Comments on: The Final Word About EVH’s Super Lead? http://www.woodytone.com/2010/07/19/the-final-word-about-evhs-super-lead/ WoodyTone = ToneWoody Tue, 15 May 2012 21:37:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ollie Woodall http://www.woodytone.com/2010/07/19/the-final-word-about-evhs-super-lead/comment-page-1/#comment-912 Ollie Woodall Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:09:58 +0000 http://www.woodytone.com/?p=2104#comment-912 Now why on earth did Ed send the amp to Peter Van Hasslehoff if John had been in there and sorted it all out 3 years prior? Was Ed not happy with John's work on the OT swapout? Now why on earth did Ed send the amp to Peter Van Hasslehoff if John had been in there and sorted it all out 3 years prior? Was Ed not happy with John's work on the OT swapout?

]]> By: Gee Halen http://www.woodytone.com/2010/07/19/the-final-word-about-evhs-super-lead/comment-page-1/#comment-910 Gee Halen Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:21:13 +0000 http://www.woodytone.com/?p=2104#comment-910 There's a method for ME to achieve a bedroom-friendly brown-like sound. I have a Kramer Baretta with a (I guess) kinda higher output DiMarzio pickup, which I run into a stock, Taiwanese Boss DS-1. On the pedal I have the Tone and Level knob all the way DOWN with the Distortion all the way UP. Then I run the thing into a Peavey Nano Valve amp, a Class "A", 5W fully valve stuff. With the lower, but already distorted, compressed tone (note: it's still just the DS-1), I can run the amp on at least level 5 (out of 10), which is already loud enough for the neighbours in this block of flats I live in (note: on level 5 with the amp only you get this crystal-clear clean tone if you are just plucking gently, as soon you hit a big E-chord, it starts to scream wildly - great dynamics. You need the pedal to even these wild differences, but you can still play a lot with the gain on the amp). What happens is that I try to avoid preamp distortion in favour of poweramp distortion, and indeed, I can get many of the characteristics of EVH's tone. With the overdrive-kinda tone from the amp mixed with the distortion from the pedal you get this rich, mid-range sound with a little bit of hair, which won't mess up with chords, great for rhythm-sound (thumps really well with palm-muting), and sounds very EVH-ish with lead, but you have to work on harmonics, especially below the 4th fret. It's a really cheap, great sounding method in my opinion. There's a method for ME to achieve a bedroom-friendly brown-like sound. I have a Kramer Baretta with a (I guess) kinda higher output DiMarzio pickup, which I run into a stock, Taiwanese Boss DS-1. On the pedal I have the Tone and Level knob all the way DOWN with the Distortion all the way UP. Then I run the thing into a Peavey Nano Valve amp, a Class "A", 5W fully valve stuff. With the lower, but already distorted, compressed tone (note: it's still just the DS-1), I can run the amp on at least level 5 (out of 10), which is already loud enough for the neighbours in this block of flats I live in (note: on level 5 with the amp only you get this crystal-clear clean tone if you are just plucking gently, as soon you hit a big E-chord, it starts to scream wildly – great dynamics. You need the pedal to even these wild differences, but you can still play a lot with the gain on the amp).

What happens is that I try to avoid preamp distortion in favour of poweramp distortion, and indeed, I can get many of the characteristics of EVH's tone. With the overdrive-kinda tone from the amp mixed with the distortion from the pedal you get this rich, mid-range sound with a little bit of hair, which won't mess up with chords, great for rhythm-sound (thumps really well with palm-muting), and sounds very EVH-ish with lead, but you have to work on harmonics, especially below the 4th fret.

It's a really cheap, great sounding method in my opinion.

]]> By: Jay http://www.woodytone.com/2010/07/19/the-final-word-about-evhs-super-lead/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Jay Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:56:21 +0000 http://www.woodytone.com/?p=2104#comment-909 You bet! Glad you enjoyed it...more coming Wed. You bet! Glad you enjoyed it…more coming Wed.

]]> By: Jim W http://www.woodytone.com/2010/07/19/the-final-word-about-evhs-super-lead/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Jim W Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:46:38 +0000 http://www.woodytone.com/?p=2104#comment-908 Great work. Thanks for posting. Great work. Thanks for posting.

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