Eruption amp settings — Harley Benton HB-10G

The Van Halen guitar tone for “Eruption”, dialed in for a Harley Benton HB-10G with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Van Halen (1978) — full instrumental solo

Original rig

1968 Marshall Super Lead 100W (variac-lowered voltage), Frankenstrat (bridge PAF humbucker), MXR Phase 90, Univox EC-80 Tape Echo, Sunset Sound EMT 140 plate reverb

Classic Brown Sound — harmonically saturated, mid-heavy crunch with smooth top-end and slow phase sweep

Amp settings — Harley Benton HB-10G

CHANNELClean channel (Overdrive switch OFF)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	5
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01MXR Phase 90 (or similar phaser)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (set to slow 9 o'clock sweep in front of drive)

Speed 2

02Mooer Hustle Drive

Gain source — set HP mode for Marshall-style crunch

Drive 8 · Tone 5 · Volume 7

03Tape Echo / Delay

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (slapback/short delay around 310ms)

Time 3 · Feedback 3 · Mix 4

Why these settings

The Mooer Hustle Drive acts as the primary gain source to replicate the cranked Marshall Super Lead, requiring the Harley Benton HB-10G to stay on its clean channel with gain low to avoid muddy double-distortion. Because the Player Strat has a brighter, thinner single-coil bridge pickup compared to Eddie's PAF humbucker, amp treble is pulled back to 5 and guitar tone to 8 to tame high-end harshness on the small 6-inch speaker. A slow phaser before the drive pedal provides the essential swooshing texture of the intro and tapping sections.

PRO TIPEddie placed his MXR Phase 90 before his overdriven amp rather than after it, which causes the phase sweep to dynamically chew into the pedal's distortion instead of sweeping a pre-distorted signal.

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