Author Topic: VHII Bridge - Runnin' With The Devil (Read 11717 times)

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.

chrisola · « **Reply #1 on:** January 28, 2006, 10:21:03 PM »

great tone and playing... your amp + guitar sound REALLY great 8)

willo · « **Reply #2 on:** January 28, 2006, 10:26:42 PM »

Hey Bainzy, good stuff again!

What guitar do you use?

_tom_ · « **Reply #3 on:** January 28, 2006, 10:44:44 PM »

Your guitar and amp really get that old school metal tone! Love it

Bainzy · « **Reply #4 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.

Twinfan · « **Reply #5 on:** January 29, 2006, 01:16:44 PM »

I can't get this to play. Do you have a direct link to the mp3?

indysmith · « **Reply #6 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

Bainzy · « **Reply #7 on:** January 29, 2006, 02:26:14 PM »

I've attached it here:

Ratrod · « **Reply #8 on:** January 29, 2006, 07:15:56 PM »

It sounds fr!gg!n HUGE!

indysmith · « **Reply #9 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

cdwillis · « **Reply #10 on:** January 31, 2006, 08:55:03 PM »

Nice clip, can you tell me what amp you're using and the settings?

38thBeatle · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2006, 08:58:17 PM »

Great clip- nice and ....well..... big.

nuntius · « **Reply #12 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!

HJM · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2006, 09:27:05 PM »

Sounds good to me.... :twisted:

Bainzy · « **Reply #14 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.