Yes but it could be funny. I doubt EVH liked his sound being called "brown" for all those years.
That makes sense. I hear that woody sound in Alex's snare. I have a love/hate relationship with his drum sound. I don't really like the sound, but I have to give it to him for how distinctive it is. You know a Van Halen tune from the first hit of that snare on any tune, maybe even more than Eddie's guitar.Greg_L wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:04 pm Well it appears that the "brown sound" term is indeed an EVH invention. Of course he lies constantly, but many stories reference EVH's love for his brother's snare drum sound, which he describes as sounding brown, like he's beating a log. He wanted his guitar sound to match that snare sound. Lol. WTF. So once again, a drummer is responsible for everything.
I'll fight you for it. But I'm warning you now. I know 4 chords, two licks, and one scale.einstein magoo wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2017 12:59 pm I like that steaming pile emoji you got there Rami. But "steaming pile" is already taken...that's my tone
I think his snare has that 70s "black dot" head sound to it. It's like every 70s snare to me. It's not a sound I particularly like for myself, but it's that sound.rammer24 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:13 pm
That makes sense. I hear that woody sound in Alex's snare. I have a love/hate relationship with his drum sound. I don't really like the sound, but I have to give it to him for how distinctive it is. You know a Van Halen tune from the first hit of that snare on any tune, maybe even more than Eddie's guitar.
I find it a little more distinctive than most typical 70's snares. It has a "boink" that I recognize right away.
not gonna lie, if you wait for Amplitube to do one of there sales where they throw in a suite of amps it is well worth it rammer i did it a while back. And while i haven't really pumped out a full song yet, the little bit i have played with it it is pretty cool. If anything i will likely only use Amplitube as thickener tracks for guitar doubling. That was my plan. maybe a few leads and solos? Who knows, regardless it is good to have in your tool belt if you decide to drop money on it. But definitely wait for a power sale where you get way more bang for you buck. I got Ampltiube 4 plus the Orange Suite both for 129CAD i think? pretty good deal based on the cost of each component alone.rammer24 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2017 3:00 pm Thanx Miner.
Actually that clip was all sim and impulse. I got a trial of Amplitube 3, disabled the cab, and used Greg's cab impulses. I think it sounds pretty good. At least, no worse than my amp.
I went through all the Amplitube amps and the only ones I liked were their Marshalls, and maybe one of the Mesa Boogies.
For Marshalls, they have:
British Lead S100...which is.....Marshall® 1959 JTM100™ Super Lead (Hardly any gain)
British Tube Lead 1....which is....Marshall® JCM800™ (Pretty nice with good gain for rythm guitar)
British Tube Lead 2....which is....Marshall® JCM900™ (More gain but too fizzy for my tastes)
Vintage Metal Lead....which is....Marshall® JMP100™ head (My favorite and the one I used for all the guitars in the clip I posted).
So I used the "Marshall JMP100 head" for all the guitars and just used different cabs for the rythms and lead.
it is a pretty fun sim to use. it is essentially as thorough maybe a bit more as the IR's greg provided in terms of mic placements. however, in other aspects the trade off is thus:rammer24 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:53 pm I will take a look at 4 for sure. I still have to decide if I'm goint to go that way first. If I do, I'm sure I'll buy 4. If I'm going to do something, I'll get the best version of it that I can.
Those screen shots of the heads that Miner posted look intersting.
