Eddie's Tone

[ashstralia]

whoa! gday eyes!

i reckon ed's sound is up to date; it's 2012 people. personally i love the wah; overall his tone is thick and strong.
as we all know, it's all in your hands anyway. ask Sir WARF, Bantonelli, or JHale about eddies tone!


stay frosty.

[DlocRoth]

Ed is on fucking fire on this album. But like Hummarstra said, it ain't the "brown" sound. Period. Point.

[Nitro Express]

Well color me a little jealous.. I have an original 5150 'block letter' half stack and am very happy with it.. I'd love to plug into a 5150 III though..

Hang onto that block letter. They already have kind of a following going. I really don't think the high gain channel on the III is all that different than what's on your amp but there is a better classic crunch similar to the 5150II and cleans on par with the 5150II. What's nice about the III is you can set all three channels the way you like them because they all have their own EQ setup. So really it's like three amps in one box.

[ELVIS]

hey VA! why not moving this thread to the "gear"-forum? or is you WMD (webmaster disease) under medication now?

Now now, be nice Natra...

We don't want any undue tension on the boards...

Now, let me find a be nice smiley...

How 'bout this...

[ELVIS]

I see there's a group hug smiley...

[ELVIS]

But like Hummarstra said, it ain't the "brown" sound. Period. Point.

I disagree...

Circle get's a square...



"coochie coochie!"

[Va Beach VH Fan]

hey VA! why not moving this thread to the "gear"-forum? or is you WMD (webmaster disease) under medication now?

I don't know what the fuck your problem is, for the last time, I did not move any of your threads....

[ELVIS]

[DavidLeeNatra]

I don't know what the fuck your problem is, for the last time, I did not move any of your threads....

man...where is the fun gone on this site...

[ZahZoo]

Ed's current tone... the lows sound like an earthy growl from the bowels of hell. Mid's are tight and not overly bright. High's cut like a knife.

Overall I find it seriously balanced across the sound spectrum on both full sweep bar chords and and single note leads. That's not an easy balance to strike...

No, it's not really the brown sound... it's fuller, cleaner, crisper and better balanced. His middle channel saturated blues tone... hell it's to die for!!!

[ELVIS]

I think Ed's tone is similar to the tone on WACF...

The difference being that the first five albums were recorded on tube consoles and mixed to analog tape. Both mediums adding their inherent warmth...

The new album is recorded digitally and nothing is added digitally to color the sound...

[Nitro Express]

I think Ed's tone is similar to the tone on WACF...

The difference being that the first five albums were recorded on tube consoles and mixed to analog tape. Both mediums adding their inherent warmth...

The new album is recorded digitally and nothing is added digitally to color the sound...

Oh man. That old board Don Landee put together for Ed at 5150 was a ancient thing. I guess it sounded good but if you look at photos of the original control room it was like a trip back to the 60's. But then some of those old boxes from the 60's sounded fabulous.

[ELVIS]

Exactly...

That's one of the reasons for the total change in sound on 1984...

[ELVIS]

But the consoles on the first five albums were from the 50's I believe...

[Nitro Express]

http://vintagekramer.com/5150e.htm

Heres some old 5150 studio photos. Don got that old board out of one of the Hollywood studios when they upgraded their equipment. I forgot which one. It was something like Western Sound or something like that. It's an old analog board with a patch bay running Ampex 1 inch tape. 5150 was actually done on the cheap using used equipment and was never originally intended to be a full blown production studio. It was basically Ed's man cave.