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The Rest of Steve Morse’s 1978 Gear

The Rest of Steve Morse’s 1978 Gear

Here’s the rest of Steve Morse’s 1978 gear, from an excellent interview with Jas Obrecht. It’s a much longer interview than what you’ve seen here, worth a full read. Btw, the interview was not for Guitar World per the pic at left. Just used that cover shot because it’s a great close-up of Steve’s original […]

August 9, 2011 | By | Reply More
Who Is This? (Not Who You Think)

Who Is This? (Not Who You Think)

In a 1978 interview for Guitar Player magazine, this guitar-slinger said the following: > He created his own guitar by mixing and matching parts from Fender instruments. > Part of the creation was chiseling out a spot so he could put a humbucker in the guitar. > The pickups were directly mounted to the wood.

August 4, 2011 | By | 3 Replies More
Steve Morse’s Volume/Expression Pedal Setup

Steve Morse’s Volume/Expression Pedal Setup

First of all, Steve Morse! How ’bout it! Love the guy’s playing. Sick, sick stuff, brilliant playing, seen him many a time, mostly with the Steve Morse Band. I watched a recent vid (below) of Steve’s tech, Tommy Alderson, running through Steve’s rig.

August 19, 2010 | By | 3 Replies More
EVH Started Using the Bar Because of Blackmore

EVH Started Using the Bar Because of Blackmore

Here we are again, I guess – another episode of “is it true or not?” starring Edward Van Halen. Can you take him at his word, or not? Is 90% of what he said truth or was 90% misdirection? Was it more like 50/50? Who knows. I’m not in one camp or another. I just […]

September 18, 2009 | By | 1 Reply More
Morse’s Tone Thoughts

Morse’s Tone Thoughts

I hadn’t been to Steve Morse’s website in a while so I surfed it for a bit and ended up on deeppurple.com, where I found the following that Steve wrote about tone. A Deep Purple fan asked Steve which guitar properties affect “tone and sustain most, body/neck/fretboard wood-type, neck joint type, pickups, bridge/saddle design, nut, […]

December 10, 2008 | By | Reply More
Attack of the Pick

Attack of the Pick

Years ago I was watching a Steve Morse instructional video (yes, on VHS) in which he talked about how he holds his pick. Specifically, if I remember right, he holds it with his thumb and first two fingers — contrary to the grip 99% of people seem to use, which is thumb and first (pointer) […]

October 20, 2008 | By | 3 Replies More