https://youtu.be/hQNwHDTVEek
This doesn't sound "scooped" to me, sounds pretty accurate.
For me that is scooped. Eddies brown sound is a scooped sound thats why Eddie sounded on fire. As far as the Friedman BE100 I'm * not * a huge fan of that amp. I was 18 when VH 1 was released and yes can still clearly remember Ed shaking up the guitar world but his tone was very original and very different then what players like Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Ronnie Montrose, Thin Lizzy, Aerosmith. Pat Travers, AC/DC, Michael Schenker, Gary Moore, Scorpions, the list goes on and on
The sound sample link you shared has no similarity to the OP reference to Slash. Slash's tone is not nearly as over driven as Eddie Van Halen's tone. Having said that I find Slash's sound a little scooped as well. It was bands like Slayer, Metallica and Thrash that started leading guitar players to scooped guitar sound. Pretty much Starting at the 90's to this day
Slash is a player influenced and inspired by players from the 60's and 70's and his tone is a reflection of that. He is old school player who uses his volume control to manage his sound not a bunch of presets
Different strokes for different folks. Some of us older players still use the volume knob on our guitar to go from overdriven to clean sounds. That's what Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, and yes Slash. It takes a certain amp and setting to achieve that. I love my Kemper but it is a tricky beast to get those classic tones. For many players now the sound is too clean for them