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Eddie Van Halen

The early brown-sound chain used no distortion pedal: a large flanger and orange phaser fed an Echoplex before the Marshall.

Board
Debut-era modulation path
Context
Van Halen debut and first tour
Board date
Evidence
Documented equipment · 2 cited sources
Order
Source-described
Scope
Touring-period rig
Routing
Serial path
Audited
Signal
3 units · Guitar to amplifier

Signal path / A

Debut-era modulation path

Artist-described core signal path

InputGuitar
OutputAmplifier

Documented equipment · Source-described order · Serial path

Van Halen described the core order as flanger, Phase 90 and Echoplex into the amplifier. Period boards also carried EQ and switching utilities, which are excluded because their precise role changed between setups.

Cited sources

  1. Guitar WorldEddie Van Halen on his MXR Phase 90 and Flanger
  2. Epi's Van Halen ArchiveEddie Van Halen's first-album guitar signal