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Amps on "Pearl Jam"

moloconomolocono Posts: 116
edited May 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
It seems that Mike and Stone's amps have never sounded so damn crunchy on an album. I love it! Are they using the Trentino amps?
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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,213
    its mostly ed and stone with the crunch sound

    mikes tone is fuckin fantastic, if you listen to it on headphones, anything in the right side is mike and its just great, and yeah Mike is using the trentino
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  • harrisonmerwinharrisonmerwin Posts: 766
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    its mostly ed and stone with the crunch sound

    mikes tone is fuckin fantastic, if you listen to it on headphones, anything in the right side is mike and its just great, and yeah Mike is using the trentino

    mike is usually left, am i not correct? well for boots anyways, i havent had much tiem to listen to avocado on headphoens yet, but for boots, mike is allways the bug in the left ear
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  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    harrisonmerwin wrote:
    mike is usually left, am i not correct? well for boots anyways, i havent had much tiem to listen to avocado on headphoens yet, but for boots, mike is allways the bug in the left ear
    they switched it around on this record
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    I think its cool how they switched, its sorta odd the first listen though.
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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,213
    yeah they switched, once i heard mikes solo at the end of Life Wasted i could identify it as him and not stone
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  • leethalleethal Posts: 134
    don't_go_on_me wrote:
    they switched it around on this record

    Thats very interesting, Something i had nevery really paid close attention too but now that you mention it i noticed that in some of the songs Mike's leads are more confronting. Not sure exacty how to describe it but it all makes sense now
  • armanHammerarmanHammer Posts: 471
    Ed's Hiwatt, Stone's and Mike's Trentinos. Looks like Stone also plays through an Ampeg Reverberocket, and Mike has Marshall head (this is all information from watching the AOL sessions). They probably mix amps together, double micing, so many complex recording tricks they could do..
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  • Dissident_PTDissident_PT Posts: 6
    armanHammer wrote:
    Ed's Hiwatt, Stone's and Mike's Trentinos. Looks like Stone also plays through an Ampeg Reverberocket, and Mike has Marshall head (this is all information from watching the AOL sessions). They probably mix amps together, double micing, so many complex recording tricks they could do..


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  • nailz100nailz100 Posts: 1,176
    how much do ya think those Trentinos cost?
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  • enharmonicenharmonic Posts: 1,917
    nailz100 wrote:
    how much do ya think those Trentinos cost?

    If I had to guess based on other amps of similar design, I'd say somewhere in the $2K-$2.5k range...IF he's even taking orders. He might just build amps for friends. I cannot recall anyone outside of Stone and Mike playing them
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  • chris01chris01 Posts: 559
    I dont know the exact price of them, but everytime ive seen them mentioned (and thats not alot) they've cost a shit-load.... you'd have to be a rockstar or just plain rich to own one, lol.
  • Dissident_PTDissident_PT Posts: 6
    I think Trentino doesn't make amps for any person that's not Mike or Stone.
    But the amps sound real good, He know what his doing!

    But one amp like that Trentinos costs over $2500, in work and amp parts. That's almost for sure.

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  • JofZJofZ Posts: 1,276
    Trentino is not in the best of health and he no longer makes amps. He will no longer work on them either. He is a really nice guy and he only built 2 amps, they were both built for Pearl Jam.
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  • ampguyampguy Posts: 7
    Sal Trentino has made about 5 amps, each is a little different though based on the same transformers, tubes and basic concepts. I own #004. Stone and Mike own #'s 002 and 003. A fellow in MD owns # 005.

    Sal's been recovering from some painful health issues the past couple years, but is getting better all the time.
    enharmonic wrote:
    If I had to guess based on other amps of similar design, I'd say somewhere in the $2K-$2.5k range...IF he's even taking orders. He might just build amps for friends. I cannot recall anyone outside of Stone and Mike playing them
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