Re: trey anastasio tone
Trey's tone has as much to do with his approach as with his actual equipment.
Trey goes for a warm "vocal" tone.
He starts with a very warm, humbucking guitar (full hollow body). Nothing shrill or shriek-y about it. Look how far towards the neck his bridge pickup is.
He uses two Analog Man modified TS-9 Tube Screamers into an Analog Man BiCompRosser (which replaced his old Ross Compressor). He runs the distortions INTO the compressor allowing him to clean up the sound with his volume knob while the compressor keeps the output level constant. I've been using that trick for years. It works great.
He then goes into a couple of Fender Deluxe Reverbs which are 22 watt, all tube amps. the lower wattqage allows him to crank em up a bit and still not be "too" loud.
And there you have it. There are other effects in there, but that is the basic tone, equipment wise.
His tone also comes from amazing technique, a great understanding (and taste) of note choice, excellent vibrato, and good ears: he listens and places the guitar where it belongs in the mix of the band, both tone-wise and playing wise. And he has dynamics. He plays quietly as well as totally balls out rocking.
Good to see his name on this board. He is conspicuously overlooked by much of the guitar playing community.
Peace!
