We Built the ULTIMATE Van Halen Rig! Woodshed EP 107

[@caveydl]

This is straight ‘Live Right here Right now’. Best tone ever.

[@andywoodmusic]

EXACTLY that era!!!

[@These_go_to_eleven_1959]

@@andywoodmusic Yeah the show and especially the song "Judgement day" is really the only more modern VH tone i really liked. I am much more into his pre 1984 tones.

[@dexterw507]

Hey Andy, so awesome. How would this be engineered into a FOH ? Is it simply Wet L into L, Wet R into R and Centre dry in both L & R ?

[@andywoodmusic]

3 inputs to For@@dexterw507

[@andywoodmusic]

FOH would control all 3 inputs and panning

[@wendelllaffin240]

I just bought the Eventide Micropitch and coupled with the EVH OD its completely changed my Revv D20 mono rig... this video is the best deep dive into the modern EVH sound. amazing.

[@matt926uk1]

Omg the cable management is beautiful 😮

[@qua7771]

I was thinking the same thing. I'm putting together a pedal using cables from Amazon. There's only so many options getting lengths of similar cables. I forgot how much cables cost, and didn't realize how many are required.

[@steveshuler1957]

Andy, on your D-Tuna..the reason that thing gets stuck or is hard to pull in-out is the fine tuner is screwed down on it preventing it from moving. You have to unscrew the fine tuner all the way to the top, unlock it (at the nut) and get that top string in tune (to drop D) BEFORE you lock it down at the nut. May take several attempts to get it right but that’s what it takes. You only have a half turn downward if that much to play with. Once you get it in tune push D-Tuna in and use the little Allen wrench to fine tune the E. Pain in the butt…you bet. 😅 but no more tugging, pulling or bending the trem down to get to it..good luck. BTW my family is from Marion NC also. 😉 Awesome rig!

[@andywoodmusic]

Thank you sir!!

[@steveshuler1957]

It’s good to watch you guys get excited with this rig. Like young fellows catching that first fish and the excitement that brings. At 66 I hope I never lose that excitement when I’m fishing or hearing a good guitar rig. We just didn’t have all this back in the 70’s. If nothing else use this rig on one song and stick it on a record. Scott Splawn is a pioneer in this area and has been doing WDW for years. Makes some killer amps too. I know this legacy is in good hands with you so enjoy 😊. 🎸

[@Mossy5150]

@@andywoodmusic It also helps if you do your setup and intonation in the Drop-D mode, then adjust everything to sound good in E-mode; I have found that guitars that ship from the factory setup for standard-tuning generally need the saddles moved forward just a tiny tiny bit to work nicely with a D-Tuna.

[@StratTones]

@@steveshuler1957 I worked at Splawn years ago and Scott is a personal friend of mine for almost 25 years. He’s a good of a guy as I know and heck of a builder and player!

[@steveshuler1957]

@@StratTones Yes Scott and I go way back when he was at NAPA store on Dallas-Cherryville Hwy. He is a wizard on amps and gear. Great guy and I always enjoy talking to to him about gear. We’re lucky we have a person of his caliber to drop in and talk to locally. Good stuff 👍

[@jamesraleigh4299]

You need to share this rig setup with Joe Satriani who is now trying to develop a rig for playing the Van Halen tunes!!!!

[@BAND-MAID-USA]

More importantly, teach him how to NOT butcher Eddies work like he currently is.

[@JacksonCamblin]

Well he first has to not suck at playing Van Halen

[@MichaelDouglasSkewes]

I have been running wet dry wet since 1985 ,the idea came from Randy Rhoads and an effect he was doing on the Diary tour, I also knew Randy and took lessons from him. But ,anyway, what I did was run 2 Modded JCM 800 Marshalls and I ran a Soldono, and or Randall . It was a ,is a huge wall of sound . Anyway, I have been running this set up actually since 83,but playing it live since early 85. I didn't have that much stuff on my board ,ever! But ,everyone does their own thing. But,yours sounds good, just a lot of stuff going on!

