Episode #46 Eddie Van Halen's Guitar Tech Tom Weber (recorded February 2021)
The Jeremy White Podcast and Rock Talk with Mitch Lafon present guitar tech Tom Weber and keyboard/playback tech Greg Rule! DONATE TO TOM WEBER'S GO FUND ME: https://www.gofundme.com/f/tom-weber-needs-help-to-save-his-home Support crews here: roadiecare.com This is one of the BEST Van Halen related conversations you will find online. Tom Weber, Eddie Van Halen's last guitar tech debunk's stories about his set up and rig. We also clear up the story about the infamous KEYBOARD accident in 2007, the monitor throwing incident that caused #EddieVanHalen to rupture an ear drum and more. Buckle in for over two hours of THE MIGHTY, VAN HALEN! #TomWeber talks about how badly touring personal are suffering from not being able to work. Millions around the world are hurting BADLY financially and with the odds of touring not coming back anytime soon, they will continue to suffer. 22:02 - Infamous KEYBOARD incident 29:46 - The GIANT BUG story in Kansas City 33:51 - Greg's first meeting with Edward Van Halen 36:17 - Tom's first day with Van Halen 39:33 - Setting up Edward's guitar for the first time 44:14 - Ed's insane memory of meeting people 47:06 - Temper Tuning of Edward's Guitars - 14 cents out of tune 49:35 - EVH LIVE Guitar Tone and AMPS 59:39 - Going to TOTO for Advice and using TOTO in Alex's solo 1:04:24 - Recording Ed's guitar part for Al's solo 1:06:58 - Doing playback for artists 1:07:54 - Eddie's WET DRY WET amp set up 1:12:22 - Eddie's guitar set up, action and FU TONE Titanium 1:17:47 - More GUITAR ACTION talk 1:21:00 - Ed's TUNING 1:28:52 - Eddie Van Halen was told to STOP throwing picks 1:31:27 - Specifics on FU TONE on Ed's Guitars 1:35:56 - Crazy story why Eddie was told NOT TO THROW PICKS INTO CROWD 1:41:16 - Eddie's famous long cable vs wireless... 1:54:25 - Tokyo Dome and getting called back to work for Ed in 2015 2:00:30 - Playback rigs and Al's cue 2:05:30 - Ed's tone in the PA 2:06:57 - The infamous MONITOR THROWING incident and Ed rupturing his eardrum 2:09:31 - Cable vs wireless, Ed using IN EARS and David Lee Roth's PA Monitor system PLEASE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE! The Jeremy White Podcast is FREE and ON DEMAND, stream now on iHeart Radio, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and tell your Smart Speaker "Play The Jeremy White Podcast". Listen to The #JeremyWhitePodcast: http://linktr.ee/jeremywhitepodcast Donate to the channel to help create new content! https://www.paypal.me/jeremywhitepodcast Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jeremywhitemtl Follow on Instagram: http://instagram.com/jeremywhitemtl Subscribe on YouTube: http://youtube.com/JeremyWhiteShow Subscribe to The Jeremy White Podcast for exclusive content and interviews. The Jeremy White Podcast is powered by BOUSTAN and LOUDTRAX.COM © 2021. Jeremy White Podcast. All Rights Reserved.
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