到底什么是"Brown Sound"
Tone
Eddie (a self described "tone chaser") achieved his distinctive tone, known as the "Brown sound", by using the EVH
"Frankenstrat" guitar, a stock 100-watt Marshall amp, a Variac (to lower the voltage of the amp to change the tone) and
effects such as an Echoplex, an MXR Phase 90, an MXR Flanger and EQs. Van Halen constructed his now legendary Frankenstrat
guitar using a Charvel factory "2nd" body and neck (cost $50), a single vintage Gibson PAF humbucker pickup (sealed in
paraffin wax to reduce microphonic feedback), a pre-CBS Fender tremolo bridge (later to be a Floyd Rose bridge) and a single
volume control with a knob labeled "tone". Eddie has used a variety of pickups including Gibson PAF's, 1970s Mighty Mites,
DiMarzios and Ibanez Super 70s. Eddie was using Mighty Mite pickups in 1977 club photos, just prior to the recording of the
first Van Halen album. Mighty Mite pickups were OEM pickups made by Seymour Duncan [24] and were copies of DiMarzio Super
Distortion pickups and can be identified by their lack of bobbin holes. Seymour Duncan started advertising pickup rewinding
services In late 1977/early 1978 [25] and apparently rewound a Gibson PAF for Eddie around the early 1978 period. [26]
范海伦（他自称是“音色追逐者”）获得的独特音色，被称为“Brown sound”。这种“Brown sound”是通过EVH "Frankenstrat"吉他，一台100瓦的Marshall分体音箱，一个自耦变压器（通过降低音箱的电压来改变音色），和一些诸如Echo，MXR Phase 90, MXR Flanger 以及EQs效果器混合而成。
范海伦构建他那把传奇的Frankenstrat吉他用了 Charvel 工厂的2拼琴体和一个琴颈（费用高达50美元），一块vintage的Gibson PAF humbucker拾音器（拾音器使用石蜡密封，以减少扩音器发出的回馈声），一个老Fender（CBS公司收购Fender之前的Fender）的颤音琴桥（后来换成了Floyd Rose琴桥）和一个标记为“tone”的音量旋钮。范海伦实验了很多种品牌的拾音器，其中包括Gibson PAF's，1970年代的Mighty Mites拾音器以及DiMarzios和Ibanez Super 70s。在1977年的俱乐部照片里，范海伦使用的是Mighty Mite拾音器，也就是录制第一张范海伦专辑之前的那段日子。Seymour Duncan曾经代工过Mighty Mite，并COPY过DiMarzio 的Super Distortion 拾音器，这也同时证明了在那时Seymour Duncan对bobbin holes的缺乏。Seymour Duncan 从1977年末到1978年初提供拾音器的改装（重绕）服务，这显然是为了那些想获得范海伦1978年音色的人们而改装Gibson PAF拾音器。
The now famous single pickup, single volume knob guitar configuration was the chosen platform due to Van Halen's lack of
knowledge in electronic circuitry, primitive wire soldering skills, and his disappointment in not finding an adequate,
durable bridge and neck pick-up combination on his own. Upon installing the humbucking pickup he did not know how to wire it
into the guitar circuit, so he wired the simplest working circuit to get it to function.
今天我们看到的单拾音器，单音量钮的“范海伦吉他”，是因为范海伦对电子电路知识的缺乏，以及生涩的电线焊接技术造成。当时的他也为不能找到一种持久耐用的琴桥以及音色让他满意的琴颈拾音器而非常失望。直到范海伦把humbucker拾音器买来，他依旧不知道如何把拾音器同吉他电路连接起来，所以他只能用最简单的电线缠绕方式来让拾音器工作。
His later guitars include various Kramer models from his period of endorsing that company (most notably the Kramer "5150",
from which Kramer in its Gibson-owned days based their Kramer 1984 design, an unofficial artist signature model) and three
signature models: the Ernie Ball/ Music Man Edward van Halen Model (Which continues as the Ernie Ball Axis), the Peavey EVH
Wolfgang (which has been succeeded by a similar guitar called the HP Special), and the Charvel EVH Art Series, on which Eddie does the striping before they are painted by Charvel.
范海伦后期的吉他，包括各种Kramer款式都源自于他当年青睐的公司（最著名的是Kramer“5150”，在Kramer隶属Gibson的年代，Kramer在1984年设计了这种吉他，还有一种非官方的艺术家签名款）以及三个签名款：Ernie Ball/ Music Man Edward van Halen Model（这个model就是后来延续下来的Ernie Ball Axis），Peavey EVH Wolfgang （这款吉他已经被一个同类吉他成为HP Special），然后就是Charvel 的EVH Are系列， 这个系列的吉他范海伦在Charvel喷漆之前，加了条纹。
In an interview he gave to Guitar World magazine in July, 1985, Van Halen states that his "brown sound" is "basically a tone,
a feeling that I'm always working at ... It comes from the person." He continues, "If the person doesn't even know what that
type of tone I'm talking about is, they can't really work towards it, can they?"
