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- In this new EVH exclusive interview, Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian explains how and why he is hooked on EVH amps, in particular the EVH EL34 100 watt head.
Watch as he waxes on about the tone he gets from his monstrous EVH heads.
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I like how he uses the same pitch to sell both the Randall and EVH amps.
YUP, JUST WATCHED THAT VIDEO,
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I think whichever company is giving him an amp is the best!
Ya
He probably got sick of the complete asshole that Mike Fortin is and went with EVH ....
@@Im2Old4ThisShite Quite the opposite actually. He left Randall after Mike Fortin did.
Scott plays Jackson which is owned by Fender which also owns EVH so it's kinda logical that he would stay in house with the EVH...
bigpooch that's what I was thinking but a lot of people don't know that fender owns all these names
I thought the EVH was peavy?
@@MrKookie79 The original 5150 was from Peavey. When Eddie left Peavey he started his own brand in association with Fender, which is why the Peavey 5150s became the 6505s.
MrKookie79 no
He's "hooked" on EVH amps simply because Randall didn't continue their contract. I don't think it'd be easier to see through him if he was made of glass.
That said, i'm a 5150 III 50watt owner and love it :D
Just a month or maybe less than that before he stopped using Randall, he was talking about how Mike Fortin was a genius and that he'd finally made the amp that has the tone that's been in his head his whole life.
Before the Mike Fortin amp, his signature Randall was one of the worst sounding amps i've ever heard. Even to the point where my friends who don't play guitar came out of an Anthrax gig with me and complained about the "sound quality" and then they explained what they meant was the guitars sounded weird, to which i agreed. And lots of people were talking about it after the gig.
So what i'm saying is, how can anyone believe Scott in these videos? Historically, the guitar tone hasn't actually seemed to matter to him. It's always been about having a sig or being endorsed.
signed - me (a diehard fan of the 80's Anthrax guitar tone)
These are opinions. Opinions are always up for debate. This isn't however, A debate.
Anthrax you're antisocial.
I'm late to the discussion, but I'm also the proud owner of a 5150 III (although it's the 6L6 version). I've been a fan of Van Halen since 1983 (same year I started playing guitar), and a fan of Anthrax since 1985 (his tone on Among is still one of my favorites to this day... although so much of it is HIM... I've only seen one other rhythm guitar player that could achieve the same level of tightness when doing upstrokes LOL). These amps can do it all, in my opinion.
His guitars used to be Washburn. His amps were Randall, which has the same parent company. He endorses Jackson guitars. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation owns both EVH and Jackson. Now he uses EVH.
He played Jacksons for years before he went to Washburn.
Endorsed by ESP too at some point in the 80's
Scott had create one of the most powerful metal tone at the 80s thrash metal era, just hear among the living and you catched!!
Loving the Jackson V in the front - Michael Schenker black and white classic 80's!
Scott's right though, that amp sounds ace. If anything will grab me from my Mesa Mark V, it'd be this amp.
I am confused, he did just put out a Randall signature amp right ? LoL
Shane Davis that was my thought too.
yes it's weird !
What an asshole. Now I've got to a/b them.
This EVH does get the old-school Anthrax tone better than his older endorsed amps.
Andy Craven what the fck you talking about??? GTFOH
I am glad I watched this and he didn’t play at all. Who would want to hear how awesome it is .
Thank you
guess the Randall contract ran out? His Ultimate Nullifier was a great amp, it too reminded him of the Bruce Lee one inch punch...
Rooster 7six
I thought he'd said that about his Randall amp as well. Thanks for confirming!
Rooster 7six he said in this that is how he usually describes his tone. Fortin no longer works for Randall so thata why him and Ola both left randall im pretty sure
Pastafarian Hugo I think Ola is still there. can't leave that check unless you have another lined up like Scott lol
Chris Ferrand he did for sure!
Eddie is an amazing rhythm player as well as lead. Another guitarist that comes to mind is Steve Stevens where his rhythm is just as powerful as his leads. 🤙
A BEAST THAT SINGS! I think I'm sold. I've been contemplating getting one of these heads for a while now. I was worried that it might be too saturated but Scott has relieved my doubts.
I was very happy with my H&K. I walked into a GC picked up an EVH guitar and plugged into a white 100W EVH amp. I wasn't happy with guitar, but I fell in love with the amp. I played 3 more guitars through the amp. After 30 minutes the sales guys comes over and says, "so WTF dude!" you gonna buy this shit!" I didn't even have money to buy picks. I said, Fuck Yea! I've gotta have this one. I financed the amp and cab. Sold the HK and some other shit and paid it off. Since, I've bought the 5150 BLOCK and a 50W EVH, but my EVH100W is my work horse and confidence builder. I don't know about the newer ones or the EL34's, but this amp kicks ass and makes me smile every single time I plug her up!!!!! RIP EVH and thank you!
