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Trey Anastasio is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish. Trey Anastasio was ranked as number 73 on the Rolling Stone List of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003.
Let's look at what gear and equipment has been seen in Trey Anastasio's Guitar Rig.
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Guitars
- Paul Languedoc custom electric guitars
- Martin DCE Trey Anastasio Acoustic
- Martin D-45, D-42, D42-K guitars
   
Amps and Cabinets
- Fender Deluxe Reverb amplifier
 
- Bruno 4x12" Speaker Cabinet
- Leslie 122 Standard Organ Leslie
- Hard Truckers - "The Fatty" 2x12 Hemp Cab with Koa trim
- Mesa Boogies (1980's-early 1990's, and also reportedly seen in 2009)
- Custom Audio Electronics 3+ SE preamp (early 1990's-1997)
- Groove Tubes power amp (early 1990's-1997)
Effects Rack and more
- Korg Dtr-2
- Ibanez DM-2000
- CAE Black Cat Vibe
- CAE Super Tremolo
- Alesis Microverbs
- Alesis Nanoverbs (just in his rack as a space filler)
 
- CAE Power Supply
- Tremolo control
- Boomerang phrase sampler
- Digitech Whammy 2 pedal
- Dunlop Original Crybaby GCB-95 wah wah
- Geoffrey Teese RMC-3
- Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer (customized. aNaLoG MaN TS9/808 Silver Mod)
- Fender Amp Switch
- Bradshaw buttons (switcher) Custom Audio Electronics RS-10 MIDI Foot controller
- Boss FS-5L (leslie)
- Goff Trek 2 (gutiar leslie)
- Ernie Ball volume pedal (acoustic)
- Hand made cables by Brian Brown
- Sennheiser 409 guitar mic
- AKG C414 mics
- EV RE38
- Furman Power Conditioner
- Ross Compressor (dropped this from his rig)
- Boss TU-12
Strings and picks
- DR strings Tite Fit Electric MT-10 .010-.046 gauge
- DR Phosphor Bronze acoustic strings .012-.054 gauge
- 2.0mm Adamas graphite guitar pick |
Comments
Point being; I've got a diagram in a Guitar Player magazine from 2001 or 2002. It was included with an Interview and Cover appearance.
Around that time Trey's rig consisted of nearly 60 different pieces including a small preccusion rig, Roland synthesizer & a Boomerang Loop Machine some where post his Whammy and TS-9s then another nearing the end of the f/x loop.
Trey is typically (so it seems to me) to be in a process of constant reduction to the bare essentials. Trey has been (once again in my opinion) the largest reason for the resurgence in popularity of the TS-9. Ibanez some time in the early 90s introduced the all digital TS-7. The tonal properties emulated the original fairly well for under $50. It seemed that large retailers as well as mom & pops music stores began stocking reissued TS-9 regularly maybe... 96-97ish.
The now defunct 4 piece, U-Melt's original guitarist Rob Salzer also used (although stock w/out any post factory mods) two TS-9s as his drive staging. We joked once about Trey getting kick backs from Ibanez on TS-9 sales in the late 90s to present.
In my opinion, Trey tone is largely defined by the TS-9 paired gain staging, Whammy screams looped via the boomerang, and resonance of a hollow body thru a classic Fender Reverb.
Mesa Boogie mkIII
Custom Audio Electronics 3+ SE preamp (early 1990s
peace
www.analogman.com/phish.htm
I'm looking forward to buying one of these pedals as well. Good luck to everyone in pursuing Trey's great tone!
thanks,
josh