Steve Lukather & Steve Lukather – Bridges
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2023 album Bridges.
Music from Bridges
Artists on Bridges
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Groups:
Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes Toto Far Corporation Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band The G3 Jam Stealin' Horses Man Doki Soulmates L.A. Workshop Baby'O El Grupo Larry Carlton-Steve Lukather Band Los Lobotomys Nerve Bundle Rake and the Surftones Greg Mathieson Project Toxic Monkey Santana, Jeff Beck & Steve Lukather
Gear Used On Bridges
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Steve Lukather & Steve Lukather – Bridges (2023). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Amplifiers used by Steve Lukather on Bridges
Custom Audio Electronics CAE 3+ SE
Lukather (July 2002) "I went back to where I was with my gear circa 1990-91, but with subtle improvements. BRADSHAW baby! That pre-amp for me is better than the Rivera and was the sonic blue print for the Bonehead. I hadn't played thru my CAE-3+ in 5 years and when I plugged my Bradshaw in, it blew my mind. I then broke out my VHT power amps... and yes again... warmth, tone... I rest my case. I still have my PCM 70's... vintage now and some cool Line 6 stuff. Very small and compact and it sounds better than ever! I used this rig on my new Xmas record coming fall 2003. As for the new Toto record I used a stock 1/12 Marshall combo plugged direct and all EFX used are from the console. I did this for 2 reasons. One is to dispell the myth that my GEAR plays for me and not the other way around. Second I wanted to see just how many DIFFERENT sounds I could get with this simple amp and my most loved MusicMan guitars which are also stock. When you listen you be the judge."
Lukather (April 2002): "I use a Roland keyboard volume pedal but it's pretty much whatever you like that feels good. The pedal is early in the chain so that when you fade out the delays keep going and you're not fading out your entire sound. You guys gotta understand, I am NOT a tech kinda guy. Bob Bradshaw designs all my stuff. He has since 1984. I am putting together a brand new rig as I write this. I tell him what I want and he does all the brain work to make it happen and he pretty much knows what I want." Amplifiers: the VHT classic power amp for the dry clean through the mid channel and the VHT stereo effects amp for the stereo effects through the left and right channels. Pre-amp: Custom Audio Electronics 3+ (CAE 3+, Bob Bradshaw) with three sound switches: clean, dirty and very dirty.