What cabs is he using?
@@anthonyxerri5919 I have many cabs, but the EVH cab with the greenbacks sound amazing.
I have the 50W version with the EL34 tubes. Awesome tone and brutal!!!
Scott speaks the truth. Those heads and cabs are beasts! Well worth the money!
Still uses the jcm 800 though! Me thinks that is his favourite amp:)
Love these amps!!! Keep rockin Scott!!!
Did'nt know till now he switched again but i'm not surprised .. There are so many pro's that have at least one EVH even if they don't endorse them. Eddie is the greatest. Sorry Jimi
Diggerdog2nd Exactly. Eddie is the GOAT!
True
True
Yes! Hoping to own one soon! and I agree, Eddie is the best, with you close behind. Rock on! 🎸🔊
Scott is his own meme, whichever company is giving him an amp is the best haha!
I have the small LBX 15 watt head with the matching cab and I can only imagine what the full blown head sounds like. Eddie is the King of Tone and because his playing is so musical and tasteful that makes him the best ever. There are many who are faster, many who can get through a scale at 180 bpm. But there's no one who fucking jams like him. Just go an listen to some of his classic tracks again if you need a refresher in why he's the GOAT. Little Guitars, Mean Street, Fools, Jamie's Crying...then tell me who's got a better tone and is a more melodic beast than Eddie. You cannot.
This fucking thing is insane. There is a *LOT* of glass inside that monster. Eight JJ ECC83 preamp tubes; four Wing C 6L6 (or EL34 depending) output tubes and a power transformer that could power a small home. It has more features and controls on it than a Cessna airplane. The 5150 IIIS is the best amp made. I spent a hour at my local shop playing a used one. It was after hours and the doors were locked (my best friend works there) so I could turn it up as loud as I wanted. We set off the alarm in the Chinese restaurant next door. Enough said.
Most of us guitarist are gear nuts and tone freaks, how many times have *YOU* switched out your rig for something you thought was better? If you are going to tell me you have the same OD/Fuzz/Dist pedal you began with, I would say you're lying. Fucking hell, I have bought and amp, thought it was the best thing ever, then sold it a month later because I found a better sounding one. So all you who are down on Scott for just releasing a sig Randall and then going to EVH, chill out brother (or sister) it's just a fucking amp. Scott is still the rhythm maniac regardless of what's pushing the air
I had the privilege of having my ear drums blown 3 times on this last tour last time on Scott's side of the stage and let me tell you the evh and his half stack was A1 sauce growling like a pit bull and when he went clean like on breathing lightning it sounded very good just awesome I play a peavy half stack old school tube head I wish I could afford too upgrade too this evh u could do metal all the way to blues playing with this rig with great tone Scott IAN rules btw anthrax 4 life
I have this exact amp and he is totally right. The amp is ridiculous; the gain is amazing.
I have the limited edition red and black amp he speaks of at the end. eVh only made 100.
Ian must not have known that.
probably not man....Eddie just Shipped it to him, lol
How long did it take before the deal with randal snapped ?
2 months after he had his sig randal amp he switched to evh ?
2 years
FortinAmps
I was misinformed
It was indeed 2 years not 2 months
I forgot that this comment was still here
I love your pedals🤘
Keep up the good work💪🏻
Cheers!
Awesome!!People and their comments have gotten way to political about everyting!!!Sheesh!!!!So He switched to EVH....And????Who gives a shit!...If a guy wants to change to something that suits him better oh well!!!Right On Scott!!
Yeah. I hear ya. I've played all kinds of great amps myself. I just stick with Marshall.
EXACTLY!!! you should play whatever makes you feel like "DAAAAAMMMNNN!!!". I mean he plays Jackson (amazeballs guitars), EVH amps (amazing amps)...you NEED to have best gear available if you are in such a huge band...
yeah these 5150’s are sick you can tweak them and create all kinds of classic tones. this amp can create any tone you want really even country tones its sick. this amp is built for versatility.
I actually plugged into one of these things once. sounds great but it is LOUD. Unless you are playing big venues or outdoors, I would not recommend. But now, if you have to play super loud, this thing sounds great and is a MONSTER. Clean channel sounds great. Much improved clean over the other EVH amps or 6505s
Just looked at Randall's website and there is no longer any mention of Scott Ian, as either a featured or select artist. The nullifier amp is also MIA. That didn't
Last long.
