All user reviews for the PRS Mark Tremonti Signature

Mark Tremonti is the former Creed and current Alter Bridge guitarist. He has been rocking the PRS guitars for quite a while now and he has had a signature model for a while. I finally get to play some of the real PRS guitars now that my shop is a PRS dealer. This guitar has a mahogany body with a mahogany set neck. The fretboard is rosewood with 22 medium frets. The neck has PRS's wide fat profile. The neck is also PRS's unique 25 inch scale. It has PRS in house pickups front and rear. The controls are unusual for a PRS since it has dual volume and tone controls. The neck is the Pattern Thin profile or what use to be called the wide thin. Up top you get the fancy Phase 3 locking tuners. The bridge is the PRS Fender style tremolo. The controls on this guitar are very Les Paul like. You get a volume and tone for each pickup and a 3 way toggle on the upper bout.

UTILIZATION

These guitars play great. If they didnt play great Tremonti wouldnt be playing them. The tremolos on these models are different than the normal PRS tremolo models. There is a cutout so you can go up on the tremolo so the tremolo is fully floating. With the 25 inch scale you get the unique PRS feel. It is between a strat and a Gibson. It is really nice and intonates pretty well. The locking tuners are pretty cool and lock in tune and lock onto the strings so there is no slip.

SOUNDS

I thought Tremonti used a Seymour Duncan at least in the bridge. I guess not. These pickups are super hot for PRS pickups. The bridge pickup has a ton of bite and crunch. It doesnt have a cover so thats even more bite for your sound. These are pretty much metal pickups but they clean up well. The bridge is nice and thick and this pickup into a Rectifier is the Tremonti sound. The neck pickup seems to be a lead and clean only pickup. The neck pickup has a super clean sound and for fast leads it is very smooth.

OVERALL OPINION

There use to be a Tremonti model with a huge silly logo on the body. Im glad they are now making it just in black. You dont have to look like a billboard to play a good guitar. If you are a metal player this is probably the best PRS for you. Tremonti is a good player and know what a good guitar makes. If you are looking for a good singlecut PRS and are into heavier music this is the PRS for you.

This guitar was manufactured in the United States does, possde 22 frets, 2 pickups prs signature Mark Tremonti, the bridge is a stop bar with rgages prs type of individual bridges (better than the McCarty), r tings classical type lp (2 volumes, 2 tones, 3-position switch 1), handle very close to the McCarty

UTILIZATION

The handle is very pleasant with a quick decision by hand is very fluid
ACCESS is more acute than a gibson lp comfortable as the horn of the table is further back
Heavy but still more than a gibson lp lgre
clean sounds (neck microphone) are velvety Will very santaniens super saturation harmonic balance with a touch of medium and more
the bridge pickup is essentially a killing with a gain saturation xxl richness and precision top
Possde This guitar is a natural sustain phnomnal
However we can not do anything with the sounds you have to take a fender fender

SOUNDS

I play pop rock blues again (the classics and standarts)
I have a Carvin all-tube head 100 with a 4X12 w valvemaster marscall anniversary
and a multi purpose Boss GT6 pdalier
I can do it all done with great precision
for I take my Fender sounds Start Plus

OVERALL OPINION

I recently had one week before and a lp custom I do not think I have lost currency even if they are different guitars
I already had a bolt on prs of 87 but it did not own identity
This skyscraper is CHRE even if the violin is close to the zero-defect
little detail is less black lacquer and as I sweat a lot I have a lot of maintenance after each session

This is the second iteration of the PRS Mark Tremonti signature model, adding some features that became necessary to Mark as he grew as a player over the years. The guitar sports
-25” scale
-22 frets
-mahogany body and neck with rosewood fingerboard
-Wide-thin Tremonti neck carve
-PRS tremelo bridge
-2 volume 2 tone configuration
-2 humbucker configuration w/ PRS Tremonti pickups
-3 way toggle between pickups, offering bridge, neck, and both
-PRS Phase 2 locking tuners
-Bird inlays


UTILIZATION

I like to call this guitar the ‘shredder’s’ Singlecut. The new neck carve is amazing, and much faster than the previous wide-fat design. The PRS tremolo is an amazing design, and offers a lot more options in expression, with NO sacrifice to tuning stability WHEN SETUP PROPERLY. This is a must with this guitar, and the only additional hassle. When setup correctly for your tuning and string gauge, this guitar will not go out of tune, no matter how much you work the tremolo. Otherwise, in layout and design, the guitar stayed about the same. Full control over intonation is again available with this bridge design, which was a must due to all the alternate tuning and varying string gauges that Mark uses. The new Phase II locking tuners are much easier to use than the previous design, and offer the same tuning stability and additional ease in restringing.

SOUNDS

From the original Tremonti model, the electronics and sound are the same. The PRS Tremonti treble is the hottest pickup offered by PRS, and thrives in a hard rock and metal application. Driving a Mesa rectifier, the sound is HUGE. The guitar marries clarity and depth in its sound, which can often be a difficult task with certain guitar/pickup configurations. The neck pickup, on the other hand, is very clean, and drives Mark’s clean sounds. Having heard any of his music (Creed or Alter Bridge), Mark’s clean sound has always been nothing short of beautiful. Between the two pickups, you can cover a lot of ground.

OVERALL OPINION

If you like the PRS Singlecut model, but want a more modern tone, this is your guitar. Players coming from a more ‘shred’ oriented background, such as Ibanez, will love the quick neck on this guitar. With the new changes, the Mark Tremonti Tremolo Singlecut is the perfect marriage of tone and play: the beautiful sound of a thick bodies mahogany PRS, with a quick neck and tremolo. Big and aggressive are the only way to explain the sound to expect.

While playing with Creed, Mark Tremonti was the second person to be added to the PRS family as a Signature artist. His original model was a slightly ‘modernized’ Singlecut, including

-25” scale
-22 frets
-mahogany body and neck with rosewood fingerboard
-Wide-fat neck carve
-PRS wrap-around ADJUSTABLE stoptail bridge
-2 volume 2 tone configuration
-2 humbucker configuration w/ PRS Tremonti pickups
-3 way toggle between pickups, offering bridge, neck, and both
-PRS Phase 1 locking tuners
-Bird inlays, with ‘Mark Tremonti’ inlay at 12th fret


UTILIZATION

In play and feel, the guitar is identical to a PRS Singlecut. For me, PRS guitars play amazingly, obviously assuming it is setup properly. The neck and body are FAT, and the guitar is heavy, but this does not make the guitar any harder to play in my case, though a shredder used to Ibanez or EBMM ergonomics may feel otherwise. The adjustable stoptail offers full control over intonation, no matter the tuning or string gauge used, which was a must due to all the alternate tuning and varying string gauges that Mark uses. The locking tuners, in my findings, offer no discernable advantage in tuning stability, but make restringing slightly faster and easier.

SOUNDS

The biggest changes to the Mark Tremonti model are in the sound. The PRS Tremonti treble is the hottest pickup offered by PRS, and thrives in a hard rock and metal application. Driving a Mesa rectifier, the sound is HUGE. The guitar marries clarity and depth in its sound, which can often be a difficult task with certain guitar/pickup configurations. The neck pickup, on the other hand, is very clean, and drives Mark’s clean sounds. Having heard any of his music (Creed or Alter Bridge), Mark’s clean sound has always been nothing short of beautiful. Between the two pickups, you can cover a lot of ground.

OVERALL OPINION

If you like the PRS Singlecut model, but want a more modern tone, this is your guitar. Big and aggressive are the only way to explain the sound to expect. For my needs, it is the one guitar I can take completely stock and be 100% happy with it.