With that out of the way.
There was a recent discussion on the Marshall forum on whether a stock plexi has enough gain to play the VH stuff. A lot of people seem to think that Eddie had modded his amp for more gain. I think his amp may have been modded in some way but not for more gain. Anyway, I asked what would be a good track to test if there was enough gain and someone suggested Hot for Teacher. Which obviously, I do not know how to play.
So I learned the basics of it mostly going by memory and made this video.My conclusion is that yes, the stock gain is more than enough. The playing issues I had on this video are my limitations, not the amp's. In other words, I'd need more practice to get this right, but not more gain. The plexi is not even fully cranked on this video, like 7.5 out of 10 and that's definitely enough gain to play that track.
I think EVH was a lot cleaner than a lot of people think. When people contrast" AC/DC gain" vs "VH gain", IMHO it's not that different. A bit more with VH but not a lot. Especially if the comparison is between Eddie and Angus. These 2 players are very close in gain. Malcolm is definitely cleaner.