James Ciccone, I am a Ciccone also. lol looks like Scott Ian threw Randall under the bus in this video. lol
This is still up as of 5th Jul-2017: www.randallamplifiers.com/products/scott-ian/
Gary Jackson I stand corrected. I'd swear the other day when I looked I couldn't find anything related to Scott. I guess I didn't look hard enough. Mind you I am a huge Anthrax and Scott Ian fan.
Their tube amps are WAY over-priced given that they're manufactured in China.
I own the 50w mini head. Everyone here on youtube says theirs a dark-sounding, but mine is so bright I end up dialing out a bit from my guitar's tone knob. And that's after dialing most of the treble and prescence knobs down on the amp.
Man. Who gives a shit if he left Randall? It’s not like you’ll never find a Thrasher again. He’s a legend and can do what he wants
I have the EVH 5150 iiis EL34 100 watt head. It's a total beast; there is no reason to get any other head.
Scott is starting to remind me of Paul Gilbert..not as a player of course, different sides of the coin..
..but I’m beginning to think of Scott as “The Paul Gilbert Of Thrash” as a human being.
Scott is just proving over and over again in interview after interview to be a total gentleman like Paul..a true “down to earth” kinda’ vibe that I appreciate more and more.
Thank you for posting this.
Ed Van halen, your music n sound will last forever. R.I.P
I like the 2 Mist figures walk behind you around 5:17 and I like that amps 2 :)
*EVHgear have you heard any news on a 50watt EL34 version of this head? Thank you.*
Still to this day my favorite guitar tone is Anthrax -" Among the Living" or SOD -" Speak English or Die."
Eddie Van Halen is the reason I even bothered to pick up an electric guitar and take lessons!!! Well Eddie and Randy Rhoads!!! Ironically later in life I took up Bass guitar in order to play in a professional Rock Band!!! Too many guitarist out there!!! L.O.L!!!☺
Cool Kemper you have in the rack there, Mr. Ian.
I also just made the swap from the Randall Satan to the 100s Stealth and my god it is insane!! Cant wait to tour with my band Dead Reckoning in July!!!!
he also appears to be using a kemper as well
No, he did not JUST put out a randall amp, that was years ago.
This is how I feel about my EVH
Ok im convinced of your perfect tone EVH head what cabs are you using? Are they EVH? Thank you.
I just finished watching him sell me on Randall after leaving marshall wtf
That EL34 EVH is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I would like to hear one with a noise gate, I tried one straight at Sweetwater, seemed noisey but, a cool amp. I am more interested in 50 watts. I don't need 100 Watts.
Randall Ultimate Nullifier forever !
hes got channel 3 at only 30% gain? I have 50wt 5150III love it even at low volumes it crunches.
Man that's why the guitar tones are so good on Worship Music and For All Kings. Productions are insane too.
Van Halen is insane but Rhoads man so good so young dam, but hey props to the living.
6505+ is also a killer amp very similar to this. Basically a 5150 on steroids.
6505 is 6L6 only, but there's the 6534
Scott looks hooked on King Vs
I hope Randall rises with new artist and new innovations within the company. I would hate to see Randall go under. They need to quit making amps in China and make it all back in the USA. Nothing against EVH. I don’t own any but do own Randall and a lot of Jackson guitars and think Randall has a chance of being one of the best Metal amps out there if they could continue on. I have no idea what happen with Fortin but it seriously is a shame as Randall seem to be doing good for awhile.
“Red & Black Limited Edition!! Where is it!!?? Come on! It’s money in he bank!!”
Awesome..
Sooo no more Nullifier? Plus what's with the Kemper.
When did Jackson make a Schenker model
He said the same thing about the Randall Nullifier
sooo ... correct me if I'm wrong but it seems he likes his amp? :D
5150 best amp ever!!!
Yeah I second that come on put out the Red, Black, and White!!!!
Wizard Modern Classic or EVH3?
if i was going to buy 5150 it would be a peavey
Randall amps are weird. I’ve had a couple that I knew nothing about. Good amps, but you’d research them and couldn’t find any info or anything. It’s like they make a model for a year or two and totally stop. I had a little combo Randall amp that kicked ass but couldn’t find anything about it online or anything to see how much it was worth (I thought I underpaid it kicked so much ass). Glad he switched to EVH
He is reasonably good
OK so I assume that his Randall contract is up. what happened with that deal, can someone explain?
