Buck Dharma

"Buck had this Steinberger custom made to look like swiss cheese, thus creating the first and only playable "Cheese"berger... The Cheeseberger is a custom GM7 body made to Buck's specifications by the last Nashville incarnation of the Steinberger Management. It is a one of a kind."

From Buck's official website: "This guitar is the most well known "Buck Dharma" guitar — a 1969 Gibson SG Standard. It was played onstage at almost every show until the early '80s, and was played on every album up through "Spectres."

"New York luthier Juiliano Balestra created this Gibson-Explorer-inspired "Vulcan" guitar. The Vulcan features 2 DiMarzio humbucking pickups.

This guitar was played on "Mirrors," "Cultösaurus Erectus" and "Fire of Unknown Origin." and used extensively live.

Buck had two Vulcans, one was given to a former crewmember. The other was stolen in 1980, and in June 2002, resurfaced again after all these years for auction on eBay." - Buck Dharma's website about his Bulestra Vulcan.

I have several Kempers and have used those on the recording. Also, I just got the Strymon Iridium, which is a pedal amp modeler. It's got three amp models in it and uses cabinet impulse responses.

"In the studio, I’ve been using smaller combo amps lately; a Vox AC-30, Fender Supers. The studio where we recorded Heaven Forbid has a great collection of vintage amplifiers. I also used a Boogie Mark II head through a 4 X 12."

In this live gear list, one of the things that was mentioned in his rig is the Engl 530.

"This guitar is almost completely stock, although Buck had the neck heel ground down," states Buck's official website, about his Les Paul.

According to live rig list from Blue Oyster Cult's website, Dharma uses the Marshall JCM 900 dual reverb head.

According to the Seymour Duncan's website, Dharma uses the Seymour Duncan Custom Custom Pickups.

"In 1999, guitar maker Jon Harper and Buck worked together on the Buck Dharma Signature model guitar. It features two humbucking pickups and a tremolo, as well as a unique reverse headstock."

"We’ve probably used what everybody else has used over the years. When we started buying equipment, we got Acoustic 260s, which the Doors used, and they were terrible amps for the kind of music we were doing (laughs). They had no distortion or overdrive at all."

In this live gear list, one of the things that was mentioned in his rig is the Roland FC-300 MIDI controller.

In this live gear list, one of the things that was mentioned in his rig is the AmpTweaker Tight Drive.

According to live rig list from Blue Oyster Cult's website, Dharma uses the custom-made Gary Jacobs guitar.

On Buck's official website, it says, " This guitar was used live a lot in the late '70s, after Buck bought it in Boston after a show. This Les Paul Black Beauty featured 3 Bill Lawrence pickups, two humbucking and one "blade" in the center position."

According to Buck's official website, all stared with $16 Harmony Stella acoustic guitar. He describes this guitar as a "humble beginning".

"An unusual sight was to see Buck sporting a Fender, but in 1978-79, his favorite guitar was indeed, a white '78 Stratocaster. Buck routed out the body and installed 2 EMG humbucking pickups. (Strats come stock with single coils).

This guitar also featured one of the first 25 Floyd Rose Tremolos (without the fine tuners).

This guitar still resides in Buck's collection." - Buck Dharma's website about his 1978 Fender Stratocaster.

"The double neck Steinberger has seen some use with Buck's late '80s side project, The Red and The Black, but has mostly been used it's 12-string ability in the studio. This guitar is still in the collection."

"In the '80s, Ned Steinberger came up with a revolutionary guitar design, of which the most noticeable factor is the lack of a headstock. Buck was impressed with the design and performance, and the Steinberger became Buck's other most-well-known guitar model.

This P series "Mini-Vee" guitar has a wood body and a bolt-on neck made of composite graphite material, which makes it almost immune to weather conditions that can affect tuning. It also is designed so that all the electronics are attached to the pickguard, which makes swapping out electronics simple. Buck has two configurations, one with 2 single coils and 1 humbucker, and the other with only humbuckers.

This guitar is still in Buck's collection."

"After that, we used Music Man amps for a while, then some Boogie Mark II heads, which were also great."

In this live gear list, one of the things that was mentioned in his rig is the Alesis Quadraverb.

In this live rig list posted on the official BOC website, it can be seen that Dharma is using La Bella Steinberger strings.

According to live rig list from Blue Oyster Cult's website, Dharma uses the Jetter Gain Stage Ovedrive pedal.

According to live rig list from Blue Oyster Cult's website, Dharma uses the Crate BV120HR guitar heads.

In an interview on earofnewt.com, Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult discusses his use of the 1968 Coral Electric Sitar.

"After the success of the "block" models Steinberger designed a more "standard" looking guitar, the M series. Buck's first M series is the GM1, which was designed by Mike Rutherford (Genesis) and his guitar tech. The GM1 came with one pickup, and he had it retrofitted with an additional single coil in the neck position.

Buck also has several later models, the GM4-T and the stunning tobacco sunburst GM7-T, both of which feature the TransTrem, a Steinberger invention that allows you to transpose the guitar as a whole,in tune, in steps and half-steps in both directions. All total, Buck has 7 different M series guitars.

These guitars are still in Buck's collection."

"These St. Blues guitars are made by Strings and Things, a guitar shop in Memphis. Buck had two of these guitars, a black one with Seymour Duncan humbuckers, and a sunburst one with single coil EMGs.

The sunburst model was played on "Heaven Forbid."

The black one was stolen along with the white SG, but the sunburst one is still in Buck's collection."

"That was a Deluxe; I bought that new around ’73. It was just one of things where you go into a music store, pick something up, and really like it. I just used it on the band’s latest record."

In this live gear list, one of the things that was mentioned in his rig is the Martin Backpacker.

In this live gear list, one of the things that was mentioned in his rig is the GHS Fast Fret.