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Eruption amp settings — M-Vave Tank G

The Eddie Van Halen guitar tone for “Eruption”, dialed in for a M-Vave Tank G with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Iconic live solo performance (1986 Live Without a Net / classic late 70s-80s live tour tone)

Original rig

1968 Marshall Super Lead 100W (Variac lowered to ~90V, dimed), Frankenstrat/Kramer (PAF humbucker), MXR Phase 90 (script), Echoplex EP-3, Univox EC-80 tape echo

Saturated, harmonic-rich 'Brown Sound' lead with warm mids, smooth top end, slow phase swirl, and tape echo/room space

Amp settings — M-Vave Tank G

CHANNELAMP Model 5 (Marshall/British High-Gain style) + 4x12 Greenback CAB IRBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Mid	8
Treble	7
Reverb	5
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Tank G MOD Block (Phaser)

Set MOD knob to Phaser (Type 1), low rate for EVH mid-range sweep accentuation

Type 1 · Rate 3 · Depth 6

02Tank G DLY Block (Analog/Tape Delay)

Emulates the Echoplex EP-3 slap/repeat (~300ms, 2-3 audible repeats)

Time 3 · Feedback 3 · Mix 4

03Tank G REV Block (Room/Hall)

Adds the classic wet hall/chamber dimension of EVH's live arena sound

Decay 5 · Mix 5

Why these settings

On the Tank G, select Amp Model 5 (Plexi/British high-gain style) paired with a 4x12 Greenback IR to capture the legendary Marshall Brown Sound. Push the mids and gain hard on the unit to match EVH's dimed, Variac-attenuated saturation while rolling back extreme high end to prevent modern solid-state fizz. The ceramic bridge humbucker on your Ibanez GRG170DX provides the hot output and bite needed to let two-handed tapped harmonics ring out clearly.

PRO TIPLightly graze the string edge with the fleshy side of your pick-hand index finger when tapping to keep non-fretted strings completely silent, letting high-speed arpeggios stay crisp.

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