Stephen Carpenter

In this photo Stephen Carpenter is clearly playing the STEF B-7 in a custom blue paint job with a reversed headstock. His stage guitars are not ever available for purchase so this is the absolute closest thing to his exact guitar.

Stephen shows and discusses his signature guitar with ESP, although without much detail other than that the appearances are all superficial. He uses multiples of the same guitar with different colors and designs.

In this video, Stephen Carpenter presents his STEF-8 8 string signature guitar.

"I love my 7strings signature model and i have zero doubt that you will too"

Join Stephen Carpenter from Deftones as he takes you on a tour of his live gear rig.

this is one of his signature guitars

During 2019 NAMM, I had personally went to ESP's booth and was presented this guitar along with many others! Beautiful color and fat humbucklers!

A detailed gear diagram for Stephen Carpenter of Deftones, traces the signal flow of the equipment, containing a Marshall 1960B 4x12" 300-Watt Straight Extension Cabinet, in his 2011 guitar rig.

At 1:45 of this private gear tour, Stephen Carpenter of Deftones shows off some of his gear, including a Marshall 9200 MonoBlock Power Amp.

At 0:33 of this private gear tour, Stephen Carpenter of Deftones shows off some of his gear, including a Marshall JMP-1 Tube MIDI Guitar Preamp.

In this article discussing Orage Amps gear, Stephen Carpenter of Deftones, "has just recently come over to the "Orange side." He’ll be playing his Fractal Axe FX through (2) PPC412 speaker cabs running in stereo," discussing his Orange PPC412 Guitar Speaker Cabinet.

At 3:35 of this Rig Rundown for Stephen Carpenter of Deftones, he shows off some of his gear, including a Electro-Harmonix 22 Caliber.

At 3:22 of this Rig Rundown for Stephen Carpenter of Deftones, he shows off some of his gear, including a Marshall EL34 100/100 Power Amp.

"I have two of these little Micro Dark"

Stephen Carpenter of Deftones new touring rig

Stephen Carpenter was being interviewed for a documentary. I can't seem to find the documentary but there is a still shot of him being interviewed in google images. It shows sitting at a home recording desk and in the background there are an UBERSCHALL and an UBERSCHALL TWIN JET on a shelf next to the desk

Acording to the positive grid website. Stephan uses bias am head along with the bias amp software

at 0:22, you can see this amp on Stef's shelf

at 0:22, you can see this amp

A detailed gear diagram for Stephen Carpenter of Deftones, traces the signal flow of the equipment, containing Celestion G12K-100 speakers, in his 2011 guitar rig.

A detailed gear diagram for Stephen Carpenter of Deftones, traces the signal flow of the equipment, containing a ZVEX Machine, in his 2011 guitar rig.

A detailed gear diagram for Stephen Carpenter of Deftones, traces the signal flow of the equipment, containing an Eventide PitchFactor, in his 2011 guitar rig.

A detailed gear diagram for Stephen Carpenter of Deftones, traces the signal flow of the equipment, containing an MXR Custom Audio Electronics MC-403 Power Distributor, in his 2011 guitar rig.

A detailed gear diagram for Stephen Carpenter of Deftones, traces the signal flow of the equipment, containing a ZVex Fuzz Factory, in his 2011 guitar rig.

At 2:32 of this private gear tour, Stephen Carpenter of Deftones shows off some of his gear, including a Digitech Whammy 4.

At 1:35 of this private gear tour, Stephen Carpenter of Deftones shows off some of his gear, including a Boss BF-3 Flanger Pedal.

At 1:31 of this private gear tour, Stephen Carpenter of Deftones shows off some of his gear, including a Boss TR-2 Tremolo Pedal.