Mark Morton
Mark Morton's Gear
Morton, except his Jackson signature guitars, is also noted to play Kurt Cobain's signature Fender Jaguar.
He says the following for Musicradar...
"I'm a huge fan of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. I guess that doesn't come up too much, but yeah, I'm so into what Kurt and the rest of the guys did, their whole sound.
I asked the people at Fender if I could check the guitar out, and they hooked me up with a Cobain Jaguar. As soon as I got it, I was really impressed with the way it played and sounded. I threw it into the set almost immediately. I play it on the songs Descending and Contractor."
"I find the heavier picks are faster off the string. And I like the kind of talcy chalky texture to them."
Mark Morton mentions his '75 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop as one of his favorite guitars, alongside his Custom Shop Jackson Dominion, in a tweet.
In this photo, Mark Morton can be seen playing his signature Jackson guitar.
In this Rig Rundown at Premier Guitar, Mark is shown to have a GT-OD in his effects rack.
During the band performance in the "Laid To Rest" music video, Mark can be seen using a Jackson Swee Tone.
"It's two Mesa/Boogie Mark V amp heads… one goes to my stage cabinets, one goes to the front of house…"
In this Rig Rundown at Premier Guitar, Mark is shown to have a Mark IV Amp Head in his rack.
Mark Morton uses the Seymour Duncan Invader SH-8, as highlighted on the Seymour Duncan website.
In the "11th Hour" music video, Mark Morton can be seen using the Framus Renegade Pro in Burgundy.
In this photo, Mark Morton is posing in front of a Mesa Boogie Royal Atlantic 100.
In this Rig Rundown at Premier Guitar, Mark is shown to have an EVH 35th Anniversary Phase 90 in his effects rack.
The effects in Morton's chain include a Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor, MXR Carbon Copy Delay, MXR EVH Phase 90, MXR GT-OD, a rackmount Cry Baby Custom Shop wah unit, a rackmount dbx 266XL Compressor/Gate, and a Boss TU-2 Tuner
In this Rig Rundown at Premier Guitar, Mark is shown to have a Carbon Copy in his effects rack.
In this Rig Rundown at Premier Guitar, Mark is shown to have an NS-2 in his effects rack.
"This is a mahogany SLS I believe... this guitar was used extensively on the new record, on Wrath. I did, probably most of the guitar solos on that record were recorded with this guitar just cause...that's what these things were made for."
https://www.evertune.com/testimonials/testimonials.php, this image of his guitar is featured on the testimonials on the evertune website
In the "As The Palaces Burn" music video, Mark can be seen playing his Framus Panthera Custom
Mark tweeted this guitar rig on August 27th 2021.
Around 2:07 in the video, Mark talks about his signature Dimarzio Pickups
In the "Ruin" music video, Mark can be seen playing a Jackson RR5.
In a Premier Guitar "Rig Rundown" article by Chris Kies, Mark Morton's effects chain is detailed to include a Dunlop DC-Brick Multi-Power Supply, alongside other gear such as a Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor, MXR Carbon Copy Delay, and a Boss TU-2 Tuner.
Mark is well known for using Mesa/Boogie amps and cabs. He is cited as using the Rectifier 4x12 Traditional Cab on Mesas website
at 4:06, he talks about the cabinet
seen playing this guitar in the music video
In this Rig Rundown article at Premier Guitar, the TU-2 is shown as Mark's stage tuner of choice.
on the mesa boogie website, it states mark uses this cabinet
Morton’s solo career also says something about him from a gear perspective. He’s someone who trusts what they know, so outside of his battle-hardened Guild D-55, which was employed throughout work on Ether, he returned to the Jackson Dominions he uses with Lamb Of God. Something that stands out is the breadth of sounds he’s able to wring from a setup that’s usually positioned to annihilate the front row with brute force riffage.
This power amp was included in his rack around 2012, as seen on this picture.
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