what pickups to get this sound

[Transcend]

im glad someone dug these clips, over at vhlinks.com this song and the other one "rise" got panned by the van halen faithful.  Tone wise I wasnt too blown away mainly because of the sustainer over abuse but overall Ed is playing in more of a darker vibe.  As far as the bareknuckle thing goes, I was going to saw exactly what Tim said mainly because he told me the exact same thing months ago.  i had asked him what he thought in his line would do a good later day Eddie Van Halen and the immediate reply was the Rebels...happy hunting

if you dont already have the mp3s you can get them from

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=55667

[rockguitarstar]

thanks man, i grabbed them the second that they were available.  i nearly wet myself when i heard that there was some new Van Halen(albeit solo Eddie) available.  The only van halen releases that I've been cogniscent of in my life was BOV 1, Van Halen III and Best of Both Worlds...yeah its sad...i became a fan during the III tour and promptly have been cr@pped on by the band and by eddie van halen ever since.

[Ratrod]

Definately Alnico but not massively over powered as it cleans up really well when he rolls back on the volume. A Rebel Yell would do this very well, in fact the clip reminded me of some of solo stuff Steve's done.
Great clip!

Exactly what I was thinking.

[shaman]

def. hear rebel yell-as i was listening, it reminded me soooo much of the tone I am getting,lead wise, from the ry -