DOA - Van Halen Cover

[PLX]

All guitars are me.

Using the isolated drums, bass & vocals from the Warner Bros album Van Halen II.

Hats off to Jim Gaustad for helping me finally nail the early VH tone with the gear I have !

Warmoth parts-caster
PAF pickup
Schaller Floyd Rose w/ oversized brass block
Ceriatone AH-50 (hot rodded Plexi)
Celestion G12M 20w speakers
SM-57 mics
IK Multimedia Sunset Sound Reverb Chambers plugin

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Thats really good playing. Three thumbs up.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

I love that early Van Halen.

 

[C-Grin]

 

[syscokid]

Dude! That’s pretty good…

 

[JJ119]

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Had to go back and listen to this a couple times.

 

[PLX]

Had to go back and listen to this a couple times.

The biggest things to that tone are the amp settings, and the blend of the two speakers and how they're mic'ed.

 

[syscokid]

Good thing that beast goes to eleven! Is the unlabeled control, a resonance/depth control? I like the cab, too!

 

[PLX]

Good thing that beast goes to eleven! Is the unlabeled control, a resonance/depth control? I like the cab, too!

I added the resonance control, and a couple of other mods to the amp when I built it..

I consciously omitted the effects loop that came with the kit, and instead I used that little daughter-board to construct a two-frequency gyrator circuit.

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Thanks alot, that song stuck in my head all day. My Wife goes,whats up with the van Halen lol

 

[PLX]

Thanks alot, that song stuck in my head all day. My Wife goes,whats up with the van Halen lol

Loved that track since I first heard it !

Ed's approach to rock music is just insane.

 

[syscokid]

... a two-frequency gyrator circuit.

I'm kind of afraid to know what this does...

 

[PLX]

I'm kind of afraid to know what this does...

It's an active filter.

When I first joined MetroAmp forum in 2004 and asked for help modding a Laney AOR 100, Steve (SDM) sort of became my mentor for about the next 10 years.. helping me via email.

At one point I had an idea about an active filter circuit (using a gyrator) that you could build into an amp, and for the first time, Steve got real cagey about answering my questions. He finally said he was working on the same thing, but it was proprietary and he couldn't help me or talk about that subject.

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

That is dead on , nice work

 

[PLX]

That is dead on , nice work

Thanks man !

It definitely has the right feel to it !

 

[ibmorjamn]

All guitars are me.

Using the isolated drums, bass & vocals from the Warner Bros album Van Halen II.

Hats off to Jim Gaustad for helping me finally nail the early VH tone with the gear I have !

Warmoth parts-caster
PAF pickup
Schaller Floyd Rose w/ oversized brass block
Ceriatone AH-50 (hot rodded Plexi)
Celestion G12M 20w speakers
SM-57 mics
IK Multimedia Sunset Sound Reverb Chambers plugin

Bravo !