[@qua7771]

I keep hearing about this, but I only play at home now. Can you get that sound from a small rig? Say, a 50w plexi, and a 20w something else?

[@MyLifEcademy-sr4hy]

I used my Marshall JCM800 with two Crate 2x12 as my "wet-stereo" thing...

[@qua7771]

@@MyLifEcademy-sr4hy Some of the old crate cabs had Celestions.

[@darrenmeza7166]

This is absolutely amazing! I love the fact that you're playing Hagar era. Most people skip that or don't acknowledge that but I feel that was some of Ed's best writing. Early Vh was all about riffs to me but Hagar area was all about the SONG and Ed really shined musically and melodically in the Hagar era Andy Fucking Wood everyone!

[@Mcfly0856]

When he says "it's life changing", he's not joking one bit! I don't think I could ever go back to a mono rig either after trying it myself. It's nice to see Eventide and Boss replicating the vintage outboard gear too, that stuff keeps going up in price.

[@Rodrigo_Esteban]

One of the most heart warming tones ever, i got the chance to play into a similar rig i felt like i was flying, it's so celestial and responsive

[@BonJovi1987Fan]

This has to be the best eddie tone video of all time in my opinion.

[@ranger5281]

Incredible! Thanks to Andy for the inspiration, and for sponsoring and filming this "Wet-Dry-Wet" Dream. And to XTS for masterminding the build. My favorite quote ==> "This is not your typical Nashville rig".

[@TheCyberianWonder]

Even wearing headphones to hear this over video, this rig shines and sparkles with a huge, alien-like sound.

[@andywoodmusic]

It was so crazy in the room

[@danguitarman91]

Ben's a legend so great to see him through this rig

[@BenEller]

You’re too kind!

[@DoktorDamage]

@@BenEller Your playing sounded awesome thru that Rig !!! I got my headphones on here. Nice wall of sound !!! Loved that wet / dry / wet sound !!!

[@tfbattag]

@@BenEller Inspiring step-dads everywhere!

[@redskyrainfall]

I don’t normally comment on most videos, but I just had to say thanks a million for doing this! I’ve recently been obsessed with this sound and it’s a tone I’ve been chasing for a while. Shout out to the amazing people behind the construction of this rig, and the musicians that were in that room. I’m jealous of all of you lol. Much love 🤘🏾🤘🏾

[@andywoodmusic]

Cheap and easy way to recreate- sde-3000 into 3 of the smallest 5150 icons. The 10” inch ones. Full on legit WdW rig

[@vanscool]

That sounds amazing! Just wondering if this could be achieved with a Fractal AxeFX since it has stereo delays and pitch shifting capabilities? Love to know your thoughts. Thanks so much for sharing this with us!

[@andywoodmusic]

@@vanscool I made a patch on the fractal that’s as close as I’ve heard. It’s on my website for like $4

[@MrMetalhorse]

"The power of the sun in the palm of my hand" is the quote I keep thinking about while listening to that tone. Also, I just keep thinking just how fun it must be to play at that volume! WITH THAT TONE, and it sounds like that IN THE ROOM!! To stay with my comic book inspired commentary, it really must feel like you're a superhero.

[@PerryCodes]

Eller just previewed a bunch of AMAZING VH-ish tones! Satriani is the wrong guy to be on tour playing Eddie's tunes... Either you or Ben would KILL IT!

[@BenEller]

Thanks a bunch! It’s weird, Andy and I both fell down this WDW-era Van Halen tone obsession simultaneously. Maybe Mercury is in Gatorade???

[@andywoodmusic]

@@Sorbzski99I think Satriani is gonna kill it too! 💪🏻

[@guitarmike6757]

What an outstanding video!! Congratulations to all involved!! I will never be able to unhear this👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@BAND-MAID-USA]

Satriani is DEFINITELY the wrong guy for the VH gig. Thorne woulda been great but. Sammy and Mike probably understand they need a huge name in guitar. But Joe DEFINITELY isn’t the guy. It’s not good at all.

