Steve Lukather

Steve Lukather is featured in a video by Bogner Amplification, showcasing his use of the Bogner Ecstasy 101B Amp Head.

Steve Lukather was endorsing Rivera Amplification from 1995/1996 until early to mid 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20011214065049/http://www.rivera.com/rivera.rog3.luke.html https://web.archive.org/web/20020213043630/http://rivera.com/prod_lukeseries.htm

From his website: http://www.stevelukather.com/news-articles/2000/11/willie-g-moseley-steve-lukather.aspx

Quote: Vintage Guitar: What gear did you use on Mindfields? Steve Lukather: My MusicMan, plus a few vintage things here and there, like a Les Paul on Mysterious ways, but I would also layer things with different guitars. MusicMan made me a great “bastard” guitar – it’s got an Eddie Van Halen body, a Luke neck, and DiMarzio single-coil pickups on it, Telecaster-style. My amp is one I designed with Paul Rivera, called a Bonehead. That’s the only amp I used on the whole record. It’s a three-channel amp, and we got a patent on the subwoofer system. I like a lot of low-end on a guitar. It’s really versatile; great clean sound, great mid-crunch, great full-on shred, and everything in between.

http://www.stevelukather.com/media/84498/pastgear.pdf

From 1984's Starlicks Steve Lukather instructional video and given the year in question, one can appreciate that he utilized the MESA/Boogie Mark II c+ Simul-Class short head as a preamp and two MESA/Boogie Mark II c+ Colisseum (180W) as power amps for his Bradshaw stereo rig/rack.

http://www.hendrixguitars.com/Images/Mesa%20steve%20Lukather.jpg

Steve Lukather used a Fender Princeton Reverb, modified by Paul Rivera Sr., as his "go-to" amp during his early session work from 1976 to 1982. This is detailed in The Guitar Column article titled "Steve Lukather's Paul Rivera Modified Fender Princeton."

used on one of his solo albums but still prefers tubes.

Lukather (July 2002) "I went back to where I was with my gear circa 1990-91, but with subtle improvements. BRADSHAW baby! That pre-amp for me is better than the Rivera and was the sonic blue print for the Bonehead. I hadn't played thru my CAE-3+ in 5 years and when I plugged my Bradshaw in, it blew my mind. I then broke out my VHT power amps... and yes again... warmth, tone... I rest my case. I still have my PCM 70's... vintage now and some cool Line 6 stuff. Very small and compact and it sounds better than ever! I used this rig on my new Xmas record coming fall 2003. As for the new Toto record I used a stock 1/12 Marshall combo plugged direct and all EFX used are from the console. I did this for 2 reasons. One is to dispell the myth that my GEAR plays for me and not the other way around. Second I wanted to see just how many DIFFERENT sounds I could get with this simple amp and my most loved MusicMan guitars which are also stock. When you listen you be the judge."

Lukather (April 2002): "I use a Roland keyboard volume pedal but it's pretty much whatever you like that feels good. The pedal is early in the chain so that when you fade out the delays keep going and you're not fading out your entire sound. You guys gotta understand, I am NOT a tech kinda guy. Bob Bradshaw designs all my stuff. He has since 1984. I am putting together a brand new rig as I write this. I tell him what I want and he does all the brain work to make it happen and he pretty much knows what I want." Amplifiers: the VHT classic power amp for the dry clean through the mid channel and the VHT stereo effects amp for the stereo effects through the left and right channels. Pre-amp: Custom Audio Electronics 3+ (CAE 3+, Bob Bradshaw) with three sound switches: clean, dirty and very dirty.

Lukather (April 2002): "I use a Roland keyboard volume pedal but it's pretty much whatever you like that feels good. The pedal is early in the chain so that when you fade out the delays keep going and you're not fading out your entire sound. You guys gotta understand, I am NOT a tech kinda guy. Bob Bradshaw designs all my stuff. He has since 1984. I am putting together a brand new rig as I write this. I tell him what I want and he does all the brain work to make it happen and he pretty much knows what I want." Amplifiers: the VHT classic power amp for the dry clean through the mid channel and the VHT stereo effects amp for the stereo effects through the left and right channels. Pre-amp: Custom Audio Electronics 3+ (CAE 3+, Bob Bradshaw) with three sound switches: clean, dirty and very dirty.

In a user-uploaded photo within the PDF file, Steve Lukather is shown with a Custom Audio Amplifiers 2x12 Cabinet.

Shown in the Star Licks instructional video.

In his interview with Rick Beato, Steve says he used BF Deluxe Reverbs with Rivera mods from 1978 in the studio.

Steve Lukather has used the Bogner Helios 100 Watt Head during his recent tours with TOTO and Ringo Starr. He has showcased this amplifier in numerous YouTube videos and interviews. It is noted that he has toured extensively with three Bogner Helios heads.

On the Soldano order form, Steve bought #5.