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Van Halen 1 - flats or rounds
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Where I come from there's no such thing as 110% and perfect is perfect; there's nothing greater than perfect.
Van Halen isn’t a “flats” type of high power and output… flats are a bit too limp for VH.
You don't get it i guess.
Thebiggestjerk said flats are a bit too limp for VAN HALEN. No one talked about Iron Maiden...Then you say Steve Harris would disagree...that flats are a bit too limp for VH. W T F?? Or am i missing something?
I don't think many rock guys were using flats in the late 70s.
The interesting thing about this thread is that it's half Van Halen lovers and half people who seem never to have listened to any Van Halen.
It seems a strange world to live in if you've never listened to any Van Halen.
The interesting thing about this thread is that it's half Van Halen lovers and half people who seem never to have listened to any Van Halen.
It seems a strange world to live in if you've never listened to any Van Halen.
VH is limp compared to IM on the HEAVY scale. If FLATS work for Maiden, they would work for VH
It's a very bad example.
So would you ride a horse instead of a car because it still works for some people who don't have a car?
Even if Steve Harris would really disagree that flats are not for Van Halen, I don't think Michael Anthony would care...
And he would even care lass what random internet people think about him.
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Van Halen 1 - flats or rounds
it really makes n little to no difference because on most Van Halen songs the bass is buried in the mix.
it really makes n little to no difference because on most Van Halen songs the bass is buried in the mix.
I'd bet that, if rounds and Rotos were never invented, Michael Anthony, Van Halen, Ted Templeman, and the supporting engineers would have made it rock with flats.
Steve Harris wasn’t in VH, it’s a completely different dynamic and show, and it’s a straw man position.
That was my point too. Look back what post I referred to. The other user replied to you that SH would disagree not me...
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This is a good take. VH1 sounded like it had to, to make a big splash, but I far prefer the less-hyped sound of Fair Warning and 1984. Blasphemy to some, I know.
Which songs on Fair Warning did EVH play bass? I’ve never heard that. As far as I know he didn’t get any Steinberger’s until the 5150 era.