[@Bart-5150]

You have nailed the VH tone. This is the best video! and the icing on the cake…the 3 Roland cubes! Thanks

[@BillFromDeadAirRadio]

Good grief LOL first chord sound freakin HUGE! 😂🙌🏼 I’m giddy as a schoolboy watching. 🔥🤩

[@lucamoqi]

Oh man, this is so great. When you hit that first chord I felt it like a punch. It sounds so big and three dimensional through my speakers, I can't imagine what it feels like in real person! I love when you nerd out on Van Halen stuff. p.s. I'm the guy who asked you what is your fav VH record in Italy during the clinic haha

[@andywoodmusic]

Cheers Luca!!!

[@LAboomR]

I listened to the Australia show of 3 because it’s a quality recording Andy, you nailed it brother. 👍🏻Brings tears to my eyes thinking how consistently great his live tone was was genius he was 💙

[@DreidMusicalX]

Eddie left us with a tone unmatched. This is awesome! I would love to play on this rig!

[@jimandcathep9915]

I love that Andy had the biggest smile on his face the whole time he was playing - that there is what its all about !

[@ChrisToft]

Wow! That was epic! Great work man. Eddie’s tone on balance and FUCK is just the best!

[@tubular2times]

Thank you for taking the time to ask the detailed questions - AND the simple questions that a beginning guitarist may also need to know. After all Eddie LOVED inspiring young people to LEARN AND HAVE FUN playing! Great stuff! .... Now, If I could just find some more money, and more room!

[@williamwagnon2809]

Awesome episode! Eddie's sounds are just pure put a smile on your face FUN!! Loved it! Gonna have to get a Boss EVH SDD3000. The presets alone are worth it!

[@jeffgagawood3741]

Thanks Andy sounds so incredible actually made me extremely sad on how much we all miss him!!!

[@ContemporaryFingerstyleGuitar]

The board took a lot of creativity to pull off! Very flexible and sounds great. Thanks for putting a smile on my face and making my weekend. The video held my attention the whole time.

[@AndGW9]

Watching so many people trying to emulate Eddie Van halen, exploring his rig, sounds, techniques and music really is a beautiful thing to see. What a legacy this man has left to the world!

[@davetrombetti4240]

This is one of the best videos I’ve seen on wet, dry, wet, rigs. Not to mention the Van Halen sound. I was digging it so much that I think I’m probably gonna do it. I have three vertical 2X12 speaker cabs, a Peavey 6505 mini head, an EVH LBX/S and a Peavey ToneKing mini head. I have the pedals so I know I can get this done. My living room is about to rock.

[@scottpeters4401]

I am pretty much a bedroom player these days,I have an AxeFXIII thru studio monitors that I use most of the time…Living in an apartment,it’s just way more practical…..However…in the corner I have a full blown W/D/W rig,with the SDE EVH3000,5150 Stealth amp,and a 4x12 and two 2x12’s…every now and then,when the neighbors are gone,I fire this up,and it ALWAYS puts a smile on my face,and I end up getting lost and playing for hours…or until someone tells me to turn it down….You are exactly right,you can’t “unhear”it…it’s like going from black and white to full color,HD TV….

[@TechMetalRules]

18:34 Hey, Andy! Whenever you get a chance you should do a little "Dreams" lesson video, highlighting a few key riffs and licks from the song!

[@larslevinberget9558]

Yeah! I dug that guitar-rendition of Dreams :D

[@michaelwade379]

This is so fun. Make no mistake, give me Eddie's hands first, second, I love the simpler 70s era setup but it's awesome to dive into the more complex WDW tones that Eddie worked into his rig as time went on. Love it Andy!

