A Chat With: With Mark Tremonti

I recently got to sit down with the gracious Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge, Creed and his own solo band Tremonti! We chat guitars, Rectifiers, the MT100 and more! Check out his new album Marching In Time out now!
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[@Rvp5150]

I’ve met and hung around with Mark 6-7 times. Such a nice down to earth guy. He really helped me deal with the loss of my mother. I was at the last show of his solo tour in Jax Beach in 2015 and my mom wanted a signed t shirt. I ended up burying her in that shirt about 3 weeks later. I sent Mark a message a few days after the funeral thanking him to which he responded. The next time I saw him in 2016 he came up and gave me a huge hug. Love that guy.

[@loch1352]

Wish he would come back to jax again. But I’m excited that loathe is coming in town

[@anttimaki2561]

@@loch1352 Åå

[@KTK44]

I am almost lost for words. Every time there is a video with Mark there's a comment about what an incredible and kind soul he is!

[@Joeobrown1]

i've never seen a bad word written about tremonti, i met him once after a show on the dying machine tour, gave me way more time than a random fan deserved. you're right too that his music is getting better and better somehow, the new album is great, well worth your time

[@TVoltG]

I met him once at the NAMM show in Anaheim.. Gracias and extremely cool. He was just an overall cool dude. Spent time talking and wasn't acting like he was in a hurry or going through the motions.

[@trevv5886]

That 'What If' riff is timeless

[@mikeball4590]

Mark is always so down to earth in all his interviews and in person.

[@everychannel1025]

People like Mark are the people who deserve every bit of success in the world. He is not just a rock god, but a family man and someone who is truly self aware. I wish him and his family health and joy!

[@ketamineaddict156]

...and then there's people like Slash. Brilliant player, no doubt about that, but clearly full of himself

[@gergoretvari6373]

@@ketamineaddict156 really? never knew that

[@PaulOwenMusic]

Mark is such a class act. I loved Creed back in the day and later on Alter Bridge. Tremonti is such a huge influence on me as a guitarist and someone who listens to music in general. Great interview!

[@jcollell]

Mark is the man. True salt of the earth type guy. I so can't wait to see and hear the MT100. Sounds like the ultimate Frankenstein amp. Speaking of Scream What if and Is this the End are rippin. I had just bought that CD at Tower Records in Rockville, MD and remember cranking that in the car the very first time. My favorite Creed song is still What's this Life For. I remember when I first heard the intro and I was immediately blown away. It reminded me of Knocking on Heaven's Door but with more musical content. It just complimented the vocals so well and then out of nowhere you get pummeled by that wall of guitar. Congrats on the great interview.

[@f.r.e.e.4414]

Is this the end FTW

[@nickagervasi]

Right off the batt Fluff nails it. The PRS Tremonti is the BEST Les Paul ever made. Hands down.

[@eddiejr540]

I am such a loser... I own 2 high end PRS models but I have never had a Tremonti in my hands...wtf!!!!

[@nickagervasi]

@@eddiejr540 not a loser. But if you like Les Paul's and even kind of like PRS guitar, it is a winner.

[@nickagervasi]

@@cpaynes8512 I own two Gibson Les Paul studios. Both are great in their own way, but the core Tremonti I have is one of my top favorite 3 guitars I have ever played, period.

[@joshstanton267]

One of my mates, who is no stranger to owning and playing very expensive guitars borrowed my Tremonti for a gig and never wanted to give it back haha. Said to me that it just felt better than a Les Paul in basically every way and still sounded monster. Superb value for money conscious musicians. Not to mention its damned pretty.

[@Connor_Bowles]

Agreed, I have a 2021 PRS SE standard 24 and a 2004 SE standard Tremonti and I definitely play my tremonti more, it just feels right and sounds so good

[@charlesrocks]

Mark Tremonti is awesome. I had a chance to meet him in Minneapolis back during the peak of Creed and I’ve admired everything he’s ever done. His guitar and amp rigs are the zenith of metal tones.

[@philbritton7296]

Faceless Man was the song that really turned me on to Mark’s style like 20 years ago. So cool that he mentioned it!

[@gr070491]

Mark Is such a great player and an amazing songwrigter. Everytime I listen to his early stuff (both alter bridge and Tremonti) I think "damn this was great". But next I listen to the newer stuff and I realize that Is equally outstanding. He Just keeps developing and growing, also his vocal skills are getting Better and Better. And he Is also a courteous guy: Met him two times during pre shows and everytime It was a fantastic experience. Can't wait to see the MT100, it's the only reason I'm trying to save some Money right now. Speaking of Guitar tones and heavy riffs: overcome and throw them to the Lions. In general the Guitar tones in full circle album Blow me away every time.

