Ep. 110 - EVH Deep Dive with Jim Gaustad!

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Watching this now.

Interesting about the 16Ω resistive load connected to the 8Ω tap off the amp for the "Sammy" era.

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One hour in.. They start talking about the Van Halen tuning offsets and Allen Garber (garbeaj). Allen is in the live chat and it's hilarious to read.

It's the same shit as it was back 8 years ago on the MetroAmp forum.. all these idiots who don't know what the fuck they're talking about start arguing with him. They have never even tried these tuning offsets. They all say the same stupid shit, "Ed just tuned by ear!" blah blah blah. For fucks sake.

I bought a Peterson Strobe tuner on Allen's recommendation and tried those tuning offsets back when he first posted them, and they were a life-changing experience as far as tuning the guitar

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One hour in.. They start talking about the Van Halen tuning offsets and Allen Garber (garbeaj). Allen is in the live chat and it's hilarious to read.

It's the same shit as it was back 8 years ago on the MetroAmp forum.. all these idiots who don't know what the fuck they're talking about start arguing with him. They have never even tried these tuning offsets. They all say the same stupid shit, "Ed just tuned by ear!" blah blah blah. For fucks sake.

I bought a Peterson Strobe tuner on Allen's recommendation and tried those tuning offsets back when he first posted them, and they were a life-changing experience as far as tuning the guitar

There's a pic of Ed in the earlier years in the backstage dressing room with his guitar and an old-school Peterson strobe tuner.

"Ed just tuned by ear" well, maybe the B string for certain songs (to get rid of the annoying "beat")... but yeah, Peterson strobe.

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There's a pic of Ed in the earlier years in the backstage dressing room with his guitar and an old-school Peterson strobe tuner.

"Ed just tuned by ear" well, maybe the B string for certain songs (to get rid of the annoying "beat")... but yeah, Peterson strobe.

Yep.

I'm not sure why the idea of Ed not knowing (or caring) how to fine tune a guitar to itself is so appealing to morons, but it is..

Good luck finding a photo of early Van Halen backstage showing a picture of Ed without a guitar in his hands while plugged into a Peterson Stroboscope tuner.













Allen's revised/updated post detailing this info: http://forum.metropoulos.net/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=45970

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"Runnin' With The Devil"

1st string: Eb +12.7 cents
2nd string: Bb +26.9 cents
3rd string: F# +34.6 cents
4th string: C# +35.0 cents
5th string: Ab +35.0 cents
6th string: Eb +26.7 cents

"You Really Got Me"

1st string: Eb +23.2 cents
2nd string: Bb +20.9 cents
3rd string: F# +22.6 cents
4th string: C# +25.5 cents
5th string: Ab +25.5 cents
6th string: Eb +25.3 cents


"Eruption"

1st string: Eb +12.7 cents
2nd string: Bb +12.9 cents
3rd string: F# +14.6 cents
4th string: C# +15.0 cents
5th string: Ab +15.0 cents
6th string: Eb +12.7 cents


"Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"

1st string: Eb +27.7 cents
2nd string: Bb +27.9 cents
3rd string: F# +29.6 cents
4th string: C# +30.0 cents
5th string: Ab +30.0 cents
6th string: Eb +27.7 cents'


"I'm The One"

1st string: Eb +14.7 cents
2nd string: Bb +14.9 cents
3rd string: F# +16.6 cents
4th string: C# +17.0 cents
5th string: Ab +17.0 cents
6th string: Eb +14.7 cents


"Jamie's Cryin"

1st string: Eb + 7.7 cents
2nd string: Bb + 7.9 cents
3rd string: F# + 9.6 cents
4th string: C# +10.0 cents
5th string: Ab +10.0 cents
6th string: Eb +7.7 cents

overdubbed harmony guitars at the beginning and the end of "Jamie's Cryin"

1st string: Eb + 23.7 cents
2nd string: Bb + 23.9 cents
3rd string: F# + 25.6 cents
4th string: C# +26.0 cents
5th string: Ab +26.0 cents
6th string: Eb +23.7 cents


"Ice Cream Man" (electric guitars)

1st string: Eb +12.7 cents
2nd string: Bb +12.9 cents
3rd string: F# +14.6 cents
4th string: C# +15.0 cents
5th string: Ab +15.0 cents
6th string: Eb +12.7 cents

"Women In Love" intro

1st string: Eb +27.7 cents
2nd string: Bb +27.9 cents
3rd string: F# +29.6 cents
4th string: C# +30.0 cents
5th string: Ab +30.0 cents
6th string: Eb +27.7 cents

"Women In Love" humbucker equipped/distorted guitar on rest of track

1st string: Eb +12.7 cents
2nd string: Bb +12.9 cents
3rd string: F# +14.6 cents
4th string: C# +15.0 cents
5th string: Ab +15.0 cents
6th string: Eb +12.7 cents


"Outta Love Again"

1st string: Eb +27.7 cents
2nd string: Bb +27.9 cents
3rd string: F# +29.6 cents
4th string: C# +30.0 cents
5th string: Ab +30.0 cents
6th string: Eb +27.7 cents
(This is the same tuning as the "Women In Love" intro.)


"Spanish Fly"

1st string: D + 7.1 cents
2nd string: A + 7.3 cents
3rd string: F + 9.0 cents
4th string: C + 9.4 cents
5th string: G + 9.4 cents
6th string: D + 7.1 cents


"Take Your Whiskey Home" acoustic and electric guitars

1st string: Eb +9.7 cents
2nd string: Bb +9.9 cents
3rd string: F# +11.6 cents
4th string: C# +12.0 cents
5th string: Ab +12.0 cents
6th string: Eb +9.7 cents

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Metroamp thread link:

https://forum.metropoulos.net/viewtopic ... a6b34027ef

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Metroamp thread link:

https://forum.metropoulos.net/viewtopic ... a6b34027ef

Yep. That's his original post about the VH tuning offsets on MetroAmp forum dated 2014. I think he may have published the tuning offsets at some earlier date on another site.. VHLinks something..

I linked his updated thread from 2017 in one of my posts above. The 2014 one has all the MetroAmp morons arguing with him against his research and his findings.

Even that douchebag moderator "JimiJames" was trying to discredit his work in that thread.

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@ 2:10 parallel attenuator comes up.

Dave says what I've been sayin' for years.

You plug a 4x12 cab into one 16Ω (or 8Ω) tap, and a resistive (or reactive) load into the other tap. It'll lower the volume of a 100W tube amp by about one third.

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The last page of that thread is hilarious