[@scramick]

This sounds great! Dave Friedman hooked me up with the W/D/W system he uses utilizing two old-school SDE-3000s. Once you go W/D/W, you never go back!

[@caveydl]

Once I see Ben I knew he’d play Can’t get this stuff no more.

[@BenEller]

Hahaha I gotta!!! So underrated.

[@ryanfitzgerald7969]

Extremely underrated

[@ryanfitzgerald7969]

Ooooh Ben comin’ in with the “Can’t Get This Stuff No More”

[@jayboy6895]

Fantastic episode Andy. I thoroughly enjoyed watching. I would love to see you guys approach the Landau, Huff , Luke rig to the same extent. Wishing you an Awesome 2024.

[@andrewpartington7274]

RJ Ronquillo just did a board build exactly like that!

[@Sneaky-Snek]

Ben is right, that badass rig needs to be in an arena or somewhere with lots of natural reverb

[@BenEller]

Let that thing be in its natural habitat!

[@youWoNtLikeMe04]

Sounds awesome. As a hobby, I've been gathering gear to build something close to this on smaller budget scale. Using 2 boss katanas for wet, an evh lbx stealth, evh 2x12 cab, micro pitch, sd3000, brays line out box to grab the signal out of the head to run into the sd3000 to feed the katana's... only missing 1 katana and the sd3000. Hearing this is pushing me closer. Was waiting on someone to play the intro to "don't tell me what love can do"

[@MattShelley138]

This is the sweet spot and something you could take to a gig (maybe wet/dry as a tradeoff)

[@MattShelley138]

If I make it to the Woodshed experience I’m going to play Aftershock - that song is an EVH masterclass

[@rw8680]

Has to be the best gear video I’ve ever seen here on KZbin. Love how you discussed the components and signal path in the beginning then letting everyone play thru the rig to demonstrate it. Absolutely incredible. I’d love to have XTS build me a pedalboard like this. What would the price range be to get into this?

[@terrylittrell9596]

Great job and thumbs up to all involved in this project...My build a board project may... have just turned a new direction.... Skill, passion, and talent... Total respect for you guys.

[@Thursdays95]

That is the most awesome set up. It just screams for someone to play Intruder! Intruder was a history making intro in my book. Eddie Van Halen introduced to the world just what you can do with a guitar. I think that applies to his music,but that intro really set the bar! Awesome show. Thank you so much!

[@kevinp_25]

Thanks for this. I absolutely love wdw. My "real" board also had the SDE3000 EVH and a MicroPitch. I had them in a Paralllelizer. Amps were a 5153 50w Stealth and a Powerstage 700. Just a ridiculously gratifying rig to play. Lately I'm using an FM9 and three FRFRs and it's equally gratifying. And *waaay* easier to setup/build.

[@johnmiller3804]

Andy! What a fun project this must’ve been for everyone involved !Thanks for sharing this Your enthusiasm is so inspiring man👍

[@OnfloorAudio]

Ive wired many pedal boards in the past , but thats a thing of beauty right there !! I can only imagine the sounds coming from that room . Great video Mr. Wood !!!! You hang with some great company ...

[@These_go_to_eleven_1959]

I always knew the EBMM axis was a amazing guitar but i had no clue it was that much better sounding than the EVH wolfgang! Must be those custom wound dimarzio's! 👍 I know i love my axis from 2016!

[@BAND-MAID-USA]

Although I’d never be able to figure out the routing myself, even after 40 years of playing, I would sale a couple family members for this rig pre-built for me. Absolutely insane rig. Probably the best I’ve ever seen on KZbin. Wait. Absolutely the best I’ve ever seen on KZbin. Eddie was such a mastermind at every single thing possible. Can’t even imagine a world where Eddie never existed. The world was literally made so much better by him. This is the best rig probably on earth. Forget Brain May and Bonamassa etc. This is the best rig ever made.

