“You plug into a great Dumble and it is this awe-inspiring warm feeling you get”: Mark Tremonti reveals how he bought one of his sweetest-sounding Dumbles at a swap meet and explains why they are the holy grail of tube amps

Mark Tremonti plays his PRS singlecut onstage with Alter Bridge against a pink and red background.

If you ever find yourself guitar shopping with Mark Tremonti and momentarily lose site of the Alter Bridge and Creed guitarist, fear not, you will invariably find him in the amp section. Though, be warned, he might be in a trance.

The guitar amp has that kind of effect on him, because Tremonti is a self-confessed addict, and in a recent YouTube interview with American Musical Supply, he shares the story behind his life-long love affair with Dumble amplifiers, why this is all Paul Reed Smith’s fault in the first place, and how he beat a lawyer to the punch to bag one of the best Dumbles he has ever owned.