Steve Morse

Steve Morse can be seen playing a Fender Lead II in this picture.

According to rig rundown, he uses this signature model.

In a live 1978 performance of "The Bash" with Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse can be seen playing a Fender Telecaster. This performance is available on YouTube, uploaded by Jo Macdonald.

The Ernie Ball Music Man (Y2D) DarkLord model is based on the Steve Morse Y2D model, although it custom made for Joe Bonamassa; in his own words: The DarkLord guitar was designed by my former tech Dave Pate and myself... it was initially built for the series of shows with Black Country Communion in the winter of 2010. It has been in my solo band stable since 2011. Its important to remember it is still a Steve Morse model. The lovely cats at EB/MM asked if they could build a few. I was like: "As long as Steve is cool with it..."

The neck profile is based off of one of Joe's '59 Les Pauls, is chunkier than any other EB/MM neck, and also features jumbo frets. It shares the body style, pickups, compensated nut, 5-way switching, and bridge of the Morse Y2D but differs in that it has a reverse EBMM headstock, flame maple top with black burst finish, and chrome covers on the pickups.

The guitar features a poplar body, flame maple top, roasted (oil and wax rubbed) maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, and weights around 8.5 pounds (4 Kg). It features a compensated nut and a reverse headstock. There is one standard model and a BFR (Ball Family Reserve) one, which features a special inlay on the 12th fret.

Steve demonstrates his signature Music Man guitar in this video. According to this page of his website, "The history of this unique instrument goes back to Steve's college days. During that time, Steve crafted a guitar for himself, combining the elements for his ideal instrument: a Fender Telecaster body, Stratocaster neck, Gibson Tune-o-matic bridge, a set of Gibson frets, a 12-string tailpiece (make unknown), and a group of pickups (also unknown). He called it the Frankenstein Telecaster, and constantly revised and improved it over the years. In 1986, Steve was approached by Musicman to collaborate on creating a production model. This guitar has since expanded to several models, and over 50 choices and combinations of finishes."

According to Vintage Guitar interview, Steve used his signature model with Dixie Dregs.