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Awesome!

Amazing

To me there's only a few guys that can nail the tone- Jim Gaustad, Top Jimi the profile maker and pete thorn. It's amazing how many internet guys think their tone is dead on but it's way off. You can just feel it when the tone is exact Eddie.

Super 70 for the Win. . When playing those chords, It has greater 'clarity' and you can hear each string clearly with little or no 'note bleed' The DiMarzio , is 'too much of too much'' ..The brutally powerful Ceramic Magnet combined with a Red Hot Wind = comparatively more mush than the Super 70s A8 magnet.. Im developing a variation on the Super 70 using a super rare "Short A8" magnet ...Its promising to have phenomenal clarity with no ice pick in the treble.

Thanks great detail!

Super 70 is way closer and everyone knows he used it on VH1. Without a doubt not even close really. Both sound good though

WOW!!!!

The second one is smoother ...

I would like to play like you ...

It seems that the first one has a better sound ... I don ' t know much about guitars ...

Holy crap, man. That Super Distortion pup has that top-end fuzz and the fat low-end I’ve always associated with Eddie’s tone.

I just love these videos they are so in depth, ive just recently came into being a fan of Van halen but Im a nerd about them now

Hey Jim, I've always loved the black and white Frankie. I have a white Charvel with black pick guard, and I think the black striped paint job would look really good on it. Man, the Floyd floating trem is so touchy though. Since my coma ( battling pancreatic cancer right now), I play kind of heavy handed. While muting the strings the notes often drop in pitch. Enough whining from me. Thanks for what you do brother. You are much appreciated.

Tone matched 100% great job!

Les petits arrangements guitare en arrière Plan sont tout simplement terrible🔥 ,je me lasse pas💪👏👏

Besides Eddie himself I’ve never heard Spanish Fly done exact, some have come real close, you sir nailed it! Right down to the paying attention to the nuances of his attack! Thank you

Not sure if youve covered this on your channel. Is there an accepted ballpark figure of the EQ curve they used for Unchained? I know you stated it is not the point of this video to match the post processed guitar sound. But now im very curious what is possible with the quality FX Loop in this amp. Judging by the isolated tracks I can tell his tone was slightly scooped in the mids. Possibly a bump in the lows .

Seymour Duncan Antiquity JB pickup in a 25.5" scale guitar with a Northern Ash body. Would that cover me for Fair Warning, too? *What strings?*

Thank you ! ! 🪄 ✨ 🎸

This is absolutely the closest I've ever heard to the almighty Edward Van Halen himself! I honestly couldn't distinguish between your playing and the Album version

Fair Warning is the pinnacle of 80s hard rock. There is no better album in that genre. Such an underrated album.

0:06 Eruption (1) 1:35 Eruption (2) 2:51 You Really Got Me (1) 4:18 You Really Got Me (2) 9:04 Runnin’ with the Devil 12:34 Ain’t Talkin’ ‘bout Love 15:51 I’m the One (1) 18:33 Atomic Punk 22:05 I’m the One (2) 22:45 Feel Your Love Tonight 23:54 Little Dreamer 24:49 On Fire

Hey Jim, What do you think of the possibility that Ed used two amps on 1984? First would be his holy grail Marshal on 10, 2nd would be another plexi on 5 or so.

I never understood why anyone would go to these lengths to replicate someone else. Especially when you will never even sound like Eddie even though you had the same gear, studio, mixing mastering as him. Find your own sound, your own style. Be yourself, create something new. Being a copycat will get you nowhere.

Great channel -very informative. Jim a couple of pickups to consider = Schaller Hot Stuff bridge for FW and the Dean Time Capsule bridge for 1. Also, one more notable pickup that nails the 5150 sounds, specifically Summer Nights = Schaller Golden 50. Just listen to Mcauley Schenker Group song Gimme your love - when the dude starts singing. Killer yet slightly brighter than Eddie. Every time I have recommended the Time Capsule, people are blown away at the musicality.

Not once did you brag about your playing, so I will do it for you. Your covers are nearly perfect. Yes the tone is spot on, but hive yourself some credit, the solos and licks are nearly identical. You have a real ear for this. Excellent work, thank you for this video. Will be watching repeatedly to school myself on this album.

PLEASE REDO THIS I LOVE UR VIDS WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A UPDATED VERSION

It's so close.... Just "sounds" like you need a thicker grill cloth on the cab.

Holy shit. This is incredible. You’ve completely recreated that sound!

THANKS! A commendable run through of a great amp!

Awesome

Biasing is current not voltage

I'm 65 and was fortunate to see VH six times in concert. Was in college when their first album came out, and the first time I saw them was in 1980 on the WACF tour. I was so excited at the time....they were awesome. We had great seats and I've got a good picture of Eddie jumping off the drum riser. (Had to smuggle a 35 mm Pentax in to the venue.....lens in one sock and the camera body in the other. It was difficult to walk without feeling that they would slip out of my socks or a bouncer would see!) Being a retired engineer, I thoroughly enjoy your deep dives, Jim! Thank-you!

Hey Jim...what is the effect of using 30 foot cables into and from effect pedals? Is there a 30 footer between pedals as well? I had always heard that Van Halen had a lot of cables on stage....doing some recording and curious about this... thanks!

So tough to get the tapped notes to shine and ring out clear. Shows it was in Eddie’s fingers.

What gear did you run for this? Plexi head?

Dang Jim your vids are like an Ivy League education on EVH! Love it, keep em coming

His waveforms looked smaller and more compressed😊

amazing

Can you even get a real S70 anymore?

Can you go into detail on how you set the bridge screws as far as how far down ya tighten them, and then how far you back them off after tightening them?? Thanks in advance.

Haven’t watched this video for a while and man I still love it. Tone! The best I’ve heard

You have to be the best EVH tone master going. Nailed it

I find the hardest part about this tone is the fine balance between getting enough gain to be able to do the pinch harmonic in the intro but not so much gain that it sounds wrong. I think the pickup matters A LOT for this particular song.

Very interesting- for me the Logic Recording info is extremely helpful. Nice work Jim - I will be sure to check out your other post

How big is the mismatch of coils?

Hey Jim what pickup is in this guitar? And I can’t remember but did you disclose what the coil mismatch is and output you recommend is for a Frankie paf? Thanks! Looking forward to 84’

Where did you show the head/amp?

I don't know if you go up into the non-DLR eras of chasing the tones, but I'd be incredibly curious to see how much things changed in the later years. All the lush chorus and amp changes... so different.

Great job!