GuitarCleanRiff
Hear About It Later Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Van Halen
Van Halen · 1980s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Frankenstrat (custom-built Strat-style, maple neck, single humbucker, Floyd Rose)
Pickups
Seymour Duncan Custom-wound PAF-style humbucker (bridge position, direct-mounted)
Amp
Marshall Super Lead 1959 100-watt (modded, variac, EL34s) into Marshall 4x12 cabinet with Celestion G12M speakers
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup (single humbucker, direct-mounted, volume rolled down)
Studio recording, 1981, Fair Warning album. Clean intro/riff section. No evidence of live rig or later EVH/Peavey/5150 amps for this era. Frankenstrat with single bridge humbucker, volume knob only, no tone knob.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6
Gain0
Reverb0.5
Treble6.5
Presence6
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Tone Character
- glassy and bell-like
- bright and articulate
- percussive attack
- dynamic and touch-sensitive
- no audible breakup
- tight, focused low end
- slightly compressed from amp
- dry, no ambience
- single-coil-like clarity
- crisp pick definition