How I Get My Van Halen Tones

Kind of a rig rundown of the guitars, pedals, amp, and recording gear I use to get close to Eddie’s tones.

[wakjob]

Boss & MXR... respect. Nice to see someone using common affordable pedals and not some persnickety high priced boutique stuff for a change.

[mesoanarchy]

The Stealth is incredible. The pickups on it catch the bottom from the Marshall perfectly while mods and highs are still crystal clear.

[prepared]

that kill switch on the Wolfgang is awsome, what a great addition to a already perfect guitar

[mikemcgrath]

Dude, Just excellent. Playing, Video, Content... Everything. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Subscribed.

[jefferyryan]

Awesome! I love this description of how it all comes together, and YES Hayden deserves a treat! ❤️

[TheMid]

man that marshall sounds AMAZING! I wish I had it. I think you should have more mid on the amp. Also, great playing, great video, great rig!

[johnpalm]

Not quite the EVH tone (it has to be more crispy and less delay in the mix). But your sound is so amazing. The amp is killer:-) As you already said, don’t buy EVH amps for an EVH tone.

But I realy like your sound! EVH or not EVH, you rock 🤘

[jimmyz]

Great playing, tone, and gear, my Van Halen loving Brother. Rock on. In Halen we rock. Cool vid! Thanks, and hope all is well.

[Barry_Poe]

When the Wolfgang came out Eddie said the switch was reversed because with the switch down, he would knock it to the middle position accidentally with his forearm while tapping.

[tonytrotter]

Awesome video and great playing. I love that Kramer

[Cherry_Sunburst]

Very, very nice video!
Thank you very much and keep on doing what you do...!!!
Long live the KING/EVH of rock guitar playing.
CHEERS.

[jwilder]

First riff you cranked was brown sound to me. I know some of you guys are searching for that last 1% but man you sound great as-is

[averydempsey]

I never noticed how much better the Frankenstein humbucker sounds than the Wolfgang

[Mickcotton]

That’s Amazing. Thank you so much for sharing. Rock n Roll RIP EVH ❤️🌸🥂

[rickgoddard]

It's your world thanks for inviting us in phuqin good bite of tones great set up!

[paulmenard]

Great video man… fantastic playing and amazing collection you’ve got there.

[jelmeromero]

Wow that’s a lot of gain! I didn’t know you could get so much gain out of a plexi. Cool!

[olivervixiennedominic]

The toggle switch thing is more practical than the usual gibson switch. More reason to wire it that way, anyway I've heard that Ed wired his that way because it gets in the way when he's tapping the harmonics.

[rjhii]

Great stuff dude! From one VH tone chaser to another, all cool stuff!

[cheesewesil]

Man that wolgang made a difference in tone! I will also add the neck on Evh 5150 isn’t like Ed’s kramer. His guitar felt more like a musicman