Will Joe Satriani Imitate Tone Guitar Eddie Van Halen On Best Of All Worlds Tour?

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JAKARTA - Joe Satriani will hold a tour with vocalist Sammy totaling, bassist Michael Anthony, and drummer Jason Bonham next summer. They will focus on Van Halen's songs in honor of the late Eddie Van Halen.

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Joe Satriani was asked if he planned to imitate Eddie Van Halen's guitar tone on the tour. This is the guitar maestro's answer.

"It's very interesting. There's an interesting period with Ed, which starts with the old [ample] Marshall head and he moves forward to the late 1980s, becoming even more complicated with this Marshall head. And then at some point it reverses and he switches to [ample] Soldano and he begins developing 5150 with Peavey, and then he continues to move forward. And then the new era [EVH] 5153 begins," Joe Satriani revealed.

For a guitar player, this is a series of amazing changes that give you a different way of doing things,' explains Joe. "And one is not suitable for the other. Using one new amplIES to represent something from the first album, it's very difficult," he continued.

"And it was very difficult to play the next songs with an earlier setup. So in the past week, my idea was a setup he used on 'Live Without A Net' in 1986. He still uses Marshalls, but it's very complicated."

If you've ever seen the image of the rig, how it uses amplies, it doesn't just plug it in and turn it on. They also use Power Soaks. They use an effect loop, and a sophisticated effect processor, and then switch to power amp. It's a complicated setting, but the core of it is its incredible touch. "

Joe continued, Eddie Van Halen has a beautiful touch on his guitar. He plays with high intensity that other guitarists cannot imitate.

"I don't want to generalize and say it he makes everything sound good, but he did. [mind you] You noticed that when you have one of his guitars and setups or models, he can't be replaced," Joe Satriani explained.

But to answer your question directly, I will try to get close to the sound of each of those eras. Mainly, that's for me. It will help me get in the mood to play parts like he did. And he plays it one way on the album, and then every night he plays it live."

"So far I know, he changes it every night. He can't be arrested. That's what was so beautiful about his enthusiasm for playing guitar and being a musician. He keeps re-creating parts and chords and how he's going to beautify him and how he's going to do it alone. If you're assigned to imitate him, it's like, 'Well, which moment?'"