Updated thread: Eddie's appearance at NAMM '07

**SuckaInA3Piece** · 01.23.07, 01:21 PM

Thanks to Van De Groep, he graciously re-upped this vid for everybody on youtube.com. Gonna start a new thread for everybody that didn't get to see the clips the first time.

Discuss...

Also, here's a link to to vhtrading has started a tree of all the clips. (Thanks for the link Leroy)

http://www.vhtrading.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12984

**James in New York** · 01.23.07, 03:31 PM

We're back in business

Thanks!

**SuckaInA3Piece** · 01.23.07, 04:02 PM

Just watched it for the first time, and I must say that it was pretty fuckin cool. The amp and geetar sound like a perfect match, but it was just good to see Ed out there doing his thing.

Drunk, sober, hair up or down, who the fuck cares.

Go get em, Eddie!

Hopefully you'll bring these two guys when ya do...

**vanzefflin** · 01.23.07, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by SuckaInA3Piece

Just watched it for the first time, and I must say that it was pretty fuckin cool. The amp and geetar sound like a perfect match, but it was just good to see Ed out there doing his thing.

Drunk, sober, hair up or down, who the fuck cares.

Go get em, Eddie!

Hopefully you'll bring these two guys when ya do...

KERPOW!

**ZachenFoot** · 01.23.07, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by SuckaInA3Piece

Just watched it for the first time, and I must say that it was pretty fuckin cool. The amp and geetar sound like a perfect match, but it was just good to see Ed out there doing his thing.

Drunk, sober, hair up or down, who the fuck cares.

Go get em, Eddie!

Hopefully you'll bring these two guys when ya do...

It was damn good. His tone sounded very similar to Balance / 1996, which I really enjoyed.

Man, if he sounds this good on tour, he'd BETTER bring Mikey and Dave with. I'm NOT turning this into another Mike thread, its JMO. Just stating how I feel. Keep this on topic...

**SuckaInA3Piece** · 01.23.07, 04:15 PM

I dunno about that Balance era tone..I haven't heard a mean ass tone out of Ed since...1984. Minus some of the gain of course.

His tone got kinda soupy during the Balance tour, with all the chorus shit. That tone I just heard was just sick.

If you go and listen to Ed's solo spot during the San Diego show in 1984, it's pretty similar I think.

**ZachenFoot** · 01.23.07, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by SuckaInA3Piece

I dunno about that Balance era tone..I haven't heard a mean ass tone out of Ed since...1984. Minus some of the gain of course.

His tone got kinda soupy during the Balance tour, with all the chorus shit. That tone I just heard was just sick.

If you go and listen to Ed's solo spot during the San Diego show in 1984, it's pretty similar I think.

I'll give it another listen just to be sure. I never heard the San Diego show, always wanted to. Its what I heard from not really paying too much attention.

**Greenpaw** · 01.23.07, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by SuckaInA3Piece

Hopefully you'll bring these two guys when ya do...

FUCK YEAH SUCKA!!!!!!!!!!

**SuckaInA3Piece** · 01.23.07, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by Greenpaw

FUCK YEAH SUCKA!!!!!!!!!!

How bout it, Paw! Ed got me in here talkin VH with you crazies! Been a while for that.

Anywho, you guys can check out that solo I was speaking of. You'll notice that Ed's picking isn't anywhere near what it once was. So just try to listen to his tone and compare it with the new guitar/amp combo heard above.

http://rapidshare.com/files/13092083/Ed_Solo.MP3.html

**kowski** · 01.23.07, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by SuckaInA3Piece

Anywho, you guys can check out that solo I was speaking of. You'll notice that Ed's picking isn't anywhere near what it once was. So just try to listen to his tone and compare it with the new guitar/amp combo heard above.

Speaking of picking, though, it looks like he has his "butterfly" picking back. He didn't seem to be able to do it on the '04 tour, and barely in '98.

**kowski** · 01.23.07, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by SuckaInA3Piece

http://rapidshare.com/files/13092083/Ed_Solo.MP3.html

By the way, this is off-topic, but did you notice that during that solo, he does some of Cream's "Sitting on Top of the World", then goes into the "Jump" riff that would later be VH's "Top of the World"? I noticed that when I first heard the boot a few years ago.

**Double Down** · 01.23.07, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by vhrocks2005

His tone sounded very similar to Balance / 1996, which I really enjoyed.

I didn't get Balance at all, I got more of an old school tone. Sounded thicker and "crunchier" than I've heard it quite some time.

**Big Dainjerus** · 01.23.07, 06:57 PM

hes baaaaaack

**vhin04** · 01.23.07, 07:39 PM

Watched it again for the second time. That is some serious tone he's got there. Sort of like the 2007 version of VHI. Really good sounding stuff. That Fender seems like a winner, and I'm sure that the original Frankie has something to do with it. Really thrilled that Eddie seems good there too, not just his playing.

**jimmy** · 01.23.07, 07:56 PM

I think that there are a lot of cats out there who liked the fact that Ed had gotten away from the dripping wet sound from the FUCK days, but the tone from 5150 wasn't cutting it......too gainy.

Seems like his current setup reminds a lot of folks of Ed's earlier setups....

It killed me that he insisted on being plugged in for the 2004 tour for tone reasons, yet his playing at some shows was just down right horrendous......glad to see he's doing a 180....