markbrid wrote:

7) Whatever EVH used on Van Halen 1

It was just a Marshall 1959 with everything on 10 plugged into a variac with the voltage lowered to about 90V and a dummy load so that it was used as a preamp.  There's absolutely noting special about the amp other than that.  The rest of the tone came from his a Charvel with a maple neck and whatever pickup he uses, his speaker cab (driven by a solid state power amp) and most importantly, Ed's fingers.

Peavey Pack©

VTM 60/120

Classic 50 (+410 open and 212 cabs)

Supreme 160 (+412MS cab with Sheffield 1290s)

Rockmaster preamp + Classic 60/60 power amp

Ultra Plus

5150

6505+

JSX

Also a JC120 and SLO would be cool. I never have and likely never will play any of the amps in the POD HD now so more is like free money to me. I would like a range of classic Peavey tones, since I am used to working with Peaveys (read: I am eternally broke )

Judging by the request for new amps i think Line 6 would take a look at this forum and say two many requests

so maybe we should set a a voting pole with say 6 most requested amps and let the public decide and that way Line 6 might take us more seriously.

rodney13 wrote:

 

Judging by the request for new amps i think Line 6 would take a look at this forum and say two many requests

so maybe we should set a a voting pole with say 6 most requested amps and let the public decide and that way Line 6 might take us more seriously.

I think L6 will pay more attention if eveyrone submits a feature request for whichever amp they would like to see modeled in the HD.

I have already submitted mine

gregr wrote:

 

johnnyayyy wrote:

as one site puts it "It had a transformer-coupled line out that was used to create a line out signal, which was then run into another Marshall amp's input. Basically it uses the first amp like a tube stompbox, and getting increased distortion, feedback, and gain that way"

 

Do your ears tell you that his tone is voiced through a second preamp and tone stack?

 

Mine don't.

I have never plugged a Jose modded vintage marshall Super Lead with a transformer coupled line out into another Marshall... so are you saying when you tried this it sounded different than Ed's version? I have read all of Jose's modded amps sounded different so I am not really surprised.

My ears tell me it doesn't sound like any normal 1959 Marshall.

And who knows, maybe the "input" used was an effects return. I wasn't there but I would love to hear from anyone here who was

I am pretty sure there were some mods to the amp done by Jose Arredondo, exactly what these mods were is the subject of much debate and speculation and will probably always be an unsolved mystery.

I do know that type of distortion does not come from your fingers...

gregr wrote:

 

johnnyayyy wrote:

 

effects return.

erm, yeah, that's it, lol.

I don't know, just a guess that would seem to make sense based on what people who allegedly were there have written... I wasn't there, how about you?

I just noticed you wrote the amp  was a Marshall with  "a dummy load so that it was used as a preamp"... do you reckon they plugged that preamp straight into the board and recorded it, or ran it through an amp of some sort and mic'ed the speakers?

gregr wrote:

 

Were you even alive in the '70s?

All ten years of them. Actually i would say the 1970's was when I was at my most alive.

Soon enough I will be IN my 70's...

How about you?

geriatric wrote:

 

Enough guys! I'm in my 60's. You're scaring me!  70 is coming soon enough. Leave me continue to believe I'm 25.  My wife thinks I am

25... those were the days...