Brown Tone - what's that?

I guess I should know that one...but I don't.

Thanks.

Eddie Van Halen

Brown tone is what I produce when sitting on the "throne".:mrgreen:

Eddie Van Halen

Yep - especially the Van Halen debut album tone.

So it refers specifically to Van Halen, or to a particular type of amp?

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Now I'm totally confused.

Now I'm totally confused.

its eddie van halen's sound but that pedal is supposed to simulate his tone

A brown tone, or note, was allegedly a bass tone played so low, that the vibrations would make a person lose control of their bowels, making them crap their pants. However, the Mythbusters debunked it a few years ago as just an urban legend. Really.

van who?
http://www.brownnote.net/ --for example.

http://www.cmatmods.com/brownie.html
Get one of these and thank me later:mrgreen:

....and then there is the Brown Note that you also should be aware of...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_note

Now I'm totally confused.

EVH nicknamed his own tone the brown sound. Everyone trying to emulate it since has picked up on the terminology, from amp makers to 12-year-olds.

No. I believe everyone is wrong..but, I could be too...look under the 'brown option' for the pedal. .but, imho..maybe a old school , new school definition

http://www.analogman.com/ts9.htm

Ya'll are all wrong, this is the brown sound

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I believe that the brown sound means the sound of Fender's brown tolex covered amps. You could google Fender brown tolex amps and see what you come up with. Or go on a site about older Fender amps produced around 1960-63 or so.. The were amps that bridged the tweed and the blackface amps, and they sound different.... a bit rawer sound than the refined sound of the blackface amps... Or even better.... Ask this question on the Amps Central Station sub forum at top of page under "Forum Jump".

You mean it isn't this?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N5jY00z_Sk&feature=related