Steve Morse – High Tension Wires
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1989 album High Tension Wires.
Music from High Tension Wires
Gear Used On High Tension Wires
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Studio Equipment used by Steve Morse on High Tension Wires
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From Guitar World 1992 Interview:
GW: In the studio, you'll often use many different guitar sounds within the same song. It must be tricky to execute some of your material live with the trio.
MORSE: One of the pieces I really enjoy performing live is "Highland Wedding" [High Tension Wires]-a tune that originally had a lot of overdubs. Dave LaRue and I worked out a live arrangement where he plays a polyphonic bass part that's a combination of the original recorded bass track and some of the guitar parts. I do a lot of switching back and forth between fingerpicked, arpeggiated chords and single-note lines. I also use the guitar synth, which helps create some interesting textures and fills out the sound.
GW: Do you use the guitar synth much when performing live?
MORSE: I use a volume pedal to fade the synth in during sections of certain tunes. You'll always hear the regular guitar signal-it's never actually replaced by the synth sound. Most people in the audience probably don't even realize I'm using the synth; they probably think there's someone offstage playing a keyboard.
GW: What guitar synth are you currently using?
MORSE: An IVL Pitchwriter II going into a modified Ensonic ESQM module. It tracks very well and has some cool string and Moog-type sounds that translate well through a stage rig. Many guitar synths sound much better through headphones than when they're blasting through a speaker. A patch that sounds very "sparkly" through headphones often sounds shrill and distorted through an amplifier or PA.