[@garettoverstreet]

Andy out of all the videos chasing THE EVH TONE, you guys are the only ones to have completely nailed it! Great job.

[@andywoodmusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@scottbakernc]

I just set this up with my Kemper and some M. Britt 5153 profiles (all profiles too) and it sounds AMAZING! I have a powered head and used that out the Monitor (Mono) using the Stack setting and ran two QSC 10.2 powered monitors on each side as the Main Outs (Stereo) using the DLY/REV Wet setting and it is this same signal flow and separation. Sounds incredible! Thank you for the inspiration for this!

[@andywoodmusic]

Make a video! Id love to hear your results!!!

[@mariocarreiro6946]

Edward is & always will be king. Rest in peace my guitar hero. Watching this i had tears in my eyes, he is definitely missed.

[@obxbeach3985]

For someone like me, wanna be nerdy but not, I would like to see a diagram how to hook up the amps and the one pedal you said is the only pedal you need. The bottom left. Thank you for all the work, awesome to hear and watch ! Much appreciation.

[@kevindietz6470]

LOVE all the Carnal Knowledge riffs, so badass, tone is ON POINT! 🤘🤘🤘

[@Lorneplumber]

Just amazing. Thank you all for your time and talent in bringing this together

[@rareform6747]

Wooooo Tone Harmonics 💫 Amp Collector Gear & Playing from 1967 . Wire Up For Years. "Impressed" . One of my best rigs - Two JCM 2000 DSL's with the Rockman X-100 in Stereo Front with Wah . Rest of pedals in the Back . Everything Sounds Better 💥

[@lucasperez9229]

Andy this is so awesome! I can only imagine what it sounds like in person. The Van Hager era was monstrous, I loved the music and writing in those years.

[@rztricky]

What is fantastic about this, is that those of use who have been in different rooms, cabs on 45 in a corner, to our left or right side sitting down, all the variables, can headphones this episode and be in the room. The only thing you didn’t do Andy, and I wouldn’t have thought to do while on the sortie either, was putting an iPhone in horizontal on the seat for the straight on POV spectrum. But then we get to see the real reaction to the size of the spread and quite frankly the bewilderment on some faces that play the rig in realtime. I really dig the effect exploration of gear had on Eddie. And F.U.C.K. was our picture of one of Eddie’s boss level achievements. After he created a Boss level template from 78 through 5150. I specifically appreciate you Andy for cracking out Dreams and the beautiful song serving chords of that collection of live grabs. Killer work Andy and the team for putting this rig together.

[@RockSchoolJim]

Thanks for all the time and effort on this Andy and XTS! Soooooo great!!! I think Ed would have been so geeked to see all of you experiencing this wdw rig of Doom!!! Long Live EVH!!! ❤🤍🖤

[@TechMetalRules]

YES!!! I just added an H90 to my board to get a bit closer to some of those iconic sounds!

[@Bender6amer]

Okay. This was bloody awesome 👌 And nice work @BenEller sneaking in THREE Satch tracks.

[@Wileylikethehawk]

That’s awesome. I play in a Floyd act and have a huge complex rack rig, but obviously when we aren’t on tour I can’t use all that stuff in normal bar band gigs…. And watching this makes me miss it so much. There’s nothing like cranking up a huge rig full of modulation and delays!

[@MrCecilbag]

I've watched this video a few times at this point. I can't get it out of my head. Great playing by you and of course Uncle Ben. This setup has me finally realizing what I can do with my stacks since I started doing shows with Kempers and Fractals a few years ago. I just play in cover bands a few times a week but this has me missing my amps. So glad I didn't sell them. I'm getting an sde3000 pedal and setting this up. I can't wait. It has me thinking about three 1x12 cabs for a managable mini live rig......

