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Steve’s go-to ideas

Guitar Player magazine publishes an online tutorial from Steve Morse My 5 go-to ideas for playing and writing. In this exclusive video lesson, Steve showcases five conceptual and technical approaches that he employs when improvising or arranging guitar parts. These include melodic arpeggios, 16th-note patterns, sextuplet-based picking, melody with ostinato bass and rhythmic variations. To […]

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An American virtuoso

This is our review of the new book The Aviator: The Life and Music of Steve Morse by Adrian Jarvis, due out on May 16, 2025 via Wymer Publishing. A few words about the author: Adrian Jarvis is a fan of the band and not a stranger to the topic at hand. His credentials include […]

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The paperback aviator

A Steve Morse biography is about to be published by Wymer. It is called The Aviator: The Life and Music of Steve Morse and is due out on May 16, 2025. [Updated May 12]

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Unpretentious and clear-eyed

Steve Morse dispenses wisdom to younger players on the virtual pages of the Guitar Player magazine. What were some of the biggest challenges you faced shifting from Kansas to Deep Purple? My first encounter with Deep Purple was a really good jam session, and my first encounter with Kansas was a writing session. Those were […]

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How on Earth

Steve Morse contributed guitar solo to the single Save Me by a Croatian band called Kings Point. The track will also appear on their upcoming debut album Surrender, produced by none other than Bob Ezrin, so that explains at least one step of how on Earth…

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The well dressed necklace

A jewellery artist Katya Arts presents the Steve Morse collection of unique handmade pieces crafted from sterling silver and guitar strings. I started making silver jewelry because I got inspired by a Deep Purple song, composed and played by guitarist Steve Morse. The first piece I made was a silver dreamcatcher with the inscription ”The […]

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He knows exactly what he wants

Guitar World has an interview with Steve Morse, and it gets pretty gear-heavy pretty quickly. Here it is, with more details on basic single coils vs stacked coil pickups than most of us ever wanted to know. If forced to make a choice, would you rather buy a really good electric guitar and a cheap […]

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Life before Google

Steve Morse recently sat down to chat with American Musical Supply about all things music, from guitar tone versatility to J.S. Bach. This is a long conversation, at an hour plus, but if you watch it directly on YouTube, there is a convenient table of contents with direct links to individual chapters. Or just sit […]

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New country with Vivaldi

Steve Morse collaborated on a new track with guitar player Angel Vivaldi. They have recorded a cover of New Country by Jean-Luc Ponty.

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No roadies required

Engl has introduced a new Steve Morse Signature 20 amplifier. It is a compact, 20-watt all-tube amp. Here’s Steve explaining what, how, and why

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