in simple words, but its been hard to determine if the wolfgang can get the sound

[ELVIS]

I think it can...

I've gotten very close to Edward's early tone with an Yngwie Malmsteen spec Stratocaster.. it's just a bit thinner...

I like the pickups in the Wolfgang...Loud and clean...not overly powerful...

[MUSICMANN]

To get ed's sound is more than just ripping off his licks. Ed has a very unstructered and loose playing style. But don't think just because he plays loose that he is not very precise at what he does. Like someone said, Ed sounds like Ed on any guitar he plays. Really any guitar with a paf pickup and a tubed marshall head cranked to 10 will give you the classic sound you are looking for. So i would invest in a marshall head and go from thare.

[DLRdelight!]

thank you all