No. 1781997·post-grunge·4 blocks
My Own Prison
The Drop-D title track from Creed's 1997 debut — Mark Tremonti's first signature riff, tracked on his 1986 red Gibson Les Paul (the famous 'My Own Prison' guitar, stolen on tour that year and returned to him in 2024). The album was cut cheaply with producer John Kurzweg, then remixed for the Wind-up reissue by Ron Saint-Germain. Tremonti has said he used 'three different rigs' and never named them; the most-cited reconstruction — a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier for the heavy parts blended with a Fender Twin for cleans — is era-typical, not session-confirmed, and is flagged as such.
My Own PrisonSignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Gibson Les Paul (1986, red)
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Noise Gate
Deluxe Comp
Scream 808
Cali Rectifire
4x12 Cali V30
Plate
Tilt
Noise Gate
← Noise gate
Threshold
-50dB
Decay
0.3s
Level
0
Deluxe Comp
← Light tracking compression
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
35
Level
0dB
Scream 808
← Tube Screamer (era-plausible boost)
Gain
2
Tone
6
Level
7
Cali Rectifire
← Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier (community-attributed)
Drive
7.5
Bass
6
Mid
5
Treble
6
Presence
5
ChVol
6
Master
7
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Cali V30
← Mesa Recto 4x12 (V30)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8000Hz
Resonance
0.5
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Plate
← Studio ambience
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
8
Decay
1s
Predelay
14ms
Level
0
Tilt
← Global brightness EQ
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 178
The Drop-D title track from Creed's 1997 debut — Mark Tremonti's first signature riff, tracked on his 1986 red Gibson Les Paul (the famous 'My Own Prison' guitar, stolen on tour that year and returned to him in 2024). The album was cut cheaply with producer John Kurzweg, then remixed for the Wind-up reissue by Ron Saint-Germain. Tremonti has said he used 'three different rigs' and never named them; the most-cited reconstruction — a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier for the heavy parts blended with a Fender Twin for cleans — is era-typical, not session-confirmed, and is flagged as such.
— Mark Tremonti
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