EVH tone

leleduke · Post by **leleduke** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:02 pm

Tune down 1/2 step.. Many people try to get the brown sound in standard tuning but if you listen to the first and second album its tuned down and it makes a big difference in how the amp responds...IMO

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:03 pm

leleduke wrote:Tune down 1/2 step.. Many people try to get the brown sound in standard tuning but if you listen to the first and second album its tuned down and it makes a big difference in how the amp responds...IMO

agreed.

leleduke · Post by **leleduke** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:05 pm

And SRV, Thin Lizzy and many others. Somtimes you will need to go up a guage on the strings though.

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:06 pm

leleduke wrote:And SRV, Thin Lizzy and many others. Somtimes you will need to go up a guage on the strings though.

agreed.

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:25 pm

Although ed didnt record with one until the Fair Warning album, I think that the Floyd Rose sound is very synonymous with the brown sound.

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:28 pm

Tone Slinger wrote:Although ed didnt record with one until the Fair Warning album, I think that the Floyd Rose sound is very synonymous with the brown sound.

im not sure i agree - the brown tone i like to hear is with a stock fender tremolo.

leleduke · Post by **leleduke** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:10 pm

Even on later recordings he would switch to the stock fender tremelo in the studio.

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:11 pm

leleduke wrote:Even on later recordings he would switch to the stock fender tremelo in the studio.

makes sense thats where all the tone is.

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:14 pm

Yeah, that nice neck single coil funky, bluesy type stuff you were playin on that PPIMV sample is an example to me on why a fender type bridge just has more "sound" to it than a floyd. I guess Ed just gave in and went with it 'cause it really stayed in tune well and hell he was top dog usin it. I have adapted to floyds, but if I could keep the Fender bridge in tune( and the other guy's happy) I wouldnt be usin a Floyd. I whammy so much you see. If I didnt use one I would sound like a warped record. It's funny to me why Ed strayed from the Fender bridge. He stayed in tune while using it really well.

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:16 pm

u mean this sound file http://forum.metroamp.com/viewtopic.php?t=4390&start=75

( after clicking the above link, scroll down on the page. there is a sound file of a type 2 master volume - and details of it as well )

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:21 pm

Exactly!

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:24 pm

Tone Slinger wrote:Exactly!

yeah man.

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:30 pm

Well Ed used a floyd on the black and yellow strat on the second tour, as well as a bolt on neck flying star type guitar. He put a floyd on his #1 sometime on the third tour(pics show floyd, but no wedding band) He was married on 4-11-81, right after the recording of Fair Warning. The Floyd does have a unique wang bar sound. Listen to the ending of Mean Streets or the outro of Drop Dead Legs. There are definate tradeoffs.

Tone Slinger · Post by **Tone Slinger** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:33 pm

I need to get another strat ? Hey Mark is that red strat of your's a Fender ?

rockstah · Post by **rockstah** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:34 pm

Tone Slinger wrote:Well Ed used a floyd on the black and yellow strat on the second tour, as well as a bolt on neck flying star type guitar. He put a floyd on his #1 sometime on the third tour(pics show floyd, but no wedding band) He was married on 4-11-81, right after the recording of Fair Warning. The Floyd does have a unique wang bar sound. Listen to the ending of Mean Streets or the outro of Drop Dead Legs. There are definate tradeoffs.

i hear ya but again the brown sound i prefer is when he wasnt using the floyd. and probably when most go "i didnt like his tone as much there" - it was probably a floyd! again dont get me wrong i like it all - i just prefer the tone of a stock trem.

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