[@RobbieThrash]

Fluff, this is thee absolute best interviewee you could possible have. Tremonti is imo the best musician in the last 20 years. Thank you for making this possible and sharing with the rest of us.

[@stevenweschler6461]

I was fortunate enough to meet Mark at NAMM in 2000, nicest guy you could ever meet. Was able to meet Dime the same day and he was an absolute sweetheart but it's Dime, 500 people were in line to meet him. No one was in line to meet Mark so it was very awesome to actually talk to him for more than 5 seconds. One of my favorite memories.

[@wadeburgan1574]

Mark seems like he is exactly what you want one of your guitar heros to be like in person.

[@barry3045]

“What If” is a banger 🤘🏼

[@alonsoguardia]

Dude this is GOLD! I love Mark man he’s my hero

[@andresnieto37]

Man, this was one of the BEST interviews to Mark I've ever seen. As a fan of him and a dedicated guitar player, this inspires me so much to continue my guitar journey. You got another subscriber here. Thank you!

[@rosieotis]

Great interview, Fluff. So chill. Thanks for giving MT the space to talk. Also, thanks for the super-nerd geek session! ⚙️ 🎸 🤘🏼

[@christophersherman2437]

Awesome interview, keep up the amazing content.

[@TanishaTyagi]

How humble is Mark Tremonti? He's definitely my god.

[@smartrn1]

Such a tremendous player and person. God bless MT.

[@TheMusicfan189]

This is class!! What a beast Mark is 🤟🏻

[@doublebguitarplayer9434]

I’ve been listening to mark since he started. He’s the man. All his bands kick ass. Love that he’s humble to.

[@robzilla69]

And Mark spends the whole episode fiddling with the camera.....🤣

[@kadenmccoy6059]

Sick interview. Mark is just so real and a hella cool dude. Met him on the Last Hero tour in OKC. My mom saw him going to his bus and got his attention through the fence. He came over waited for my mom to call me from the other side of the venue lol. We all obviously freaked out, but he was super chill. All the respect in the world for the guy

[@AncientSinsOfficial]

Thank you Fluff!!! Can’t wait to sell a kidney to afford the MT100 but also……thank you for bringing the most humble and generous and one of the greatest on your channel. That amp room was ungodly.

[@OLD_MAN_O_GAUGE]

Best interview I’ve seen!! Two legends talking gear loved it!!!!

[@JavyonVISION]

Love Mark! Always good to hear what he has to say.

[@robertrobinson4578]

Dude! I am a huge Tremonti fan. 1. Hetfield, #2 Tremonti. Met him twice over the years and had a few cool conversations. That was my favorite interview….EVER. Great questions!

[@RG049]

Hetfield is Mark's favourite musician

[@Tunanocrust1]

Love this interview! Mark seemed to enjoy the change of pace from the same old boring questions. Love the Creed question too lol definitely thought he would’ve said what if

[@GearGasms]

This is part of what I want to do is to get my channel big enough so that I can go back to interviews with music celebrities like I did on the radio. Nice get and great job on not acting like a little fangurl during this. That’s harder to do than most people think when you are a big fan of who you are interviewing. Like I had to really pull back my fanboi vibes when I interviewed Steve Morse or Tom Johnston. Nice get!

[@chettster]

Always loved Tremonti. Enjoyed the interview. His Amp collection must be amazing.

[@johnmyers473]

Amazing! Great job!

[@ractorstudios]

I love his distortion sound. Its always bigger and more epic then any other ive heard. Rich sound

[@limak191]

As far as gear does not matter, i agree. That said i just bought Tremonti PRS standard ;). I love it ! Great job Mark and PRS. All the best for new year and whole future

[@LesPaulVOS]

Killer interview! Loved it.

[@stephenbarton2625]

How awesome is Mark. What a solid guy. Fluff you fit in right with his crowd too. Very cool to listen to a couple of guitar junkies!

