Riff Tone

My Sacrifice

Creed

Guitarrock2000s

Original Gear

GuitarPRS Mark Tremonti Signature (likely 2000-2001 spec, mahogany body, maple top, rosewood board)

AmpFender Twin Reverb (used for clean tones in studio)

PickupsPRS Tremonti Treble (bridge, ceramic humbucker) and PRS Tremonti Bass (neck, alnico humbucker)

Amp Settings

gain0

bass5.5

mid5.5

treble7

reverb3.5

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 2001 (Weathered album). Tremonti is confirmed to use a two-amp setup: Fender for cleans, Mesa for dirt. Clean sections are widely reported to use the Fender Twin Reverb. No evidence of live rig or alternate guitars for the studio clean riff. Pickup selection inferred from typical clean tone approach and artist's gear in this era.

Tone Character(10)

warm and glassyarticulate and clearfull-bodieddynamic and touch-sensitiveopen and ringingnot compressed or squashedno audible breakupmajestic, cinematic cleanwide stereo image (studio production)rich sustain from open tuning

Difficulty

The clean riff is approachable for intermediate players but requires careful tuning, clean technique, and dynamic control to achieve the open, ringing sound without noise.

Sources

which amps did Mark Tremonti use on Creed's albums?Mark Tremonti's 10 greatest guitar moments | Guitar World Alter Bridge tuning : r/alterbridge - Reddit

This tone has been researched 3 times by the community

Create an account to adapt this tone to your gear

Create Free Account