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Forum Ringside => Players => Topic started by: Bainzy on January 28, 2006, 09:22:52 PM

Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: Bainzy on January 28, 2006, 09:22:52 PM
Here's a clip of the VHII doing some Van Halen 1. I didn't want to nail the tone exactly though as that would've required post EQ and masking the real tone of the pickup/amp, so I left that intact. My guitar is in the left speaker until the solo when it switches to the right.

 http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=3414098&q=hi

Again, the master volume is at bedroom volume level.
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: chrisola on January 28, 2006, 10:21:03 PM
great tone and playing... your amp + guitar sound REALLY great 8)
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: willo on January 28, 2006, 10:26:42 PM
Hey Bainzy, good stuff again!

What guitar do you use?
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: _tom_ on January 28, 2006, 10:44:44 PM
Your guitar and amp really get that old school metal tone! Love it
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: Bainzy on January 29, 2006, 12:31:55 AM
cheers guys  :D

the playing is really lazy on it (I haven't bothered to play the chorus riff tightly like the original) but it's so fun to record stuff with this amp, I wasn't bothered at all about playing it right!

Quote from: willo
What guitar do you use?


I use a custom built one, here's the spec:

Neck: Warmoth Jackson style (pointy headstock, ebony/maple, sharkfin inlays). Graphite nut, and locking Schaller tuners.

Body: Warmoth Stratocaster style, routed for H S H/AH (room for angled humbucker or normal humbucker in the bridge). Painted with hazard markings like my phaser pedal in my avatar.

Trem: Black Wilkinson vintage strat style trem. Graphtech saddles.

Pickups: Calibrated VHII set, the bridge pickup is angled towards the bridge on the side of the treble strings.

Scratchplate: brushed aluminium diamondplate

Controls: 500k volume, mid boost control, 500k neck tone control, and a small miniswitch for tapping the pickups outside coils only. 3 way switch (with middle position = both pickups on in parallel).


I really need to take some pics of the guitar, I'll post them as soon as I get my hands on a decent camera.
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: Twinfan on January 29, 2006, 01:16:44 PM
I can't get this to play.  Do you have a direct link to the mp3?
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: indysmith on January 29, 2006, 02:10:28 PM
Quote from: Twinfan
I can't get this to play.  Do you have a direct link to the mp3?

+1
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: Bainzy on January 29, 2006, 02:26:14 PM
I've attached it here:
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: Ratrod on January 29, 2006, 07:15:56 PM
It sounds fr!gg!n HUGE!
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: indysmith on January 29, 2006, 08:18:43 PM
yay thanks man - i'll just have a listen...
WHOAH that does sound HUGE.
I want a go  :x
Nice one man! I'm gonna go learn this song now, hehe
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: cdwillis on January 31, 2006, 08:55:03 PM
Nice clip, can you tell me what amp you're using and the settings?
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: 38thBeatle on January 31, 2006, 08:58:17 PM
Great clip- nice and ....well..... big.
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: nuntius on January 31, 2006, 09:08:32 PM
Great tone man.

With soundclick, it's best to link to the song page and not to the stream, as some firewalls seem to wreak havoc with the stream link!
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: HJM on January 31, 2006, 09:27:05 PM
Sounds good to me.... :twisted:
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: Bainzy on February 01, 2006, 03:54:09 PM
Quote from: cdwillis
Nice clip, can you tell me what amp you're using and the settings?


Marshall 1959slp, everything on 10. I've modded the amp quite a bit though, with a metroamp Dagnall OT, handwired circuit board and NOS tubes.

I fitted a PPIMV (post phase inverter master volume) to the amp, so I could get a decent sound at any volume level. The clip was recorded at bedroom levels.
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: JamesHealey on February 02, 2006, 10:23:13 PM
oooooooooooooooo f*ck me!

now thats bloody sexy!

christ i want a VHII now so badly!
Title: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil
Post by: dave_mc on February 03, 2006, 04:42:19 PM
that was sweet!

 :twisted: