Van Halen Amp Settings

Power Amps set on Deep And Modern 2Main Distortion Channel. EVH did boost his amps though its no lie he uses the boss sd-1 into his stock mashall plexiface he probably used that setup for recording those songs this guy gets close with his 68 spec.

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Youll need to tweak based on your setup.

Van halen amp settings. While Van Halen dials-in a moderate amount of overdrive from his amps if you listen to his classic recordings carefully youll discover that he didnt use as much gain as most people realize or remember. I really wanted an amplifier that I could just plug my guitar in and turn on a Van Halen record and play along with it and not sound like I was playing through something inferior. Typical Early Edward Van Halen Studio Setup Diagram.

Your guitar through your hands and your amp in your roomstagevenue is going to sound different than Eds handsguitarsampscabsstudiomicmic preoutboard compressionEQmixing. Electric guitar amp settings and tone settings for many rock bands including Dragonforce slipnot alice cooper nickelback death metal trash metal punk blues jazz country old school rock classic rock deep purple alice in chains slash radiohead Brendon Small Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society Jimmy Hendrix Jimmy Page neil young rush steve jones Mick Mars. Here are my 90s Van Halen-inspired settings for the Yamaha THR30ii amp.

Bedroom volume mega gain and nice clean tone. This is a response to jgwetworth who asked about my ampsettings that I used on this cover. The setting Ive selected in the MASTER SETTINGS section are.

65 Power Amps set on Deep And Modern 3Lead Channel. Boosting or cutting the EQ on the Amplifier Simulator has a different effect on the tone than the MASTER SETTING part. Once youve got the basic incredients solid guitar amp and the.

When selecting an amp there are some basic rules of thumb that will help. Either way the settings below are a great guideline Chorus setting for the Van Halen tone provided your amp EQ is set properly and your guitar is setup properly. As for Cathedral set it for only one repeat that is as loud as the original note and set it for the tempo of the recording as you hear it on Diver Down if you are trying to learn how to play the version on Diver Down as opposed to any live version.

Set up as midboost only occasionally used depending on the guitar 2. Set the EQ flat ie. None at all my amp is tone monster.

55 Lead 1 Drive. 0 We want all of these at 0 as we dont want any semitone pitch adjustment we only want to use the detune later in the settings Volume 1. The basis of his setup was fairly stock although was slightly modified over the years.

Put the gain up to about a quarter to. Comments and modifications to your 5150. AMP SETTINGS.

Heres a video of my settings tried to show as much as I could. Lead 1 Red Gain. You asked and I have delivered.

All settings at the half way point or 12 oclock this gives you a neutral starting point so that the EQ isnt colouring the tone too much yet. Metal veil of maya. Years of hard work later the result is the Stormhenge Superthump 50 a carefully crafted copy of EVHs 1967 100-watt Marshall Super-Lead Plexi amp head which he used to record Van Halen albums through 1986s 5150.

Share your videos with friends family and the world. Additionally below is a diagram of Eddie Van Halens early amp setup. These settings have been made to sum up the Van Hagar.

See earlier sections of this page for tips Standard setting basic rule of thumb guideline only. EVH 5150 IIIS Channel 1 Gain. And added a.

Please see the diagram below for a basic reconstruction of the setup EVH used for the main part of his career. Various old 12ax7 tubes in preamp. Marshall plexi Super Lead unmodified although simple modifications such as a cascaded input stage or added gain through capacitorresistor exchanges may have been made.

Published on May 20 2009. As far as amps Van Halen used a modified mid-1960s Marshall Super Lead head in the early days and various Marshall 4x12 cabinets. 45 Lead 2 Drive.

45 Lead 1 Drive. Lead 2 Yellow MarkII Lead Sound Gain. 100 Same here Panorama 1.

Also remember that there is no one Van Halen setting or tone Barely moving any of the knobs will result in drastically different sounds. Good all around sound. 100 We want this on 100 full as we will control the overall detune effect in relation to the dry signal with the mix level Volume 4.

Think of the AMP EQ as changing the EQ on the Virtual Amplifier and the MASTER SETTINGS EQ as changing the EQ on the mixing board after it has been recorded.

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