Heres my latest attempt at the Van Halen 1 tone, I think it sounds pretty good considering the volume levels Im playing at ( I live in an apartment so I cant really crank it) and considering the guitar is a les paul, I think its pretty close. Let me know what you think:
http://media.putfile.com/Van-Halen-1
My take on the VH1 tone
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- Matt
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My take on the VH1 tone
If I was a good student I wouldnt be attending music school.
- Tone Slinger
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Metro '68 100 watt, boosted some with and MXR EQ, hotplate on load setting, line out into 50 watt bassman head, speakers are celestion G12H30 reissues.
![Image](http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/1/2620520677.jpg)
the metro has sylvania 12ax7s and 6ca7s in it, shared cathode 1k 250uf, everything on ten, bass on zero. variaced down to about 110 volts.
I think it could use some more tweaking on the Eq, theres some overtones in there that arent the best but overall I think it sounds pretty good.
![Image](http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/1/2620520677.jpg)
the metro has sylvania 12ax7s and 6ca7s in it, shared cathode 1k 250uf, everything on ten, bass on zero. variaced down to about 110 volts.
I think it could use some more tweaking on the Eq, theres some overtones in there that arent the best but overall I think it sounds pretty good.
If I was a good student I wouldnt be attending music school.
- Tone Slinger
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Yeah, if you get rid of a little of those "fizzy" type overtones, then that woud be all there is to it. Maybe its the increased signal chain of going through that bassman ? You ,to my ears are real close. You got the exact amount of saturation as that 1st VH album. Lose the "fizzy" overtones, and your there.