[@tannertrew7784]

I have been trying to wrap my head around the signal chain. The phaser and flanger pedals go through the interface into the front of the dry amp. In the dry amp's fx loop, the send goes to the SDE, splits stereo L/R and those signals go through the interface to the wet(mixed with some dry). The mono dry output from the sde ends up going through the interface and back to the fx loop return. Does that dry mono signal get split and sent to the micro pitch, which then sends its L/R stereo outputs to the interface and gets mixed with the SDE's L/R? Otherwise how could you detune each individual wet amp when it doesn't have stereo through inputs?Or am I missing something? This video inspired me to start a plan to start designing a similar rig, but how to use the SDE and micro pitch together without running the sde in full wet stereo is the only thing I can't figure out. Thanks for the killer video!

[@ordinalkirk]

Yes, i know this video does not appeal to everyone on Earth, but to those of us who understand what is going on -this is the best video of the year! Thank you for doing this!

[@DWSmith27]

King of WDW. Puts a tear in my eye reflecting back on that sound. Awesome job!

[@texastyrannyresponseteam794]

I'd love to play that rig.. you can hear how great it is from here.. i've played through a wet/dry/wet rig for years.. it's ever evolving for me.. not quite as nice as your setup.. i need that delay and the eventide.. it sounded a little muddy before you mic'd it.. then she sounded great.. but i bet it's awesome in the room with the rig. i use various combinations of pedals, multiple helixes, kemper, amps, cabs, DI to FOH, etc.. like i said.. it gets convoluted sometimes.. i only have one 5150.. but i have marshalls and mesas.. h&k..but i've played through everything at one point or another.. now and then i have to make myself start over with the basics and rebuild it from scratch.. fun stuff..

[@Afurthyclays]

I'm going to have to watch this more than twice.... Mind boggling! Invaluable, but so detailed, I'm sure I've missed a few things on first viewing. 🤔

[@pwnEdge1]

I got this EVH 3000, don’t really use the wet/dry/ to often, I changed the first few preset for my liking, for my effects loop, gets the delay sound I link. Little bit learning curve to set up to get to the right places

[@brettdiaz]

I think this shows that at the end of the day, Andy is a fan like the rest of us. This is awesome.

[@andywoodmusic]

Mega fan. ❤️🤍🖤

[@BAND-MAID-USA]

Ya gotta be a MEGA fan to go through this much. Most ppl have no idea the amount of chaos, time and work involved in making this rig correctly.

[@christopherlauter9403]

Andy I just recently learned about you from a friend of yours named Doug Bryan. Although I’ve never had the gift or the ability to play the guitar, something happens between my brain and my fingertips that make it virtually impossible. With that being said, I am a huge fan of guitar players. Ronnie Earl being one of my favorites. And of course EVH. I know everything there is about a guitar pick ups sound and it’s literally my hobby. So I hope you don’t mind but I am now living vicariously through your videos. Absolutely incredible guitar player and hope to meet you one day. just to let you know when I was 12 years old in 1970 I was a pop music maniac knew every song every word and a lot about the person singing. That was until a friend of mine brought over his eight track of a band I never heard of. I plugged it in these words came out general gathering their masses just like witches that black masses. From that day forward, I’m a huge metal fan, Eddie Van Halen fan and music in general fan. I’ve studied a lot of your videosand welcome to Chris’s favorite guitar players. Hope to meet you one day and if you read this, thanks for taking the time.

[@andywoodmusic]

Thank you brother for the awesome message!

[@christopherlauter9403]

@@andywoodmusic I grew up in the hay day of guitar players. There’s more bad ass guitar players that people forgot about then there are today. Don’t get me wrong. There’s a lot of good young guitar players, but I’ve noticed the touch you have on the guitar and boy you could be on Sunset Boulevard in 1980 no problem, and probably been extremely famous. I truly mean this I have some heavy hitters on my favorite guitar player list and no bullshit you are now on it. I hope that you play in a band because it’s a shame that you’re talent isn’t being shared with the majority of people in America rock ‘n’ roll and metal is very prevalent in America and the world my hope is that, you find a couple dudes and click in the next thing I know I’ll be going to see you play. Again thank you for responding to me. I don’t write very many people what they’re doing. Makes me go what just happened. You truly have a gift from God I don’t know if you’re a believer or not, but you should be because, you were given a gift. Thanks again for taking the time to write me back. I’ve already thanked Doug Bryan for turning me onto you. Again I hope to see you in a band one day touring.✌🏻

