I read a story once (in a guitar mag I think?) where someone went to an Alter Bridge gig with a meet and greet ticket. They took their Tremonti SE guitar along in the hope of getting Mark T to sign it. He took the guitar, strummed it, played it a bit and decided that he had to have this lowly SE, so he offered the guy one of his genuine Tremonti PRS guitars from a rack in the room (which he took gladly).
So, swap for a very expensive top quality guitar, or keep the lowly SE that is 'so special and unique in playability' that Mark Tremonti just has to have it?
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To be honest I was pretty sceptical of this story until it was corrected to a US Tremonti, now I find it easy to believe it happened. I've always suspected it's a myth that there are rare special units where cheap guitars are better than expensive ones, despite the amount of times I've heard someone say their Squier beats a US Standard etc.
I wanted to have a listen due to the PRS link, the fact he's fairly rated as a player etc. but then I found out they're Christian rock so didn't bother
Alter Bridge and Tremonti are fairly regular rock though. In interviews Tremonti has said he does believe in a higher power, but not in the bible.
Alter Bridge’s Black Bird is a belter of an album.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Blackbird is a class album though, yes. I liked One Day Remains as well.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Hendrix?
Kind of like knowing Harry Potter is fiction but still believing in quiditch
The guy then tried to sell the Tremonti tour guitar on Ebay for about $5000, no idea if it sold or not (I'm 90% sure this last bit happened, but my brain could have made it up to embellish the story)
This was when i was in full on PRS mode around 2009/10 so it got a lot of coverage on the old birds and moons forum (now defunct)
He could be talking about Sedna for all I know.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd