BOSS ME 50 - Early Van Halen I and II Tone (Oldschool Style) Brown Sound (?)

[davidopoulin]

If you ever have the time, it'd be great if you could do another vid of this patch without the reverb so we can hear the dry overdriven tone more clearly. In any event, good job!

[motleycrue24]

fuck i need to get rid of my me 20 n upgrade to this

[mooneye81]

That you so much man! This sounds sick!!

LOVING THE BROWN SOUND!!!!

[mrdavid333]

sick sound!!! Correct me if im wrong but isnt that an sg?? not a les paul custom?

[Rasshode]

Awesome! I'm going to try out the settings now. Sounds spot on to me :)

[caracoles01]

Awesome job. Thanks for sharing.

[Hankandthetanktops]

spot on-

[herestolife32]

fuckin a man

[jterp]

Sounds awesome. Well done & thanks for the settings. Description says you're playing a les paul but it looks like an sg.. either way it rocked.

[jcramer5150]

Very muddy. Bad tone.

[motleycrue24]

ppl need to stop bitchin nothings good enough for some ppl sounds great too me and eddie doesnt us a me 50 of course so aint goin to sound 110 %

[EpiphoneGear]

@motleycrue24 Very cool. Bitchin is human nature and it is perfect to want more. I want more!. trust me. Im my biggest critic. No one improves by not assessing ones faults. Problem is, what a persons faults? It is difficult to document. Id love to meet Eddie one day. But, thats a dream. He is a god in my eyes

[motleycrue24]

@EpiphoneGear well hey man i got a me 20 is there anyway i can still somewhat set it to this sound?

[EpiphoneGear]

@motleycrue24 I'd try the BLUES distortion setting with full drive. I'd crank the tone. Then I'd adjust the EQ with full bass, treble and slightly scooped mid's, depending on how much mid/treblle comes from the BLUES distortion. You are looking for a crunch between grunge and metal. I'd use the chorus with rare=0 depth=10 and level=1..5 I'd use the delay on about 100-200ms depending on what im playing. I'd also try extreme settings. Great sounds come from settings most people dont try.

[oxanon237425]

is that an epi piecer, or an authentic Gibson? either way , you made it sound great.

[bailey32121]

what amp are u using ??

[1971SuperLead]

Sounds frikkin killer!!!! Sounds better than Eddie did so many times on stage. Sick of idiots saying "That;s not right." Frikkin Eddie couldn't get it right either. Some know that the sound Eddie got on I an II were largely due to Eddie Kramers recording techniques. It drove Eddie nuts on tour because he couldn't nail the sound either. Just ask David.

[EpiphoneGear]

@1971SuperLead Cool. Yea, considering a BOSS ME50 can be bought for around $250 (AU), its a pretty cool toy. My Eppiphone SG custom has a sloppy neck, so it might sound better with a tigher neck. It also sounds far better in context. ie: With some drums and bass. I would also try VST software reverb and chorus inplace of the ME50's effects. Eddie rocks in my books. Wish he would get over his issues and write music again.

[1971SuperLead]

@EpiphoneGear I think the ME-50 is a killer piece of equipment. I got mine for $180 used and I always use it and, I've got so many effects that I could use anything. I see you turn the compressor level all the way up too. I do the same thing to get Eddie's sound. I don't use the BD-2 however. I like the Lead OD and I set the gain to 5. Lately, I'm into the MXR dist + on the ME-50. Check out my videos I made today for the tone.

[bailey32121]

could u tell me the eq settings on the boss me50?? just a quick video or send me a message listing them?:) you have a great vh sound btw :)

[EpiphoneGear]

@bailey32121 They are in the video description. It sounds better in a mix with bass and drums. I have a new plexi tone which Ive been working which I will upload soon-ish. It sounds a little tighter than this tone.

[bailey32121]

could u tell me the eq settings on the boss me50?? just a wuick video or send me a message listing them?:) you have a great vh sound btw :)

[bokkekop]

Well OK, I'll manually dial in this stuff. BTW: I just posted a comment with your Steve Vai-video. Could you post there settings also?

Thnx, Jan

[bokkekop]

Dude you rock my socks off.

You say you uploaded this sound. Does that mean there's a way of downloading presets like these to my Boss?

Keep it up! Great work.

[EpiphoneGear]

@bokkekop Thanks mate. Unfortunately the ME50 doesn't have a USB port, so you need to dial in tones manually. And, the ME50 doesn't show the setting when you turn a knob, so its even harder to enter in tones. Other BOSS ME's show the value of a knob when you turn it (in the LED display), so, im unsure what happen to the 50. O, well. Bugger. Im sure they fixed it for newer models

[RHCPFitz]

A tad too much reverb IMO, and yes theres always going to be something missing if youre trying to get the true brown sound through an ME-50, because its an ME-50.

[junkerde]

lots of fuzziness to it. its a good tone but no brown sound/ van halen 1 tone. the bass is too smooth..not much edge or crunchiness to it.

[EpiphoneGear]

@junkerde

Thanks for the comments. Yes, it is missing something. Somethings work. Others dont. Anyway, the tone is on the table.

[Lilrocker5150]

turn the bass down a bit and the treble up a bit

[EpiphoneGear]

@Lilrocker5150

I'll look into it. Its probably more the guitar. My Musicman EVH has less bass and more trebble. The Epiphone Custom is a very bassy guitar which I prefer. Could be the strings too. They are crusty as. Also the PC input is crap. The Tascam US122 sounds better. A little compression would control the bass thumping in a mix

[SubGunner]

AWESOME tone dude.. Sounds bad ass!

[EpiphoneGear]

Cool thanks. I think you have a closer style to Ed's. I might have to nick some licks of ya.

O, and I might have to look into the POD XT. Sounds very cool.

[EpiphoneGear]

Sounds like my tone has more "woof", bass and fuzz grunge in it. Which makes it sound a little sloppy. I think its the guitar, or how its setup. I love over the top bass though my amp, so I set my guitar up to be "floppy". ie: the neck is completely loose. The body vibrates more and you get more bass. When you play live its sounds like the second coming, although, its a little, "un shaven". if you know what I mean.