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Due
to his success with Creed and his superior guitark skills, Mark
earned a signature model with Paul Reed Smith Guitars, known as
the Tremonti signature model. The guitar is essentially a PRS
Singlecut with mother-of-pearl bird inlays, a special
12-fret inlay with Mark’s name on it, and custom Tremonti bass
and treble pickups. In 2004, Gibson sued PRS for “copying” the
Les Paul body shape in their Singlecut models, and PRS was
forced to cease production of the Singlecut guitars, including
both Tremonti models and the Soapbar SE. However, after
appealing the case, in 2005 the courts realized how ridiculously
stupid the claim was, and allowed Singlecut production to start
back up again. The Tremonti signature model is available in
black and platinum, but Mark also owns many custom-made Tremonti
guitars with various finishes and some with tremolos.
Black –
Mark’s signature guitar, which he has used during the Creed days
and the Alter Bridge days.
Platinum
– Mark used a platinum Tremonti model with a whammy bar during
the Creed and Alter Bridge tours.
Tribal – This guitar
features a beautiful tribal paint job on the top and headstock,
and was produced in a limited run of 100 guitars. It is thought
that only around 60 of these guitars were completed before the
Gibson lawsuit and it is unknown if PRS has started up their
production again. Mark used this during the ‘Weathered’ tour,
and during the ‘One Day Remains’ tour to play “Open Your Eyes”.
Picture
from eBay.
Charcoal
Burst – Complete with a tremolo, Mark used this guitar very
frequently during the ‘One Day Remains’ tour.
Black Cherry
– another variation of the Tremonti signature model.
Tiger Eye –
and another.
Dragon – It
is rumored that Mark owns a Tremonti version of the Dragon 2000
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