Mark Tremonti

BluesGuyJ

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Does anyone know what Mark Tremonti uses for a rig (guitarist of the former Creed, and now Alterbridge). I know he has his own custom PRS, but I would like to know what he uses for an amp. I'd have to guess a Rectifier, but then again I could be wrong.
 
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When I saw him live he runs a million effects through a bunch of Fender Twin Reverbs.
 
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No way?! He plays through a Fender Twin Reverb? Those must be some good effects pedals cuz he gets some amazing distortion.
 
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Yep, blackfaces.

He uses the those TC GMajor's, I remember seeing like four of them (seriously) . I did also see Mesa Boogie cabinets as well but I don't remember seeing any of their heads.
 
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Rectifier for the heavy distortions and the Fender for the cleans. For cabs he has the Recto cabs and a bass cab loaded with 15 in speakers.
 
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Generally the Fenders are for his clean, and he uses Mesa Rectos and Mesa cabs.

Here's a studio shot of Tremonti recording with Alter Bridge.

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I've seen a video of him playing live during the My Own Prison tour, and he was running Mesa Duals for dirty and Matchless amps for cleans, but I think he usually uses Fender TRs for clean. I've also seen pics of him plugged into a Diezel VH-4, but that was in a studio.
 
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There's also a Bogner head, a Marshall head, and other stuf there too. But notice the recto is the one with the power lights on.
 
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Slightly off topic, but Alter Bridge kicks lots of ass. I'd always thought Creed would be cool without that asswipe Stapp :D
 
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JB_From_Hell said:
Slightly off topic, but Alter Bridge kicks lots of ass. I'd always thought Creed would be cool without that asswipe Stapp :D

No doubt!! Creed got rid of Jesus and found a new lead singer!!! :laugh2:
 
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On tour he currently uses Triple Rectos through 2 Recto 4X12's and 2 custom Mesa 2X15's for dirty and a Tone King and Fener Twin for cleans. On the Alter Bridge album he used those amps as well as a Diezel VH4, Bogner Uberschall, Marshall Plexi among others.
Personally I think Tremonti is very under rated. He is a great guitarist who was limited within Creed and is only starting to reveal his true talents while in Alter Bridge. If any of you have seen him live or even on their most recent Leno appearance you know what he is capable of.
 
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i always liked tremonti's guitar tone, i guess he kinda started the PRS through mesa craze :D

but he has better tone...
 
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It's always confounded me how someone can have so much invested in quality gear and manage to sound like an Epi Paul into one of the first generation Crate amps with a Boss HM-2 in the signal chain.

Seriously...am I the only one who thinks that this guys sound is just horrendous and lifeless?
 
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Skarekrough said:
It's always confounded me how someone can have so much invested in quality gear and manage to sound like an Epi Paul into one of the first generation Crate amps with a Boss HM-2 in the signal chain.

Seriously...am I the only one who thinks that this guys sound is just horrendous and lifeless?
IMO it's you. I'm not Temonti fan, or a Creed fan AT ALL. But my wife and teenage daughter were Creed fans so a couple years ago I was dragged to see them live twice (with Sevendust opening, which was cool). Anyway, Tremonti had the most killer live metal tone I'd heard in a long time.
 
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I'm in the Tremonti camp, too. I think he's got a great head for riffs, and I love his sound. Glad to see he's soloing also. I liked Creed, and thought they had some fantastic tunes. However, it's popular now to be a Creed hater and it's always been unpopular to sing about spirituality.
 
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True, though it probably shouldn't be.:( Human Clay had plenty of good tunes on it. I kinda thought the last album got a little self-indulgent though.

Why is it that every pic ever taken of Mark makes him look like a college kid? :laugh2:
 
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