Dialing in Tremonti's Creed/Alter Bridge tone on a Triaxis?

[bfontaine]

I JUST bought my V2 Triaxis Non-Phat & 2:90 and cannot wait to start dialing it in!

Tremonti uses a Triple Rec obviously. What channel and/or preset would you recommend starting with to achieve is sound?

Any suggestions are very welcomed!

 

[ibanez4life SZ!]

I've never worked with a Triaxis, but apparently there is a channel on it that is more recto? (Or is that the phat mod one?)

I'd start there.

I currently run a Bogner and Roadster together, and I have to say, that Bogner Uberschall can achieve his tone all by itself. SICK amp. Together, it's even better, but if you're talking Alter Bridge Tremonti tones, it's mainly the Uberschall.

Eric

 

[MusicManJP6]

I had a feeling you might chime in, Eric.

 

[MesaGod666]

From what I know from Mark Tremonti's Creed days (long story), he liked his tone is very open and saturated. He was running a Centaur along with a DBX Signal Compressor (I think) and using Passive Pickups. There is a video on YouTube where he goes through his rig step by step. When I met him back in 2001, he told me that the main components of his dirty tone were the Triple Recto, Mesa Cabs, Centaur, and the PUPs.

Now, the Triaxis/2:Ninety combo is a versatile but fairly compressed and very articulate preamp. It sounds nothing like a Recto and getting it to sound like one will probably be more hassle than what it's worth. If you really wanted to get a recto sound from a Triaxis/2:Ninety rig, I would first pair it with a 2:100 Power amp, LD1RED (w/boost) or LD2RED (no boost) and crank the post-tone gain, and eq the mids out. If you are going to be sticking with the 2:Ninety then what you will need to is use the LD 2 RED settings, use a stereo EQ (MXR KK 10 Band) and crank the highs (to taste as always), flood the backend of your tone with a lot of gain, and use the modern and deep settings on your poweramp.

Here's a link to his website for you to get an idea of what he uses (in case you don't know already).

 

[fluff191]

So if I read his site correctly, he is mainly using Channel 2 for the more distorted tone? (7 ans opposed to 3 on Channel 3)??

 

[ibanez4life SZ!]

Something really weird about those settings. If you watch his new instructional DVD, Mark clearly states he uses Channel 3 Modern for rhythm, and channel 2 vintage for leads on the Rectifier (each paired with a Bogner, Uberschall and Shiva respectively).

I think they might be in o'clock...would explain the big differences in master since Channel 3 modern is so much louder than the others...

Eric