Stephen Carpenter is the lead guitarist and occasional multi-instrumentalist in Deftones.

Carpenter has a side project called Kush, featuring Christian and Raymond from Fear Factory and B-Real from Cypress Hill. Carpenter also recently formed a second side project called Sol Invicto that is described as metal meets drum and bass.

Let's look at what gear and equipment has been seen in Stephen Carpenter's Guitar Rig.

Stephen Carpenter shredding on the guitar

Click the gear images for more info & specs at Musician's Friend

Guitars
- Stephen Carpenter ESP model guitars:
- ESP Stephen Carpenter 7-String Stef-7 Electric Guitar

- ESP LTD Stephen Carpenter 7-String SC-207 Electric Guitar

- EMG-707-85s pickups (these are the 85's for the 7 string)

- ESP LTD SC-608B Stephen Carpenter Baritone 8 string guitar

Note: Carpenter brings tons of guitars on tour with him 

Amps and Cabinets
- Marshall JCM 800 heads

- Marshall 9200 Dual MonoBlock Power Amp
- Marhsall EL34 100/100 power amps

- Marshall 1960B Straight Cabinets / 4x12 (80 watt and 75 watt speakers are used in the various cabs)

Notes: He's been playing Marshalls since he began playing guitar

Effects
- Zvex machine wah and fuzz factory

- Digitech Whammy

- Electro-Harmonix Bass micro synthesizer

- Boss PS-5 Super Phase Shifter

- Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay

- Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble

- Boss CH-1 Super Chorus

- Boss DD-3 Digital Delay

- Boss FL-2 Flanger

- Whirlwind A/B box

- Boss FZ-2 Fuzz / Boost

- Boss OC-2 Octave

- Boss TR-2 Tremolo Pan

- Rocktron All Access Midi Foot Controller  

- ADA MP-1 Midi Preamp
- Korg DTR-1 Rack Tuner

- Marshall JMP-1 Midi Preamp
- Rocktron Patchmate Switcher / Router
- Rocktron Replifex Multi-FX

- Native Instruments Guitar Rig

- Line 6 POD XT Pro - "In my guitar rack I have one POD Pro so I can use it strictly for my direct signal" - Stephen Carpenter

- Furman Power Conditioners

- TC Electronic 2290 signal processor 

- Ernie Ball Volume 

Strings and picks

- Ernie Ball .011-.059 gauge strings

Quote: "I like my action set a bit high" - Stephen Carpenter
- 1 mm Dunlop Tortex picks (black with custom logo)

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Kilo25  - Tunings   |2010-08-27 00:57:26 Here's a list of the tunings used in each Deftones album. (the first three albums were recorded using 6-strings) Adrenaline= E Standard Around the Fur= Drop C# White Pony= Drop C (At this point, Steph switched to his 7-string baritones) Deftones= G# Standard 7-string variant Saturday Night Wrist= Drop F# 7-string variant, for the exception of "Beware" which is in G# Standard (he began using 8-strings after Saturday Night Wrist, and first recorded with them on the postponed Eros album) Diamond Eyes= F# Standard 8-string variant Chino Moreno, when he plays guitar, is tuned to Drop C for songs off White Pony, and C# Standard for the songs from Deftones and Saturday Night Wrist Hope you guys found this informative! Reply 0   0

Duane Martin   |2010-05-02 14:58:35 What about the 7 string custom telecatser he has been seen playing? Reply 0   0

Nick  - 8-strings   |2010-03-16 15:26:15 He has a signature 8 string he uses now. http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/ESP-LTD-SC608B-Baritone-Stephen-Carpenter-Electric-Guitar?sku=518617 Reply 0   0

B-rad  - Subs   |2010-01-06 11:30:32 He also uses subs with the 75 watt loaded Marshall cabs you can see them in the picture of him above the make and size I do not know they look like powered dual 12's or 15's. He has an A and B set up with the one set up he uses 80 watt speakers with no subs the other the 75 watt speakers with subs. He also has custom foot switching on all the effects so they are all independent from the the signal so unless they are engaged they are not filtered through the output for clarity and sound quality purposes. Reply 0   0

Anonymous  - ADA MP-1   |2009-09-21 13:30:22 He used to use ADA MP-1 preamp back in the Adrenaline days for sure. Reply 0   0

hdawg  - marshall   |2009-06-09 18:49:21 you guys are forgeting his marshall jmp-1 midi preamp. Reply 0   0

Nathan  - 8-strings   |2008-11-14 16:28:04 stephen uses 8-string esp guitars now Reply 1   0

anonymous  - hughes and kettner   |2008-07-01 17:45:50 I saw a video of "fireal" live on youtube and there were hughes and kettner cabs on stage on stephens side and in the video for bored i saw a hughes and kettner practice amp Reply 0   0

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