Ultimate Rhoads

The dragon was an destroyer body from Charvel that he had a buddy carve into the dragon biting the snake. From Guitar Player April 1980: dragon snake.JPG Here's a good sot of the guitar... http://www.guitarworld.com/files/imagecache/futureus_imagegallery_fullsize/gallery/Screen%20Shot%202013-09-12%...

When I listen to this I can see why VH was signed and QR wasn't. The energy in these performances are just incredible, its really cool to see Ed playing these other guitars that were rarely played too. Hopefully more of these shows come out in this quality as for me VH footage from the early Roth da...

Stiltzkin wrote:

CanuckRhoadsFan wrote:Had they called the band something else, perhaps this would have worked.

makes me think about another 80's rockband, guess who?

Although it worked out not too bad, some fans sure didn't like Sammy in Van Halen...

Im guessing some memebers here have one of the RR1959 Marshalls or even a cascaded plexi. Im wondering if the cascaded/modded channel is able to get tones that are similar to that of Ratt(DeMartini/Crosby)/Dokken Lynch (Under Lock and Key/Tooth and Nail)? I have a plexi clone and Im debating what mo...

What are some of your favourites from 2013 and what are you most excited for in 2014. For me, 2013- Tom Keifer 'The Way Life Goes', Black Sabbath '13', Joe Satriani 'Unstoppable Momentum' 2014- Steel Panther 'All You Can Eat', Jake E Lee Red Dragon Cartel, (All I know of that have been so far announ...

- Marshall TSL, Fender Strat
+ Plexi, 70's Dimarzio's,
2014: Gonna build a guitar, possibly a slide guitar

How is it on reaching the higher frets (15-22)? I know Randy said that was the main downfall of that design, how do you find it?

He could have been changing tubes, I noticed the VH2 picture had all 3, but im not sure when this photo was from. He had a few minor mods done only to do with the caps used, not the design of the circuit and he used a variac transformer and most of the VH1 sound is due to in-studio EQing, reverb,mik...

I saw this picture of Eddie's Marshall and it appears he is using less than 3 preamp tubes. I heard it was called the direct bypass mod, but I cant find any other info on it. Anyone know what this is or every tried it? seems interesting...

There is a dark undertone to FW compared to say DD or 1984, but VH is an in your face rock and roll band not a metal band so of course it wont be as dark or heavy as DOAM. However for those that say that all the Sammy stuff is poopy fluff, you should check you the Balance album and then tell me that...

I could get one made for me locally for under $1300, I have been quoted before when I was thinking about getting one a few years ago, so you don't need polka dotted plywood to get a good deal.

HAHA, for a guitar player just replace (Guitar Player) with (Singer) on the first box

It would be cool if there were any soundboard recordings from sound checks from that time fore sure

Isnt that the pedal that Randy talks about in almost every interview and guitar clinic, I always associated that pedal with Randy (the script no LED) Also, does it not appear that Randy is tapping there?

Today when I was done playing, I switched off standby and waited a bit and then switched the power off so the light was not lit and both switches were off and once i hit the power OFF, it started to amplify my guitar again for about 5 seconds and then went dead again like it should have been. Anyone...