Very interesting Episode Allen, and a welcome surprise to the series. I have really enjoyed the RWTD Podcast over the last couple of years and look forward to every new episode. Several, I have revisited.
For those who would be interested, I'll attach a link to my dissertation. It maybe worth a glance and to checkout the bibliography. It's a good collection of research, and possibly a draft to a future publication:
Rock Guitar: Individuality, Creativity, and Musical Expression From Edward Van Halen to Guthrie Govan (1978-2021)
Yes indeed I am! I’m a Peterson endorsed artist and they had heard of my research on Ed’s tuning offsets using my Peterson strobe tuners and they approached me. Eventually, they created their “EVH” preset using the tuning offset that Ed’s last tech Tom Weber used on the Roth reunion tours. Tom and Matt Bruck gave those offsets to my pal writer Chris Gill who published them in the March 2016 issue of Guitar World and Peterson lifted those offsets specifically for the “EVH” preset. This was confirmed to me straight from Peterson. The “EVH” preset offset only relates to the Roth reunion tours and does not match any specific offset that Ed ever used prior to 2007 when the first Roth reunion tour commenced.
Dweezil - excellent episode, I really enjoyed this one. Allen - it was good to hear you being interviewed and for you to grace us with your knowledge and expertise.
Thanks very much Gareth! I’ve learned so much from others and that has helped me grow exponentially…hopefully I can help do the same for someone else as I continue to try to learn more from Ed and the smart players I’ve been lucky to learn from! Dweezil has created a great platform for all of us guitar playing Eddie fans and it was a real pleasure to chat with him and play some guitar too…Dweezil did a great job of editing it so that I sound a lot better than I am and I’m also grateful for that!
While I enjoyed the insider view of how the album was done there were times I thought Shanks comes across... Let's just say I think he comes across as the typical "Joe Hollywood" producer. Whether it was Dweezil asking him if he knew former VH producers and his answer was an emphatic "I don't care!" or him talking how VH differentiated themselves "in the beginning from other bands like Ratt and Motley Crue" (Van Halen released "1984" when Ratt released their first album, and "Fair Warning" when Motley's first albumemerged)... Also felt at times like he thought Dweezil was trying to get dirt out of him and really reactionary... When Dweezil asks him to get back to his recollections of the songs he literally makes a snoring sound... Sounds like it was just some gig for him. I wish Templeman had done that album.
I can understand this point of view listening to this interview at face value, but it's good to know that working with artists can be a challenging job, sometimes--in ways that might not be immediately apparent.
Especially when what you say in an interview can be misinterpreted by the fans, by the artist, by the person interviewing you, etc.
I found his transparency on that subject refreshing yet deferential to his professional relationships. It's not an easy tightrope to walk when everything you say can get a public opinion microscope put on on it immediately.
Very interesting Episode Allen, and a welcome surprise to the series. I have really enjoyed the RWTD Podcast over the last couple of years and look forward to every new episode. Several, I have revisited.
For those who would be interested, I'll attach a link to my dissertation. It maybe worth a glance and to checkout the bibliography. It's a good collection of research, and possibly a draft to a future publication:
Rock Guitar: Individuality, Creativity, and Musical Expression From Edward Van Halen to Guthrie Govan (1978-2021)
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6qh4d3f0#main
Very cool Roxy! I’ll have to take more time to digest all that, but I appreciate the detail! I look forward to digging in further!
Allen's episode was awesome and should make it up to those whose episodes were less of a deep dive. Looking forward to Pete as well, great stuff.
Allen, are you familiar with the "EVH Sweetened" setting on the Peterson Strobo tuners? What group of songs do they align with ( if any)?
Yes indeed I am! I’m a Peterson endorsed artist and they had heard of my research on Ed’s tuning offsets using my Peterson strobe tuners and they approached me. Eventually, they created their “EVH” preset using the tuning offset that Ed’s last tech Tom Weber used on the Roth reunion tours. Tom and Matt Bruck gave those offsets to my pal writer Chris Gill who published them in the March 2016 issue of Guitar World and Peterson lifted those offsets specifically for the “EVH” preset. This was confirmed to me straight from Peterson. The “EVH” preset offset only relates to the Roth reunion tours and does not match any specific offset that Ed ever used prior to 2007 when the first Roth reunion tour commenced.
Fun interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbgI3J59ZZc
Dweezil - excellent episode, I really enjoyed this one. Allen - it was good to hear you being interviewed and for you to grace us with your knowledge and expertise.
Thanks very much Gareth! I’ve learned so much from others and that has helped me grow exponentially…hopefully I can help do the same for someone else as I continue to try to learn more from Ed and the smart players I’ve been lucky to learn from! Dweezil has created a great platform for all of us guitar playing Eddie fans and it was a real pleasure to chat with him and play some guitar too…Dweezil did a great job of editing it so that I sound a lot better than I am and I’m also grateful for that!
While I enjoyed the insider view of how the album was done there were times I thought Shanks comes across... Let's just say I think he comes across as the typical "Joe Hollywood" producer. Whether it was Dweezil asking him if he knew former VH producers and his answer was an emphatic "I don't care!" or him talking how VH differentiated themselves "in the beginning from other bands like Ratt and Motley Crue" (Van Halen released "1984" when Ratt released their first album, and "Fair Warning" when Motley's first albumemerged)... Also felt at times like he thought Dweezil was trying to get dirt out of him and really reactionary... When Dweezil asks him to get back to his recollections of the songs he literally makes a snoring sound... Sounds like it was just some gig for him. I wish Templeman had done that album.
I can understand this point of view listening to this interview at face value, but it's good to know that working with artists can be a challenging job, sometimes--in ways that might not be immediately apparent.
Especially when what you say in an interview can be misinterpreted by the fans, by the artist, by the person interviewing you, etc.
I found his transparency on that subject refreshing yet deferential to his professional relationships. It's not an easy tightrope to walk when everything you say can get a public opinion microscope put on on it immediately.