
The EVH brand is famously fastidious in its approach to tone. So much so that until the arrival of the Fender Tone Master Pro last year, it had not endorsed any licensed models of its amps for use in software/modelers.
Now, in a new interview with Fender’s VP of Product Justin Norvell, the exec tells Guitar World that despite Fender and the EVH brand’s close working relationship, its endorsement – dependent on the opinion of Wolfgang Van Halen and his partner at EVH, Matt Bruck – was not a given.