Unchained - Van Halen cover

[saoa4248]

Hi everyone :) I want to share a video I've made many weeks ago :P
I'm using a vintage modern, but we can't see it, it's behind me :
I know I made some mistakes but, I thought I could share it anyway :D



Enjoy and leave some comments please :)

Keep Rockin' everyone 8) :twisted:

Andy

[slowpokerhino]

Sounds very good. Nice job!

[lowenzz]

Great job on the tones captured. Nice work sir.

[antoine]

Great job on the tones captured. Nice work sir.

+1 :D

[SteveD]

Nice one Andy and welcome to the forum by the way. I replied to a thread of yours a while ago and didn't realise you were a new member. :)

[saoa4248]

Thanks everyone :D

[mety]

Great tone Andy, well done!
You may wish to post your settings in the favourite settings sticky, I'm sure people will want to try them.

(Don't forget to add the master vol setting and mid-boost in/out which weren't mentioned on YouTube.)

[58lespaulman]

This is why I love this amp, it can nail any Marshall sound. GREAT CLIP!!!


Shane Pasqualla
http://www.youtube.com/user/58lespaulman

[saoa4248]

This is why I love this amp, it can nail any Marshall sound. GREAT CLIP!!!


Shane Pasqualla
http://www.youtube.com/user/58lespaulman

HELLL YEAH 8) Marshall Vintage Modern for life

[coldsteal2]

Sounds great man, :D

[klok]

Great sound! I'm having trouble getting the same "chug" sound on my VM. I recently got a 2266C (which has been great!), and I'm playing a Les Paul G0. For all my tests I've only put the master volume around 1 so that could be it. One tip from another thread was to get the master in the 7 to 10 range to get that nice brown sound. Might be difficult for my apartment but perhaps with a Weber Mini attenuator...
http://marshallvintagemodern.com/viewto ... f=1&t=5226

With the help of your settings I've been able to get a sound somewhat close to the Unchained demo from the Vintage Modern Pro Guitar Shop review who also uses a Les Paul:


My current thought is that the Burstbucker 1/2 pickups in my guitar have different tonal qualities which make that specific "chug" impact sound difficult to capture. There's another youtube video with someone playing an EVH Wolfgang Standard that (unsurprisingly) also sounds much like the recording.

Any Les Paul players out there able to create the brown sound? Suggestions and/or comments (from anyone) would be well appreciated. Thanks!

[surlybastard]

Great sound! I'm having trouble getting the same "chug" sound on my VM. I recently got a 2266C (which has been great!), and I'm playing a Les Paul G0. For all my tests I've only put the master volume around 1 so that could be it. One tip from another thread was to get the master in the 7 to 10 range to get that nice brown sound. Might be difficult for my apartment but perhaps with a Weber Mini attenuator...
http://marshallvintagemodern.com/viewto ... f=1&t=5226

With the help of your settings I've been able to get a sound somewhat close to the Unchained demo from the Vintage Modern Pro Guitar Shop review who also uses a Les Paul:


My current thought is that the Burstbucker 1/2 pickups in my guitar have different tonal qualities which make that specific "chug" impact sound difficult to capture. There's another youtube video with someone playing an EVH Wolfgang Standard that (unsurprisingly) also sounds much like the recording.

Any Les Paul players out there able to create the brown sound? Suggestions and/or comments (from anyone) would be well appreciated. Thanks!

In my experience the VM doesn't begin to open up until you get it above 4 on the master at the absolute minimum. I find at about that point the harsh highs roll off nicely and the bottom starts rumble (even with your bass down a fair bit). I usually set my Master between 5-6 somewhere (or higher if the situation presents itself, which to date it never has). I also keep a Weber MASS Lite in my bag for situations where I need to roll the volume back further. Really though, I have to agree with people who say if you want the true EVH sound you've gotta open the amp right up and get that power amp sag, and the only way to get it is to crank the master. If volume is a concern then you should probably look into an attenuator, I like my Weber but I've never used anything else so I can't give you a comparison to another brand/type. I will say in addition to cutting the volume I do notice a very slight loss of 'sparkle' in the sound, but I understand that's part and parcel to an attenuator.

[Slash1337]

Right on dude! You nailed the tone for sure. And excellent playing too man.

[gtrman]

Great VH sound you got out of the VM.
Nice playing as well - good rhythm chops - you got the main riff down perfectly!
Some trouble with the bridge part ... which is a bitch .. I made an Unchained demo myself awhile back ..
and had to spend a lot of time working that part out. You faked it pretty good though :-)

P.S
Nice Avatar. FZ rules !!

[yngzaklynch]