Steve Morse Rig Rundown by Premier Guitar
In this week Premier Guitar showed the Steve Morse's Rig and it's pretty much straight foward: Ernie Ball Music Man axes and Engl Amps. This minimalist rig is the key for his great and punchy guitar sounds, showing that "less is more".
Rig list:
Guitars
Ernie Ball Music Man "Steve Morse Frankenstein" with HSSH pickup configuration
Ernie Ball Music Man SM-Y2D
Strings
Ernie Ball Super Slinkys (.009–.042) and uses .011s on guitars tuned to dropped-D
Amps
The Steve Morse Signature Special is a 100-watt Engl head
Cabs
6 Engl cabinets with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers
Pedals
TC Electronic G-Major 2
TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb
TC Electronic Flashback Delay
TC Electronic Polytune 2
Keeley Compressor for quirky Ritchie Blackmore tone.
Ernie Ball VP Jr. volume pedals
For more in-depth information: http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/22983-rig-rundown-deep-purples-steve-morse