[@treystunkel2044]

how did they get the sde 3000 evh to display “evh 3 short”

[@RPHDWideGlide]

I'm a avid VH fan,loved and chased the "brown" sound as a teen,but my favorite era was the Carnal/Balance tones.You guys nailed it!!!! I have pretty much every pedal on your board but only run mono into a EVH el34 2x12 combo.Sounds ok but man I need to set up a poor mans W/D/W or at least stereo rig.

[@mattc5025]

Totally amazing. I started playing in the Van Hagar era and these are the tones that inspired me to play. Awesome job and rig. Playing is also awesome as usual.

[@TheFaustianMan]

Andy this is incredible. I am not going to nit pick or shit on all your hard work! This was simply fantastic. Truly, a Labor of Love. Long live the King!

[@fiddlefolk]

I ran a wet/dry/wet rig for a small amount of time in the late 90's on a country gig. The sound man at the then Tulsa City Limits, who was Amy Grant's front house mixer and Jackyl's front house man told me that it was the best guitar sound he had ever heard. I ran a Fender Blues Deluxe into a THD hotplate with the speaker through to a tap off the hot plate to the Rane Sm26 mixer with a Rocktron Intellifex to 2 Peavey 4 x10 cabinets powered by a Mesa Boogie 50/50 power amp. I had a tube screamer and compressor before the amp. So I mic'd up the single 12" speaker on the Deluxe as my dry and mic'd the 2- 4x10 cabs that were 100% wet. I had a ducked delay patch with chorus set up on the Intellifex that was huge. All switched with a GCX switcher.

[@andywoodmusic]

@@fiddlefolk sounds like an awesome rig!!

[@fiddlefolk]

@@andywoodmusic except for the load in and out. Lol...

[@andywoodmusic]

@@fiddlefolk no kidding 😂😂

[@JRP3music]

Pretty cool. I use my reactive load signal to my stereo fx. The stereo fx goes to 2 Two Notes Torpedo Cab Ms. I feed PA and outs to a MosValve power amp. I sometimes use my dry cab for wet/dry/wet. I mostly use stereo. I use my EVH 5150III EL34 50 watt head or Mesa Nomad 100. I use the Peavey cabs or EVH Marshalls that George Lynch had in his Two Notes DynaIR pack. I use Eventide Micro Pitch often.

[@bradleyhall1320]

Such a fun watch. Amazing editing and absolutely the build of a lifetime. Amazing brother

[@jameshutchinson3890]

When Edward achieved his first big endorsement with a big gear company he had to be like SCORE!!!! A kid in a candy store for real. Then it he got to make his tone visions a reality totally awesome love this and that micro was cool to display as well pretty darn neat the contrast and similarity amazing how far things have come

[@neilshreds]

This is life changing need/want will get some version of this omg

[@andywoodmusic]

Cheapest way with no sacrifice- 3 of the iconic 10” combos and a sde-3000 Boom.

[@stevevogler3620]

Absolutely the best guitar tone ever... IMHO. You nailed it.

[@skipkelton]

Great vid. My fav part was when Andy said "You cut out the rigs and do this for under a thousand!" lol. But it did sound great.

[@andywoodmusic]

You can. Buy 3 micro cubes and a boss sde-3000. WdW done correctly for less than a grand.

[@MadMax_1984]

Great idea to have different player play through the rig- that was so interesting how everyone sounded a bit different

[@mohitrahaman]

Mr Van Halen would've been really proud of this as a tinkerer. Thank you for this knowledge for free. All the best to you 🖖

[@davroshalfbeard8368]

Oh yes great veiwing on a cold winters night need to crack the whisky out cheers from Scotland.

