Petrucci's Exact Mark IV and Lonestar Settings

[MakH]

Petrucci just updated his site and the gear section includes his exact settings for his two Mark IVs and his Lonestar. There's a ton of other stuff running through them, but it could be interesting for those looking for the Petrucci sound.

Mark IV #1:
http://www.johnpetrucci.com/images/gear/TopMK4Settings.jpg

Mark IV #2:
http://www.johnpetrucci.com/images/gear/BottomMK4Settings.jpg

Lonestar:
http://www.johnpetrucci.com/images/gear/LonestarSettings.jpg

Pics are a little wide to post right in here.

http://www.johnpetrucci.com/gear.htm

:wink:

 

[mrd]

Kind of pointless... look how much god **** rack gear he has... :shock:

Cool to see though.

 

[Bourque]

Wow that is crazy how it's all hooked up. Gain 8 and Drive 10 for the Lead sound, that's some intense saturation. I don't imagine the Wylde OD and Tubescreamer get used much.

Maybe I just missed it talked about before but apparently he's using EL-34's with the 6L6's. Cool.

 

[trem]

Wow that is crazy how it's all hooked up. Gain 8 and Drive 10 for the Lead sound, that's some intense saturation. I don't imagine the Wylde OD and Tubescreamer get used much.

Maybe I just missed it talked about before but apparently he's using EL-34's with the 6L6's. Cool.

Yeah, but notice how the treble is also a bit low (6.5). Most people (me included) would run the treble at 7.5-8 with lead gain and drive at 7-8. I should try this reverse method.

And yes, I'm a bit surprised about the EL34 as well. I don't think this has ever been discussed before.

~trem

 

[Anonymous]

I knew that he ran all 6l6's in his IIC+'s, but I didn't know that he ran el34's in his IV's. I bet everyone that owns a Mark IV is going to switch to el34's now. :lol:

 

[Random Hero]

I'll point you in the direction of a thread I made over at the JP forum. Should fuel some interesting discussion here!

http://www.petrucciforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52539

 

[Bourque]

Well if anyone reads that discussion you'll see that I was skeptical about the use of the pedals for boost. That was before I was enlightened on what they actually do. I was playing with my band tonight and I had settings of 8 and 8 for distortion and a treble setting of 7. That is HUGE heeps of gain, just for fun I was messing around with the Constant Motion intro so I adjusted to the heavy V on EQ and man... it sounded just like his tone from the album. I'm using a Steve Morse with the stock Dimarzios to.

I'm not going to say boost pedals are this or that cause I don't use them but Random Hero pointed out to me that the feel was different and maybe not so much the gain structure. I think though that it is my personal preference to do without, I find it comfortable yet challenging to play the amp straight out of the pickup.

 

[rvschulz]

thanks ... i like to get all the LSC settings i can find.

 

[reo73]

I thought the second Mark IV was just a back-up in case the first Mark IV went down? If that's not the case what's he using for a back-up head?

 

[mrd]

I thought the second Mark IV was just a back-up in case the first Mark IV went down? If that's not the case what's he using for a back-up head?

He probably has another copy of the entire set up in the back in case any of the three go down. Rich and famous, eh?

 

[Random Hero]

Is it just me, or are those 6600 and presence settings a bit high for the lead tones he gets??

 

[fpoon]

Yeah man, and it looks way too scooped.