There's SO MANY articles written about the "key" to the guitar tone on Van Halen 1. Yet the simplest solutions tend to be the correct ones. Here's what I found.
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0:00 45 Year Old Speaker Set!
4:40 Installation
5:25 ACDC & early Priest Style Tones
8:21 Filthy Acts For A Reasonable Price
9:39 Misinformation demolished
11:47 Unintentional Brown Sound
15:56 Modern High Gain
19:27 7 String
21:01 Full Mix
22:02 Verdict & Final Thoughts
24:13 Endscreen
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