[@hasben5674]

It's cool to see that no matter how big a star you get to be, it's still all about being a fanboy at heart! I've been to two Tremonti clinics, and the at the first one, I had not brought a guitar. I was loaned one of Mark's guitars, and you'd better believe that for me, looking down in my lap and seeing that magical PRS, was like for me what seeing Zakk Wylde's or Tony Iommi's guitar was for Mark. They didn't make me give it back until we were on stage doing the rig rundown, so though not plugged in, I "played onstage" with Mark Tremonti. Mark is an excellent teacher and a heckuva nice guy. One of the classiest guys in rock.

[@coleford4258]

Two of my favorite folks from the guitar-sphere in one youtube video? How can I not like it?

[@jayteesgear]

Super fun interview. ABs first album is a massive move forward for Rock!

[@Boomheyyou]

Mark is the man

[@guitguy6579]

"... an EL34 II, which is a newer JJ, it's kinda like an KT77, which it has the elements of a 6L6 without the squishiness of an EL34." Amp nerdiness at it's highest level.

[@MetallicA29]

Great job, Fluff!!!

[@ROKZLEON]

Great convo man!!! Great questions!!!

[@tone-talk]

Cool interview Fluff. Thanks!

[@Toddythetiger22]

great interview Fluff!

[@sevenity2677]

Fluff!!! This is the best interview I have came across with tremonti! Tremonti needs to get with Zakk and make an album!!! Love the tremonti PRS and I have tried to play tremonti style since creed but he has a crazy style!!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@ruddwoodstudios3084]

My favorite guitarist and a really nice dude.

[@scottrockit7680]

Awesome!

[@guitarthink]

Cool to hear him say the One last Breath part... Love that riff.....

[@chikitin1981]

Cool interview with one of my favorite guitar player.

[@basshumper1]

Nice job! Tremonti 🤘🤘🤘🙏🙏

[@calypsoe3496]

Met him back in 2012 on his first solo tour here in Germany. He's such a cool and down to earth guy, he was nice enough to allow the 12 year old me onto the tour bus to sign my PRS before the show. Something I'll never forget.

[@kraken8159]

I have the first gen of the MT-15 and cab. 6L6 tubes. Sounds amazing. I love Tremonti’s playing. Huge fan

[@kraken8159]

Can I just get a fluff tshirt instead? Xl

[@injest9706]

Great interview 🤘🎸

[@MotoRiff77]

the clean intro to What if is what got me to pickup the guitar

[@josephbelcher79]

So cool man, congrats

[@jtc2112]

Man, he seems like a super cool, grounded dude . Extremely likable

[@CHXINS5150]

more tremonti please

[@sb632]

Mark is the reason I even got interested in playing guitar. I hope I get a chance to meet him one day.

[@daxchenier3491]

Thanks for this 😎

[@IanVase]

My old band Straight Line Stitch opened up for Alter Bridge back in like......2005 I think it was and he brought us up on his bus for a bit and was just the nicest fella. What a nice bus it was too lol

[@SolarWarden88]

Mark mentioning an ADA-MP1 haha, classic. Still love my MP-1 & MP-2....tell me I'm not the only one who'd be curious to hear Mark shred away on an MP-1 lol. Great interview.

[@danosoprano5853]

Mark seems like really nice person!!!!

[@RobbieFitzgerald]

Mark is so good. I appreciate your gear questions. Wouldve been cool to hear about the other signature he was working in with PRS. Also, Slayer definitely detuned especially in the later years.

[@KyleEwersMusic]

Great chat!

[@jessethedeliveryguy1613]

Tremonti is a BEAST!!! I love his signature model!

[@jessethedeliveryguy1613]

SCAM!

[@Awezomenis5150]

He must have been so fed up with phone just sliding down over and over haha.

[@rijosigns]

marks such an awesome dude! and not bad guitar player too. :P

[@scottdematteo]

Great interview. I own his signature PRS. My only regret is I wish I got the hard tail version, not the tremelo.

[@RubyRoks]

Mark's PRS is exactly how i'd spec my dream guitar with the exception of me wanting an evertune option.

[@hangman960]

Such a cool guy

[@jamesgoodman7096]

Always the salt of the earth. Top bloke 🤘🏻

[@ballscmcgallz]

When I was in high school I heard the cover of "I'm 18" that Mark and Creed recorded for the movie "The Faculty". The guitar distortion on that track is one of my all time favorite rock distortions I've ever heard. I know part of that is the low end from the bass guitar, but the muscle car-like roar of that guitar distortion is really something special. If I remember correctly, I believe a friend said he used a Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier. Anyway, man I've tried and tried over the years to achieve that exact guitar sound and never really gotten there. I absolutely love that aggressive roar.

