Steve Harris
Iron Maiden bassist
Steve Harris' Gear
"These amps are the closest I've ever got to my trusty sound. High praise indeed!" - From the Orange Amps Facebook page
In the music video for "The Trooper" Harris can be seen playing a blue Ibanez Roadster bass.
Steve Harris can be seen to the right with what looks like a mid-late 60's Jazz Bass.
"Steve Harris (SH): Well a lot of people have commented on that and it is weird, because they freak out when I tell them I just use 4times12 cabs. But they’ve got full duty EV speakers in them and I do get the full range, from the top right through to the bottom. It’s a good tight sound — not so much a bottom end rumble."
This photo from BraveWords.com features the creator and bassist of Iron Maiden, Steve Harris, with his new 2015 signature Fender P bass during a live performance.
Steve Harris' 2015 Precision Bass is stock with the Steve Harris' Signature Seymour Duncan SPB-4 Precision Pickup and sports a decal of the West Ham United F.C. football team's crest.
A Trace Elliot GP12X pre-amp can be seen behind Steve Harris in this photo.
Here we can see Steve Harris playing his early 70's Fender P bass which has gone through several paint jobs and has been the basis for both of his signature models.
This bass was used during the making of the "Powerslave" album and can be seen in the music video for "Aces High" and can be seen clearly around the 0:55 second mark of the video.
The G-33/G-88 bass guitar, like all the vintage Roland guitars, was built by the Fuji Roland corporation, a joint venture by Roland and the Fujigen Gakki.
Fujigen Gakki (now known as FGN guitars) also made the Ibanez guitars, and the G-88 seems to be a variation on the Ibanez MC-800 bass. Like the high-end Ibanez basses, the G-33/G-88 has active electronics. The G-33/G-88 has two bands of active equalization, bass and treble.
The electronics are powered by two 9 volt batteries or by power provided by the guitar synthesizer. There is an access door on the back of the G-33/G-88 for the battery.
The video is linked here as well as in the discription at 5:32 showing that Steve Harris used a G-33/G-88
Steve Harris can be seen playing a black Fender Kingman V2 Acoustic Bass on the Clansman during the Legacy of the Beast Tour.
Steve Harris' Signature Tech 21 Pedal.
A link to the website can be found here.
This video says Steve uses these speakers in his marshall cab at around 2:20 in the video.
Standard 4x12 cabs weigh 24 kgs each. Steve's cabs weigh over 44 kgs (since each EVM12L weighs 11 kgs each)! now THAT is a heavy metal cabinet!! (and I'm not sorry)
He uses 2x DBX 160 Compressors in his rack, on is the main compressor the other is a backup, in case the main one fails.
Steve Harris is endorsed by Rotosound and was given his own signature bass guitar string set bassed on his custom gauge preference. When asked what he thought about his new signature set in an interview with Rotosound, Steve Harris said "It's all I've ever used".
From 1:07-1:19 it states "It was during this time that Steve was endorsed by Lado Basses. Lado created two custom basses for Steve. The Superfalcon & the Unicorn.
In this photo Harris can be seen with a Yamaha BB1100S bass.
“I was having some problems with the original pickups in my bass and Seymour Duncan said they could make pickups that did what I needed – and they did!”
Steve Harris is known for playing Fender Precision Basses, including his own signature model, the Fender Steve Harris Signature Precision Bass (1st Generation), as noted in a Loudwire article celebrating Iron Maiden's formation anniversary.
In this particular video, Steve is using an Ovation B778 acoustic bass with a black finish mounted on a performance stand to play the bass solo/intro to “Blood on The World’s Hands” from the X Factor album. He also used the same Ovation to play some acoustic bass parts on “Fortunes of War” from the same album.
In this video, you can see 2 AD4D at 0:50 in Steve's rack.
In this video, you can see dbx 160 at 1:00 in Steve's rack.
You can see Shure UR4D+ Receiver in Steve's rack.
You can see Live Wire PC900 Power Conditioner in Steve's rack.
Steve Harris utilizes the Gallien-Krueger MB800 800W Ultralight Bass Head as part of his emergency backup tour rig. This information is corroborated by a detailed walkthrough in the video titled "Iron Maiden - Steve's Rig" on the official Iron Maiden YouTube channel, hosted by Brent Diamond, where he presents Steve's setup for #TheFuturePastTour.
In this video, you can see Gallien-Krueger MB800 head at 2:33 in Steve's rack.
In this video, you can see Korg WT-12 Chromatic Tuner at 3:23.
In this video, you can see Korg OT-120 Chromatic Orchestral Tuner at 3:23.
In this video, you can see Korg DTR-2000 Tuner at 3:23 in Steve's rack.
Steve Harris used the Peavey Mark III Series 400 Bass Amp as part of his live rig in the early 1980s, as evidenced by the image available on Equipboard.
According to this Guitar Geek rig diagram, Steve Harris of Iron Maiden used a Guild B30E acoustic-electric bass guitar.
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