Fender told Scott to keep it in the Fender/Jackson/EVH family
Which 1 Scott. Randall or aEvh
Isn't that a Kemper in the rack?
Didn't he say the same about Randell when he was trying to be Darrell?
Looks like he's using a Kemper rack mount for his live tone.
He could be using both together? Alex Skolnick does that.
whats the comparison to 6505+
Well, I had a listen to those two albums he mentioned, and none of them really do justice for this amp at all.....
I played an EL34 Stealth earlier. It's nastyyyyy (in a good way)
What is the Kemper doing there?
I remember you tryin to sneak beers into the keystone in mt view ca in the late 80"
Can it go to 11?
Scott, you 'DA MAN!'
When he switches amp companies in a few years, he's gona use this same pitch for that brand just like he used the Randall one for this -_-
The EVH 5151 III Sounds great! however, If you have to take a loan out to pay for your hobby, It's not a hobby.. I mean these things go for $3k? The guitar market is out of control these days..
yes buddy you have right on this.
tubes amps are really expensive these days.and the 80% of them sound the same check it.
also you get bored with your amp and you getting new.and next realized that your sound change a bit.
we are all victims :)
j lasek buy the 50 watt version, if it's your hobby you dont need the 100 watt 😂😂
I JUST BOUGHT THE LBX :)
Nah. i'll stick with 5150 II. $600 used all day, Sounds great!
i was playing that amp many years before.its not far from lbx.
lbx is just more tight .but for 600 $ same as lbx you can stick with it :))
The Michael Schenker painted flying v is more intresting.
he uses the kemper
Ok Scott I agree the evh amp is a beast and does have great tone !!! But your creditably is not the greatest since you endorsed Jackson then ESP then Jackson then Washburn then Jackson , amps you have stated that your a Marshall guy there the best then Randall nailed your tone then EVH ,,, but with all that to the side , the EVH is one of the best amps and you can never go wrong with a Jackson guitar!!!!!!!
The EVH amps destroy Randall amps anyway.
Scott, I just made a peanut butter sandwich. Will you shill that for me?
It made sense since he's basically endorsed by Fender,...easy!
I can relate I tossed my Mesa for one!!
Hooked on Marshalls then Randall now EVH .....
MORE than Hendrix?
yeah what happened to the Randall junk lol
I have to admit among the living had some badass tones
And a evh didn’t exist. Where the fuck is that amp
yeah, today tomorrow its Randall or whoever pays him more to endorse their amp.
Scott Ian just likes anything he can get for free.
here's my take. If I'm a touring musician, I'm playing what sounds the best. period. if I get that for free and get money for playing it, awesome. but the most important thing is how i sound. So, Scott said the Randall had the best tone, the best sound he'd ever heard, the only amp he'd ever need. So, to me, if it was that great, he'd still be playing it.
personally, i think Randall is inferior to Mesa and EVH5150. I've played a 667 (Mesa crushed it) and i own a RG150 (line 6 spider 4 crushes that)
Scott Ian obviously lies. Too bad honor isn't a virtue these days....
I thought he idolized Malcom lol but hey who ever writes the checks right!
In all honesty, if you had a choice between Randall and EVH...
EVH blows the Randall away big time....
badd ass. I just wish the 100 watt heads had MIDI... the 50 watts have MIDI but NO true 3 channels.. AARRGGHHHHH!!! Hey Scott,, tell Eddie to Tell his company to make it happen.. peace!
I don't really care that he moved from Randall to this. If he likes it, that's good, he gets it for free. Good for him
The problem lies in how he suddenly gives unquestionable praise to his new sponsors as though the previous ones never existed. I mean just read the comments, people can read though the bullshit. He should just be forward and people will respect him more for it, "Well, my time with Randall ended and I was asking around and I tried the EVH and I felt...." See? Not that hard.
The Electrocist it's an evh sponsored video. he's probably not allowed to mention the name Randall in his video. it's kinda the same deal when you get a new girlfriend. the new one doesn't want to hear you talk about the old one.
Brad Hargis - Sure, but he could've said "As many of you already know, I've worked with different amps in the past. So now recently when I tried the EVH"... That kind of thing.
I love my EVH 5150 III, but in all honesty, nowadays, it's next to impossible to buy a shitty 100 watt tube amp.
Egnater
SSVplus If you need a great 80s sound, not noisy, and a great clean, I recommend the Peavey 20 watt Classic head and the Hughs and Ketner 20 watt Deluxe. Also both small, light weight, and can go straight into a computer. and I believe they both drop to 1 watt
What? Most companies are turning out shit today