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 · 9 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
EVH Frankenstrat
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
Script Mod Phase
Brit Plexi Brt
4x12 Greenback 25
Transistor Tape
Dynamic Plate
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
50
Level
2dB
Script Mod Phase
← MXR Phase 90 (script logo)
Speed
0.3Hz
Mix
100
Level
0
Brit Plexi Brt
← Marshall Super Lead 1959 (variac'd to ~89V)
Drive
8.5
Bass
5
Mid
6.5
Treble
7.5
Presence
7
ChVol
7.5
Master
8.5
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
7
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← Marshall 4x12 with Celestion G12-65 / Greenback
LowCut19.9Hz
HighCut20100Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Transistor Tape
← Maestro Echoplex EP-3 (always-on slapback)
Time
120ms
Feedback
10
Mix
15
WowFlutter
0.2
Headroom
0.3
Spread
0.3
Scale
1
SyncSelect1
0
Level
0
Dynamic Plate
← Studio plate (5150 home studio)
LowCut130Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Mix
18
Decay
1.5s
Level
0
PreDelay
20ms
BassFreq
100
BassBoost
0
VarDelayAmpl
0.6
Damping
4500
MatrFreq
0.3
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
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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