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Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love by Van Halen
Intro (chorus) Solo This isn’t too difficult a solo to learn. It’s possible to play much of the solo with a single finger. One of the things that stand out in this solo is the use of the open high E string. It creates quite an exotic sound. Here’s a breakdown of the solo: Part 1 Part…
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Overdrive
Some distortion effects provide an “overdrive” effect. Either by using a vacuum tube, or by using simulated tube modeling techniques, the top of the wave form is compressed, thus giving a smoother distorted signal than regular distortion effects. When an overdrive effect is used at a high setting, the sound’s waveform can become clipped, which…
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Power Attenuator
A Power Attenuator enables a player to obtain power-tube distortion independently of listening volume. A power attenuator is a dummy load placed between the guitar amplifier’s power tubes and the guitar speaker, or a power-supply based circuit to reduce the plate voltage on the power tubes. This is essentially a commercially packaged version of what…
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Pretty Woman by Van Halen
Let’s take a sneak peek into the trick bag of the one and only Eddie Van Halen. One of the most innovative rock guitarists to come along. The guitar parts in Van Halen’s take on the Roy Orbison song “Oh, Pretty Woman” gets an Eddie Van Halen facelift. The intro to the song is a…