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Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 March 2013 19:43
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Published on Friday, 25 April 2008 18:05
Matt Tuck plays both rhythm guitar and also lead guitar, as well as being lead vocalist in the metalcore band Bullet for My Valentine. He can also play drums, keyboards, the recorder and harmonica.
Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Matt Tuck's guitar rig.
Click the gear images for more info and specs at Musician's Friend
Guitars
- B.C. Rich guitars (switched to these in 2011. Has JR Deluxe V (2 EMG) and a Mockingbird Pro X Hardtail and a white Warlock)
- B.C. Rich Matt Tuck Signature V guitar (silver sparkle paint)
- Jackson Matt Tuck Signature Rhoads Guitar
- Matt Tuck signature Jackson Rhoads model has EMG 81 pickups
- Jackson RR1T Black one and white one w/black bevels andreverse head
- Jackson RR5 Pro series
- Jackson Kevin Bond Signature (Blood Red Bevels, used live for "Cries in Vain" at Club Quattro)
- Gibson Les Paul Raw Power Standard with EMG 81's(on Scream, Aim, Fire Album)
- Fender Stratocaster American white with maple neck
- Gibson Flying V
- Gibson Les Paul Custom (his guitar is white)
- Epiphone Zakk Wylde Les Paul Custom Bullseye - the white/black bullseye (as stated by the band in a Guitar Edge Interview)
- Taylor acoustic 514CE guitar
Amps and Cabinets
- Two Peavey 6505 Heads in Rack Case (Extra Head is for backup)
- Two Mesa Engineering 4X12 Standard Rectifier Cab-Straight
- Roland Jazz Chorus amp (for clean)
- Laney GH100L amp head
Effects and More
- Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer
- 2 Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressors
- Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
- Peavey Channel Switcher
- Morley Bad Horsie Wah
- Sennheiser EW300 Wireless Unit
- MXR Wylde Overdrive pedal
- Whirlwind switcher
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power
- Ibanez CS9 Stereo Chorus (Maxon CS-9 pic below)
- Line 6 POD X3 Pro (for cleans - replaced the Roland JC amp)
Strings and Picks
- Rotosound Roto blues Strings gauges (.010, .013, .017, .030, .042, .052).052 replaced with a 56
- Dunlop Tortex picks .50mm Red Color (or as one person reported, may be the .60mm ones)
Comments
stating about the diezel amp that they use.
this is a pic moose had taken before the rehearsal:
instagram.com/p/XrjTYZGoWU/
in this vid you can see two VH4's in Matt's rack. I know it doesn't directly show Matt in this video, but the related ones do and you can see in those where he talks about his guitars. This vid shows the amps nicely at one point though.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu0L6Bffojk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8bMhhnfBME
Both are legit. The second one comes from the first. The first is his guitar tech.
Now some pictures with Matt himself and his amps:
www.peavey-eu.com/.../
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Both are from 'The Poison' days.
These are picture of his pedalboard:
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I've seen more pictures of his pedalboard but I can't find them right now :(. Those are from 'Scream Aim Fire' and 'Fever'.
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This link is about BFMV's bass tech but it shows some good info and pictures about their settings amps etc. The pictures there reveals something.
There are much more links and pictures out there on the i-net but I'll show you only this. This info is about their sound till 'Fever'. About 'Temper Temper' I don't know much but I think it's similar.
The gear is shown above :)
That's what I wanted to share with you guys , I hope it was helpful
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My source for this info is from the actual Taylor artist site.
matt uses a ts9dx. matt also owns 2 esp eclipse II's(1 raindeer blue and the over is volcano red) and a ec-1000 (snow white)along with padge having 3 of his own.i work here at esp.just thought i'd help out. i also know they keep their old mesa triple recs act back ups and the string gauge is off also. matt is quoted say his set is 10-60's same as the zakk wylde set.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu0L6Bffojk
MATT TUCKS SIGNATURE!!!
I own a B.C. Rich Warlock N.J. Deluxe and personally I think B.C. Rich guitars are great. Some people diss B.C. Rich because they have never tried it. If I get another guitar it will be a B.C. Rich Deluxe Jr. V. Jackson's are good guitars don't get me wrong but B.C. Rich guitars are better
yer it is so much like what his jackson was like... i still like the jackson better though... personal opinion
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Its about 3/4 of the way down the page.
-> bcrich.com/artist/Matt-Tuck/59
What's with the thumbs down on that 1? I mean for 1 its true.
2nd If you aren't a fan of Bc Rich and haven't tried one then obviously you're opinion is of no value. I have a Bc Rich bich metal web edition, It looks awesome and plays better than any guitar I've tried out.
he mostly uses the 81/85 combo but only uses the 81 tbh the 85 sound rubbish under distortion
Quoting uberproaud:
That is the amp switcher for if the peavey blows and he needs a back up one.
It looks like it could be a channel switcher for the amp?
does anyone know what the black and red pedal at the bottom of the pedal board in the link is? if someone could tell me it'd be greatly appreciated
thats wrong, i read in an interview that matt said "the tube screamer is on for every channel" he always has it on.. padge probably only turns it off for clean parts
they use it for solo part, the overdrive pedal is a solo booster
Padge's was a Taylor as well. Not sure if it was the same kind as Matt's though. It had different inlays, so I suspect not.
Ehm
I mean Matt...donnow Padges...
The acoustic guitar used for tears dont fall was a taylor...(TAYLOR 814CE)
I have the issue (September 2010) of Guitar World in which Matt is covered on that issue of "The Setlist", and they show his guitar, amps, and pedalboard, and lo-and-behold, its the last thing in it.
He claims "I don't touch it - it's on all of the time."
Cool, you're probably right. Dunlop credits him as a user of the 535Q (www.jimdunlop.com/.../pip&id=274)
I just seen them couple days ago and he was using the Dunlop cry baby. So is Padge. Maybe he switches off?
I'll have to disagree with the wah; I saw them a week ago and he was still rockin the Morley Bad Horsie Wah.
Although I will agree with you on the picks, unlike rolai limo's comment, I do believe that all 3 of them have custom tortex picks in black with the Bullet logo on.
If you've been following Matt Tuck's pedalboard, notice the Wylde overdrive in place of where the TS9 was. I saw BFMV a week ago and they only had the Bad Horsie Wah and a BOSS TU-2 tuner at the front of the stage for Matt. Don't know if it's just for the current tour, or if his tech is handling everything now... although, with his simple board, there's nothing to 'handle' hahaha
hello :) recently i saw him using black picks with his signature and his body logo like one on his jackson signature guitar. He probably now also uses picks by Jackson Guitars which are of course custom.. :(
Matt uses James Hetfield's vocals cause he's pretty cool...
Dude, the string gauges that Matt uses are listed right there... where it says "Rotosound Roto blues Strings gauges (.010, .013, .017, .030, .042, .052).052 replaced with a 56"
Thanks
He uses EMG's.
Which is another point, he also uses a white Gibson Les Paul Custom, you migh wanna stick that on there too, Uberpro =]
(for evidence check 'Say goodnight' live at rock am ring 2008)