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A very kinky man
Steve Morse was at the NAMM convention (as he often does), which was held January 19-22 in Los Angeles. (watch inside)
Read more »Guitar and bass gear in Japanese magazine
August 2016 issue of Japanese magazine Player carried an article detailing equipment used by Steve Morse and Roger Glover on the recent tour of the country (May 2016). The article is pretty technical, so it proved to be too difficult for a full reverse translation. Nevertheless, we are happy to present you with the scans […]
Read more »Glenn talks shop
Glenn Hughes goes through his on stage gear setup in this latest episode of Gear Masters:
Read more »Purple exhibit opens in Cleveland
Cleveland.com reports that a Deep Purple exhibit has opened at the brink-and-mortar Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (which now has officially dropped ‘and museum’ moniker). The exhibit is displayed alongside the other 2016 inductees, and includes a centerpiece of Blackmore’s Gibson ES-335 from the early years (it was last used in the studio to […]
Read more »The guitar that gets played
Steve Morse spoke to Madcap Music Review back in January at the NAMM. He mostly talked about the finer, but not so obvious features of his signature MusicMan, such as the significance of small headstock for having the guitar with him at all times. (watch inside)
Read more »Trying not to make too many mistakes (and the tech that helps)
Deep Purple’s monitor company HK Audio interviewed Ian Paice during the last German tour: Band’s monitor engineer extraordinaire Rob Hodgkinson speaks about the nuts and bolts of the job. Most of you would not be familiar with his work, as he is the man responsible for members of the band hearing each other on stage. […]
Read more »John “Dawk” Stillwell R.I.P.
John “Dawk” Stillwell has passed away unexpectedly earlier this week. He was a musician and electronics engineer from Ithaca, NY, who started working with the local band Elf in early 60s. When Roger Glover and Ian Paice started producing Elf in 1972, Roger liked the sound of Ronnie’s bass so much, that he commissioned Dawk […]
Read more »Tune-o-matic bridges and lipstick pickups
Steve Morse was a featured guest on the latest episode of Guit Cast. The interview opens with promoting the recent Flying Colors’ live DVD Second Flight: Live at the Z7. Then, this being a guitar podcast, conversation shifted to Steve’s gear (which part would probably only be of interest to those our readers who can […]
Read more »Guitars, amps, cabinets, pedals, and picks
Steve Morse takes you on an extensive video tour of his rig: the Musicman #1, the Y2D, Engl heads and cabinets, and TC Electronics pedals. On a side note, the video also reveals that the glove he’s been wearing recently on his right hand helps him to control inflammation from arthritis.
Read more »Morse and Glover TonePrints
TonePrints created by Steve Morse and Roger Glover are now available from TC Electronics. TonePrint technology is essentially a set of presets stored in a computer file that one can upload to the company’s effect boxes via USB to recreate particular sound. Toneprint sounds can be downloaded from TC Electronics’ web site for free, you […]
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