No. 0351984·hard-rock·3 blocks
Panama
Panama showcases Eddie Van Halen's legendary brown sound in its most refined form. The Frankenstrat with a single bridge humbucker runs through a modified Marshall Super Lead with an MXR Phase 90 adding subtle modulation. The tone is thick, warm, and harmonically rich with that signature compressed sustain. The Phase 90 adds a gentle swirl that thickens the tone without being obviously phasey.
1984Signal path · input → output · 2 blocksLive values · IK TONEX
Guitar
EVH Frankenstrat
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
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← Marshall Super Lead 1959 (Variac'd)
Engineer's note
File 035
Panama showcases Eddie Van Halen's legendary brown sound in its most refined form. The Frankenstrat with a single bridge humbucker runs through a modified Marshall Super Lead with an MXR Phase 90 adding subtle modulation. The tone is thick, warm, and harmonically rich with that signature compressed sustain. The Phase 90 adds a gentle swirl that thickens the tone without being obviously phasey.
— Eddie Van Halen
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