Re: where to find info on rigs, etc.?



"Saul_Sabia" <saul_sabia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1130680822.328441.85080
@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

>
> i almost titled this track "where's the silver bullet?" but i figured
> too many people would be thinking i was talking about beer and not
> guitar and besides i really think Coors sucks. ahem. anyone know where
> someone like me could go to find information out on guitarist x's rig?
>
> like, let's say i want to sound like ex-creed now-alter bridge
> guitarist Mark Tremonti. i think he has a guitar out now made by him,
> but is there a website that takes all that kind of information and puts
> it in one place? that way i can say ... hey, i haven't heard of that
> guitarist in a while, but i liked his tone, i wonder what he used to
> get it?
>
> i understand that tone starts with your hands. my hands get plenty of
> practice. it's the rest of the gear i want to start working on, or at
> least get a good ballpark for that ... i dunno, anthemic sound. i like
> anthemic. it would probably help if i wore leather pants, but i've
> gotta draw the line somewhere. TIA.
>
> Saul
>

As for Tremonti - Boogie stuff, and PRS's. Not much else. He uses 9's and I
think he favors active pickups...

Here's Tremonti (seated with headphones) ripping apart my rig :)

http://chris.shadowdanceherbals.com/pix/radio02.jpg
http://chris.shadowdanceherbals.com/pix/radio01.jpg
.



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