Otherwise, he relied on the Boogies Fender-style clean channel for the tone that was such a staple of early Phish. He sometimes used the lead and crunch channels in the 1990s and early 3.0, but generally employed outboard distortion pedals to add any gain he needed (most prominently Ibanez Tube-Screamers and a Ross Compressor, but later the HK Tube Factor and Klon Centaur, as well). Since the bands inception, there is no amplifier that Trey has used on stage more frequently or consistently than the Mark III. It was featured regularly through early 3.0, as well, including in 2010, 2013, 2014, 20, in addition to the 2009 return performances. Treys Mark III is a three-channel evolution of the Mark I, offering a high-gain lead channel, a mid-gain crunch channel, and a clean channel that is intended to emulate the pristine and bubbly clean tone of the celebrated Fender Blackface-era amplifiers of the mid-1960s.
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The MesaBoogie Mark Series is a staple of rock n roll music, with the Mark I becoming a favored amp of Keith Richards and Carlos Santana soon after its introduction in 1972.
Treys 80s and 90s rig and the tones he produced with it fit the music that Phish created during that era, while the tones Trey is pulling from todays rig are well-suited to the music the band creates right now. The sparkly, distortion-free, jazz-infused clean tone was a signature of Phishs sound from the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s and was a sharp contrast to the grungey, heavily distorted guitars that dominated most rock music for decades.īut over the last few years, that super-clean sound has largely disappeared from Treys playing, in favor of a more saturated, growling, aggressive and muscular tone, leading many fans to ask me, What happened to the old guitar sound Although theres an understandable impulse among music fans to seek the comfortable old sounds of the past, artists need to keep pushing their boundaries and moving forward. Trey Anastasio Guitar Series Clean Channel.