[@liberty4all885]

Bro..I am listening on head phones and it sounds amazing. Can only imagine what it’s like

[@lyricbread]

My face hurts for smiling for over an hour. Thank you for sharing. Sounds amazing!

[@actuallysilentrob2570]

That was a cool video! Really makes me want to get this delay. Might have to go to your event next year! I'm sure this was a lot of work. Thanks for doing it.

[@lucasvh]

How does the Right & Left signal come out of the SDE3000EVH and into the Micropitch? I thought the micropitch was just mono in? Is there a way to to do stereo in too? Thanks.

[@andywoodmusic]

Scope the wiring when Eric and Barry do the walk through!

[@twily]

That’s what I was wondering too. It looks like they hit the “mixer knob” with both the left and right delay outputs and then they’re combined into one mono output that goes to the eventide. Then stereo out of the eventide. Seems wrong to me and not how Ed had his set up. There needs to be an actual mixer of some type to keep the delays stereo and apply the eventide to the left and right without squashing them down to mono.

[@andywoodmusic]

@@twily it’s the only way to shrink Ed’s rig down to a board. Of course we could’ve done it with more outboard gear, rack mixers etc, but at that point it lost the goal of the project

[@lucasvh]

@@twily yeah that's what I was thinking. Need to use an Eventide H90 for the stereo in, then stereo out to keep it all split 👍

[@Kevinheaven7]

Thank you so much for making this video. I’ve been playing guitar for a long time and a fan of everything. I truly appreciate the effort that went into making this review on Ed equipment thank you 🙏

[@andywoodmusic]

🧡thank you Kevin!

[@Jay-sy5yf]

Finally!! When i move into a house, im calling your boys to build the exact same board. Ive dreamed of this sound my whole life. Thank you bro!

[@andywoodmusic]

Do it. Barry and crew at xts will take great care of you.

[@donlee5722]

Man, that board is impeccable, great job ATS!

[@JoshGordonGuitar]

OMG! What a killer rig and video! Thank you so much for doing this. Even though we experience it via video one can still somewhat feel the power of the rig...but of course in person would be a life changing event. Any chance in the future of doing a one amp "bar rig" version of the wet tone for this rig? Again, thanks for this video and all the content you do. Love your channel 🙏🤘

[@dfhomemadestudio]

An amazing video! With all admiration you were blessed at this project! Congratulations my friends

[@garyhallett9382]

I think this is possible with 2 fractals (which i have an axe3 and a fm9) I'm going to give it a go when I have some ambition to go down the rabbit hole. Thanks for sharing- It looks like you had so much fun with this!

[@ryanteacher8134]

The finish on that axis is insane.

[@timflagstad8411]

Absolutely stellar. I would think you could get close at home for those of us with home studios w/ Amplitube where you can do wet/dry/wet set up. Be interesting to take a shot.

[@rollingedges9469]

@41:56 my #1 vh riff to jam on and he's playing correctly 🤘shit sounds so good. What a great video for EVH gear geek's!

[@russelltrabakino1314]

I need to plan a ride back to Nashville tennesse to visit and meet Ben and set me up on one he'll of a great pedal board wow great job

[@kenny3485]

Great job. Thanks for the detailed discussion and demo!

[@andywoodmusic]

Thnx Kenny, yeah I wanted this to be a big ole deep dive getting into all the nuances and options in the build.

[@SteveDunnBand]

That was awesome!!! I’m still shocked from the micro cubes. Great job everyone!

[@wakjob961]

Andy seriously... you're just too much. Thanks so much for this man!

[@michaelsicowitz362]

Gotta use metal picks too - never figured the decimator be so important. Cool you can use cubes but man, you gotta be pushing air. Sounds awesome