Steve DiGiorgio

Acclaimed fretless bass guitarist of acts DEATH and Testament, Steve Digiorgio was known for playing the ESP Forest series for some time. This photo shows Steve show boating during a live performance. He also has been spotted using a custom 2 neck version which featured a fretless neck as well as a fretted one.

Steve DiGiorgio can be seen playing a Thor Bass Mjolnir 6 string fretless at 2:47 in this video.

In this photo from Steve's Facebook page, he can be seen playing a walnut Rickenbacker 4003.

Steve is playing a ibanez btb 5 string bass with his band Testament.

Throughout the entire video, it is clealy seen Steve is using a Rickenbacker 4003 Walnut model

"I’m playing the Ibanez BTB basses now, all which originally came stock with Nordys. But now that they are installing other pickups for the new stock models I am requesting or replacing them to have the Nordstrand Big Singles." https://nordstrandaudio.com/blogs/nordstrand-artists/steve-di-giorgio?_pos=1&_sid=cbbf277ff&_ss=r https://equipboard.com/pros/steve-digiorgio/ibanez-btb1605-btb-premium-5-string https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F83xVLey3YZE%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.basschat.co.uk%2Ftopic%2F252866-ibanez-btb-1405-anyone-got-one-opinions-please%2F&tbnid=OL7YB2gN4fRoQM&vet=12ahUKEwiqsPqd96jrAhU1M3IKHSQbD3cQMygDegQIARAt..i&docid=o4oef84AXZUvYM&w=1280&h=720&q=steve%20digiorgio%20ibanez%20btb%201605&ved=2ahUKEwiqsPqd96jrAhU1M3IKHSQbD3cQMygDegQIARAt

I’m playing the Ibanez BTB basses now, all which originally came stock with Nordys. But now that they are installing other pickups for the new stock models I am requesting or replacing them to have the Nordstrand Big Singles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOIRn5Byq94 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbGd58KhzdM http://www.stevedigiorgio.com/gear/

"This is the grand daddy. It goes in and there's a clean channel right here, and you can come straight out of that if you want...This thing is just powerful man. The gain has an overdrive but it's not distortion," says Steve DiGorgio, in this video, around 29:50.

I decided on this 1978 Rickenbacker 4001—completely stock. There’s not one modification on this bass. It’s a totally passive, regular fretted 4-string, an old-school bass.

Current signal chain for recording setup

In this photo from Steve's Facebook page, one can see an EBS Billy Sheehan drive at the top of the pedalboard

A DOD FX92 Bass Grunge can be seen on the bottom row, second from the left in this photo of Steve's pedalboard, from Steve's Facebook page.

A DOD FX82 Bass Comp can be seen in the middle row, far left, in this photo of Steve's pedalboard from Steve's Facebook page.

In this photo from Steve's twitter post, a B7K and be seen in the bottom right corner

http://www.ibanez.com/artist/artist_detail.php?area=3&cat_id=2&artist_id=1267

Ibanez has Steve DiGiorgio listed as an artist, using a "BTB Custom" which is a BTB 1605E modified to be fretless.

Steve played Children of the next level from Testament to showcase the b7k v2 he used to for the album. The Darkglass Microtubes B7K V2 Bass Analog Preamp Pedal has an incredible sound, powerful and clear and versatile.

A DOD FX35 Octoplus can be seen on the bottom row, second from the right, in this photo of Steve's pedalboard from Steve's Facebook.

In this photo from Steve's twitter post, an EBS Multicomp and bee seen in the middle row.

Current signal chain for recording setup

Steve DiGiorgio utilizes the Darkglass Electronics Alpha Omega pedal as part of his current recording setup, as shown in an Instagram post detailing his signal chain.

He can be seen using this amp on the video: Death - Zero Tolerance Bass Playthrough on his official YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx3UcHewOoI

In the YouTube video by Allforbass, Steve DiGiorgio discusses and demonstrates the Darkglass Electronics Microtubes X7 Bass Preamp Pedal, showcasing its features and his personal use of the gear.

In this photo from SteveDiGiorgio.com, Steve shares what his pedal chain is for the new 2015 DEATH album recordings. On the bottom left side we can see the DOD FX72 Bass Stereo Flanger.

Steve DiGiorgio utilizes the Radial Engineering BigShot™ ABY True Bypass Switcher in his current recording setup, as showcased in a post on Instagram.

Steve DiGiorgio uses the MXR M82 Bass Envelope Filter for live performances with Testament, as highlighted in an Instagram post by @ebsswedenofficial.

Massive power and lowend heard 'round the world

Steve posted a video on his official youtube channel (SDGLowEnd) about this pedal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A3rdbp5bmg

In this photo from Steve's twitter post, an EBS Microbass II can be seen in the middle row.

In this photo from Steve's twitter post, a Planet waves tuner can be seen in the middle row

In this photo from Steve's twitter post, a Morley ABY can be seen on top of the pedalboard.