Once again, I don't personally believe he slaved, live or in the studio, until later albums/tours, but it sounds good.Īs unfortunate as it sounds, unless you're 1978 Ed himself, you'll never sound like him. I'd give that a shot before trying the endless stream of pedals on the market. Those who use slaving say they love it for the studio tone. The studio was a big factor in the recorded sound, as has been with every coveted sound in the history of Rock. Of course, all this will only work for you if you're looking for the live tone. Another thing to consider is that preamp tubes will shape the tone quite a bit, and there's basically no information about what Ed used.
Ralle reamp clip metroamp forum mods#
Like most vintage circuits they are very simplistic, so the mods could really be anything. And just saying a plexi is modded is very unspecific. Factor in that components can sometimes drift in value, and you've got a wide range of possibilities. There is NO complete circuit "evolution" because there are always exceptions to every theory. Parts substitutions, in value and type were just how things were done back then. That makes sense, since that signature VH1 drive is gone from the second album.Īnd don't discount superlead's just because they didn't do it for you, "modded" or not. Ed has said a few times he was disappointed with his tone on the first album, and there is a possibility that he went to a lower output humbucker for the second album. Both of these are higher output than a PAF.
They hear a Super70 (standard in the Ibanez Destroyer) and possibly a Mighty Mite Distortion pickup. One thing I can mention though, since a few of the Isolated guitar tracks have come out some have said they don't really hear a PAF. Ask anyone who's tried to get the Angus sound at bedroom levels If you listen to AC/DC, you know a bit component of the sound is the speaker distortion. Since he also tended to crank his plexi up all the way, and supposedly used rock standard Greenback speakers, those speakers would be creating tons of speaker distortion. Either of these pedals hitting the front of Ed's amp was big-time distortion. The pedal claims +18dB of gain, which is a LOT. At least one slider is up all the way, and none are on the 'cut' position. The pedalboard, pictured in the top right, has the MXR EQ on it that particular day.
This was a totally different circuit, but what I'm getting at is that's a big part of the sound. Didn't sound like anything else, just sounded like my setup, but with more push to it. Though I've never personally used either the MXR or the Boss GE-10, I built a BYOC EQ for kicks a while ago, and it had a very pleasing (but noisy) overdrive to it. The EQ pedals he used had a whole bunch of gain on tap. Obviously the more plexi-voiced overdrive pedals previously mentioned here will do a better job.Īnd yes, there WAS a distortion/OD in front of Ed's amp. I once read a suggestion for a Jordan Bosstone without the clipping diodes. There is some talk about it on the Metro forum, Ralle made a clone and tweaked it to sound closer. Apparently everyone used them to get semi-close while using similar gear.
The MXR Distortion+ was popular for copping Ed's tone back in the day. I can make all sorts of suggestions for OD's, hell I'll make some now based on what people have used over the years. Again, the "EVH in a box" thing really is like asking scientists when the flying car will be made.
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