在1985年7月的吉他世界杂志采访中，范海伦对他的"brown sound"进行了说明，范海伦说：“"brown sound"这种声音是我最常用的一种基本音色，"brown sound"源于个人”。范海伦接着说：“如果人们甚至不懂我谈论的音色类型是什么，那么他们绝没可能接近这种音色，难道他们可以？”。
闲来翻译了维基上的一段文章，概述了范海伦音色。收获挺大。在范海伦那个年代，没有这么多花花绿绿的PEDAL和什么CUSTOM SHOP,和什么boutique之争。
范叔只用了50 USD 的廉价木头以及一个PU，做出了属于自己的音色。
大家也可以把这篇文章当成是购物指南一类的东西，木头不木头的，也就是那么回事（照文章来看），哈。
Eddie (a self described "tone chaser") achieved his distinctive tone, known as the "Brown sound", by using the EVH
"Frankenstrat" guitar, a stock 100-watt Marshall amp, a Variac (to lower the voltage of the amp to change the tone) and
effects such as an Echoplex, an MXR Phase 90, an MXR Flanger and EQs. Van Halen constructed his now legendary Frankenstrat
guitar using a Charvel factory "2nd" body and neck (cost $50), a single vintage Gibson PAF humbucker pickup (sealed in
paraffin wax to reduce microphonic feedback), a pre-CBS Fender tremolo bridge (later to be a Floyd Rose bridge) and a single
volume control with a knob labeled "tone". Eddie has used a variety of pickups including Gibson PAF's, 1970s Mighty Mites,
DiMarzios and Ibanez Super 70s. Eddie was using Mighty Mite pickups in 1977 club photos, just prior to the recording of the
first Van Halen album. Mighty Mite pickups were OEM pickups made by Seymour Duncan [24] and were copies of DiMarzio Super
Distortion pickups and can be identified by their lack of bobbin holes. Seymour Duncan started advertising pickup rewinding
services In late 1977/early 1978 [25] and apparently rewound a Gibson PAF for Eddie around the early 1978 period. [26]
范海伦（他自称是“音色追逐者”）获得的独特音色，被称为“Brown sound”。这种“Brown sound”是通过EVH "Frankenstrat"吉他，一台100瓦的Marshall分体音箱，一个自耦变压器（通过降低音箱的电压来改变音色），和一些诸如Echo，MXR Phase 90, MXR Flanger 以及EQs效果器混合而成。
范海伦构建他那把传奇的Frankenstrat吉他用了 Charvel 工厂的2拼琴体和一个琴颈（费用高达50美元），一块vintage的Gibson PAF humbucker拾音器（拾音器使用石蜡密封，以减少扩音器发出的回馈声），一个老Fender（CBS公司收购Fender之前的Fender）的颤音琴桥（后来换成了Floyd Rose琴桥）和一个标记为“tone”的音量旋钮。范海伦实验了很多种品牌的拾音器，其中包括Gibson PAF's，1970年代的Mighty Mites拾音器以及DiMarzios和Ibanez Super 70s。在1977年的俱乐部照片里，范海伦使用的是Mighty Mite拾音器，也就是录制第一张范海伦专辑之前的那段日子。Seymour Duncan曾经代工过Mighty Mite，并COPY过DiMarzio 的Super Distortion 拾音器，这也同时证明了在那时Seymour Duncan对bobbin holes的缺乏。Seymour Duncan 从1977年末到1978年初提供拾音器的改装（重绕）服务，这显然是为了那些想获得范海伦1978年音色的人们而改装Gibson PAF拾音器。
The now famous single pickup, single volume knob guitar configuration was the chosen platform due to Van Halen's lack of
knowledge in electronic circuitry, primitive wire soldering skills, and his disappointment in not finding an adequate,
durable bridge and neck pick-up combination on his own. Upon installing the humbucking pickup he did not know how to wire it
into the guitar circuit, so he wired the simplest working circuit to get it to function.
今天我们看到的单拾音器，单音量钮的“范海伦吉他”，是因为范海伦对电子电路知识的缺乏，以及生涩的电线焊接技术造成。当时的他也为不能找到一种持久耐用的琴桥以及音色让他满意的琴颈拾音器而非常失望。直到范海伦把humbucker拾音器买来，他依旧不知道如何把拾音器同吉他电路连接起来，所以他只能用最简单的电线缠绕方式来让拾音器工作。
His later guitars include various Kramer models from his period of endorsing that company (most notably the Kramer "5150",
from which Kramer in its Gibson-owned days based their Kramer 1984 design, an unofficial artist signature model) and three
signature models: the Ernie Ball/ Music Man Edward van Halen Model (Which continues as the Ernie Ball Axis), the Peavey EVH
Wolfgang (which has been succeeded by a similar guitar called the HP Special), and the Charvel EVH Art Series, on which Eddie does the striping before they are painted by Charvel.
范海伦后期的吉他，包括各种Kramer款式都源自于他当年青睐的公司（最著名的是Kramer“5150”，在Kramer隶属Gibson的年代，Kramer在1984年设计了这种吉他，还有一种非官方的艺术家签名款）以及三个签名款：Ernie Ball/ Music Man Edward van Halen Model（这个model就是后来延续下来的Ernie Ball Axis），Peavey EVH Wolfgang （这款吉他已经被一个同类吉他成为HP Special），然后就是Charvel 的EVH Are系列， 这个系列的吉他范海伦在Charvel喷漆之前，加了条纹。
In an interview he gave to Guitar World magazine in July, 1985, Van Halen states that his "brown sound" is "basically a tone,
a feeling that I'm always working at ... It comes from the person." He continues, "If the person doesn't even know what that
type of tone I'm talking about is, they can't really work towards it, can they?"
在1985年7月的吉他世界杂志采访中，范海伦对他的"brown sound"进行了说明，范海伦说：“"brown sound"这种声音是我最常用的一种基本音色，"brown sound"源于个人”。范海伦接着说：“如果人们甚至不懂我谈论的音色类型是什么，那么他们绝没可能接近这种音色，难道他们可以？”。
闲来翻译了维基上的一段文章，概述了范海伦音色。收获挺大。在范海伦那个年代，没有这么多花花绿绿的PEDAL和什么CUSTOM SHOP,和什么boutique之争。
范叔只用了50 USD 的廉价木头以及一个PU，做出了属于自己的音色。
大家也可以把这篇文章当成是购物指南一类的东西，木头不木头的，也就是那么回事（照文章来看），哈。
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