[@nathanbyers5731]

For just a moment we were able to witness two guitar hero’s geeking out with their triple XYZ’s with doubly rectified LMNOP’s powered by a single coiled HVAC with internal CPAP’s forgetting for a second they were making a video for us mere mortals.

[@danosoprano5853]

I have el34s in my triple recto it sounds amazing in the vintage mode!!!!!

[@NobodyNewsNetwork]

Awesome interview. For both guys. I just tried to watch a John 5 interview, and I couldn't take it. "Uh, well, you know". Just talk!!!!

[@ZachWirchak]

Great interview! Mark is probably top 3 most influential guitarist in my music career. Super underrated by the mass public.

[@wolfbrother2474]

Who would be the others?

[@ZachWirchak]

@@wolfbrother2474 for me, Aaron Marshall and Mark Morton. Even tho a lot of my metal playing days are behind me, I still tend to be influenced by it.

[@wolfbrother2474]

@@ZachWirchak thanks for responding. Im always intrigued by different peoples influences. Watched Tremonti again on Monday in Manchester, the guy is much more than a great guitarist. I wish I could play like him

[@ZachWirchak]

@@wolfbrother2474 He makes it looks effortless!

[@TheStrykerProject]

Thumbs up for reference to Ace Frehley's black Les Paul. 🤘🏻I just *had* to have a Les Paul because of Ace. I had a beautiful black Gibson Les Paul that was stolen. Broke my heart.

[@hyperbolekid]

I have a space already prepared for the MT100

[@MaestroJericho]

HHaha me too. I have a Mesa Dual Recto Roadster now and 2022 looking for that MT100 to add.

[@taylorwyatt333]

my dual rectifier Roadster was turned into a fire breather once I switched to EL34s surprisingly

[@ColonelClaypool]

Love the model and owned the SE version. I tested three at the same time and I loved everything about it. Except one thing: It was bottom heavy. Sitting down and especially resting the right picking arm on it made it hard to use the left hand for fretting as I had to use it to counter balance. What's your experience with that particular thing? Thanks.

[@nickagervasi]

I am with you Fluff. What If is absolutely the song that made me ask "Who is this guitarist?!?" One of the songs that I remember listening to on repeat once I got that album. Still one of my favorite Tremonti riffs and he has a lot of great ones. 🤘

[@patrickolivier1]

It’s the “uhhh-ahhhhh”, on the 3rd fret harmonic 😁. Magic sauce lol

[@nickagervasi]

@@patrickolivier1 Yes!!!

[@sixstringdisciple777]

I see Mark, I press like.

[@travislee9662]

I can totally relate I have a whole wall of plugin amps 🤪

[@kraken8159]

The song “Bullets” riff is badass

[@JediCrackSmoke]

Tremonti, get that damned webcam under control!

[@cbeserra]

Nice

[@johnbrown8388]

Mark's camera is the funniest thing.

[@janesdisorder1565]

Conversation around 6 minutes in reminds me of an old interview with Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, talking about touring with Van Halen. Eddie picked up Jerry's guitar and it sounded like Eddie Van Halen. most of the tone is in the hands, fingers, how you pluck.

[@JJDon5150]

This saying is so cliche and wrong. "Tone" is in the amp and guitar, "technique" is in the fingers. You're not going to make crazy pinch harmonic squeals on the clean setting of an amp. You will sound like how you sound as a player no matter what guitar you use though.

[@DapperHesher]

Hey, it's that guy from Pat Finnerty's 12 days of Christmas song.

[@mikeruppe]

I love el34’s, they feel tighter to me

[@andrewdorman5600]

Great interview... but man.. Somebody get Mark a phone stand!!

[@Tognar]

He has a Trainweck! All kinds of Unobtainium in that amp closet.

[@mikeruppe]

I modeled my clean tone after him over the years not exactly on purpose, someone asked me one day where I got my real chime like clean tone and I got to thinking that it came from a creed influence

[@buzzsaw63]

When is the amp coming out?

[@luk7n]

Fluff, could you please share with us the processing you are using on the SM7B for your voice?

[@illusionfiveofficial]

When is the MT 100 coming out ?

[@TonyPepers]

I think Mark needs a Dirty Tree with all those rectos. I should get Kevin from ADTR to convince him or you ....

[@raven-lj4mo]

Maybe I missed it but did Mark mention when the MT 100 is coming out?