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TONE NAME: BROWN SOUND

  • Created with: Spider Valve MkII HD100
  • Author:
  • Song:
    D.O.A.
  • Band:
    Van Halen
  • Guitarist:
    Eddie Van Halen EVH
  • Amp:
    Class A Red
  • Style:
    very very brown
  • Date: 2/27/12
  • Downloads: 1329
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  • Comments:
    This is what I've found to be the most authentic sounding replication of the EVH brown sound. It has the percussive "thwack" characteristic of Ed's tone on those early VH albums, most notably on the very raw Van Halen II (think D.O.A.) I've kept the channel volume low so that in order for the tone to be loud enough you must turn up the master volume, working the power section more! I chose the first Class A model for this tone because I believe it already possessed that key ingredient that just using the Plexi model would not provide--emphasis here was on tonal replication and not historical accuracy. Hit me up here https://twitter.com/blakeGTR/

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