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Steve Morse is a guitar player who founded the band Dixie Dregs and plays guitar in the rock band Deep Purple. Morse also played with the band Kansas.

Let's take a look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in Steve's guitar rig.

Steve Morse playing guitar

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Guitars

- Ernie Ball Music Man Steve Morse guitars

Music Man Steve Morse Signature Model Electric Guitar

- Ernie Ball Music Man Steve Morse SM-Y2D guitars

Music Man Steve Morse Y2D Guitar with Floyd Rose Tremolo

- custom "frankentele" guitar (Fender Telecaster body, Stratocaster neck, Gibson Tune-o-matic bridge, Gibson frets)


Pickups
- Dimarzio Steve Morse pickups (DP200, DP205)



Amps and Cabinets

- ENGL E-656 Steve Morse signature amplifier



- ENGL E670 Special Edition amp heads

Engl Special Edition E 670 100W Guitar Amp Head (6L6)

- ENGL E645

- ENGL PRO Slanted E412 VS cabinets

Engl PRO Slanted E412VS 4x12 Guitar Speaker Cabinet

- Peavey 5150 amps

- Marshall Jubilee

- Peavey VTM120

- Ampeg V4




Effects

- custom Skrydstrup switching system

- Ernie Ball VP Jr Volume pedals (Steve uses 3-4 of these on his pedalboard. In videos it is clear it is the VP Jr, but not sure if active or passive model)

- Boss OC-3 Super Octave pedal

Boss OC-3 SUPER Octave Pedal

- TC Electronic FlashBack TonePrint delay (x2. Using these more recently as Memory Man replacement)

- TC Electronic PolyTune and PolyTune mini pedal

Tc Electronic Polytune 3 Pedal Tuner

- TC Electronic Spark Booster pedal

TC Electronic Spark Booster Guitar Effects Pedal

- TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb pedal

- TC Electronic Nova Delay

- Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man (x2)

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man XO Analog Delay Guitar Effects Pedal

- Digitech Whammy pedal (it is in his rack)

DigiTech Whammy Pitch-Shifting Guitar Effects Pedal

- Boss TU-12 tuner (used before the polytune)

Boss TU-12EX Chromatic Tuner

- BF1 Buffer

- ENGL Z-9 Footswitch

- Lexicon PCM41 Delay rack units (seen in 2009 rig pics)

- Eventide GTR4000 (seen in 2009 rig pics)

Note: The TC Electronic site has some TonePrints by Steve Morse also
TC Electronic also did a gear walkthrough video



Strings, Picks, and Accessories

- Ernie Ball electric guitar strings (he stated in an interview gauges: 10,13,16,26,32,42 and 46 for drop D)
- Ernie Ball RPS10 strings (as listed on Ernie Ball website)



- Dimarzio 2" Nylon ClipLock straps (he uses the purple)



- Ernie Ball medium-heavy pick, custom printed with his name

Note: Steve did a video for Ernie Ball of him testing the Cobalt string (gauge 10). There is a chance he is using this now, but there's no info out there that shows he moved from the RPS10, at the time of this writing.