benjammin420
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ive been reading alot about eddies "brown" sound but nowhere is it explained what that means? anyone know?
yes im stupid, yes i looked on google, yes i found tons about how to get the brown sound. i just want to know why its "brown," what does that refer too?
Brown Sound... Imagine an old roadhouse at the edge of town. Because it was at the end of the local power lines. The voltage that came out of the wall was substantially lower than in town. It made the amps sound different. More of a saturated sound then at full voltage. EVH used a variac for the same effect by lowering the line voltage to his amp.
He stole the term from his brother, Alex used to use brown to describe what he was looking for in his snare tone - brown, like hitting a heavy piece of wood
Ed used it to describe a heavy tone with cut but easier on the ears
Bingo! Thats what I have read.