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DC
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  posted February 11, 2005 01:08 PM 
I am a little curious as to what some of the die hard Van Halen guitar enthusists are using to get that good ole "Brown Sound".
  I would be curious if Russ would give up the goods on what he uses without giving away trade secrets of course.  I know he uses a Marshall stack with a Peavy 5150+ (which is now been re-released as a 6505), due to some piss ant copyright deal between Eddie and Peavy.  Prolly a MXR Phase 90 as well.
  There are such a wide range of Pedals and Processors out there.  I don't have a ton money either.  I do see alot on Line-6 Pod XT patches to get it, but I wanted to pick up something that was a little more robust and with pedals so that when the day comes, I could even do small gigs with it.
  So I picked up a Boss ME-50, so far I really like it, but just can't seem to tweak it to the point where I am satisfied.  Anyone ever play around with one?
  I am using an Ibanez RG-320 as my main axe.
  Anyway, thanks for any help you all can give.       DC
  
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steverino
 Member # 425
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  posted February 11, 2005 06:31 PM 
You mentioned you'd like something with pedals to use live - enter the POD XTLive!  I just got one about 3 weeks ago and it sounds great!  It has a preset patch called eruption that sounds good after tweaking to your own liking and I downloaded a plexi patch that gives a great 'brown sound'.
  The XTLive is basically the POD XT built into a floorboard.  It's made of metal and was well thought out.  Sounds great thru headphones (it's stereo) and I bought an Atomic Reactor 112 - it's a new amp designed specifically for modelers - to play live.  
  I play for my own enjoyment along with my drummer son and wanted a wider variety of sounds for mainly classic rock stuff and I sold a tube amp for this setup and couldn't be happier.
  
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