Marco Sfogli Gear?

[sixstrings]

I know he uses Dimarzio pickups, but does anyone else know how he gets his tone?

 

[Code001]

Depends on what tone you're looking for from him, but he's a big Petrucci fanboy, so basically Mesa amps and cabs. He's used a Triaxis, some various Mark series rackmount preamps, some various recto heads, and a few other Mesa things. He's also used some modeler stuff for some things.

 

[sixstrings]

Thanks. I'm talking about the tone on his album. The whole thing rocks and I like his sound. He has a real rich, warm, saturated sound without being overly distorted, and great sustain too.

 

[crwnedblasphemy]

Mesa studio/lonestar/triaxis

 

[Random Hero]

Thanks. I'm talking about the tone on his album. The whole thing rocks and I like his sound. He has a real rich, warm, saturated sound without being overly distorted, and great sustain too.

From memory, quite a lot of it amps at bedroom volumes, software plug-ins (Guitar Rig 2, Amplitube, a few other modelling units) and a bit of V-Amp. He talks a bit on his forum about it saying he wanted to re-do some of the guitars with an amp at volume in a studio but they sounded good and the takes were things he was really happy with so he just left it. The guy has tone in his fingers.

EDIT: http://www.marcosfogli.com/forum/showpo ... ostcount=2 some info there. The post about bedroom volume is on there somewhere.

 

[PeteLaramee]

I really dig his disc.

 

[grooveHT]

I believe he has two signature guitars: the first patterned after the EBMM Petrucci (but with poplar), so 24 fret board, dimarzio Air Norton and D-sonic, while the second is patterned after Andy Timmons' AT300: Mahog body, Dimarzio Cruisers and D-sonic in the bridge, 22 fret, vintage trem.

The Marco Sfogli model is on the right: http://www.rashguitars.it/eng/index.html

 

[sixstrings]

Thanks. I'm talking about the tone on his album. The whole thing rocks and I like his sound. He has a real rich, warm, saturated sound without being overly distorted, and great sustain too.

From memory, quite a lot of it amps at bedroom volumes, software plug-ins (Guitar Rig 2, Amplitube, a few other modelling units) and a bit of V-Amp. He talks a bit on his forum about it saying he wanted to re-do some of the guitars with an amp at volume in a studio but they sounded good and the takes were things he was really happy with so he just left it. The guy has tone in his fingers.

EDIT: http://www.marcosfogli.com/forum/showpo ... ostcount=2 some info there. The post about bedroom volume is on there somewhere.

That makes sense. I can definitely hear Dimarzio and Mesa in his sound. A couple of parts kinda sounded like a Soldano preamp or something. I guess that was the Amplitube stuff or whatever. His Mesa/Dimarzio sound though freaking rocks.