Steve Stevens

"It’s a good combination of old stuff and new -- one of the amps that I got was a Victoria Regal. Basically, I didn’t want to pay six grand for an old Supro just because everybody says Jimmy Page used it on the first Led Zeppelin record."

"And then I had a new pedalboard built by Trailer Trash just for home and on that I’ve got a Radial booster with a buffer, then there’s a Megavibe on there that’s made by KR. I’ve owned about five Univibe clones and this is the one -- it really sounds like an original Univibe."

On this photo of Steve Stevens' pedalboard the Little Big Muff Pi is visible in the upper left corner.

On this photo of Steve Stevens' pedalboard the Mojo Vibe is visible in the upper row near the Little Big Muff Pi.

On this photo of Steve Stevens' pedalboard the Mold Spore wah is visible in the middle of the front row.

"I probably used about ten different guitars. Four different Les Pauls loaded with different Bare Knuckle pickups and a Suhr Strat that was built for Scott Henderson. He wasn’t happy with it. I called John and told him I needed a Strat. I had gone out to the factory and he had showed me that technology that he has, that hum-canceling pickup. Yeah, that’s why I’ve always shied away from using Strats, because they just buzz and then the ones that have the pickups in them where they don’t buzz, they don’t sound like a Strat anymore. But with this it’s still single coil pickups, and you’ve got that coil wound into the body of the guitar and that cancels out any noise. And it really works; it keeps the sound of the guitar. So, John sent me this Strat that Scott Henderson didn’t want and I loved it. [laughs] But then again, I’m not that much of a Strat guy; I’m not a stickler on that stuff."

"I honestly can’t recall all of them.I have two Sears Craftsman tool cases loaded with pedals, and so I just took a bunch out and went with what worked best. I do remember using some cool, weird green DigiTech synth pedal a bit, and a Dunlop Zakk Wylde wah. Dunlop made me a cool one covered with rhinestones to use onstage."

"I honestly can’t recall all of them.I have two Sears Craftsman tool cases loaded with pedals, and so I just took a bunch out and went with what worked best. I do remember using some cool, weird green DigiTech synth pedal a bit, and a Dunlop Zakk Wylde wah. Dunlop made me a cool one covered with rhinestones to use onstage."

Steve Stevens collaborates with Knaggsguitars on custom Single Ring Guitar Straps, as shown in the user-uploaded photo.

He said he used an old 1961 Gibson Barney Kessel on “Ghosts in My Guitar" from Billy Idol's "Kings & Queens of the Underground".

"I have other ribbon microphones, and they require - for me, at least - exact placement. Pete said a selling point of the VR1 was that you could put it anywhere on any speaker and it would sound really, really good. I thought, that sounds exactly like what I need!

"That other ribbon mic is really dark. Usually you record it in combination with a 57 and only end up using about 25 percent of the ribbon to 75 percent of the 57. But with the VR1, sometimes I end up really favoring it in the mix. It’s a bit more forgiving than that other mic.

"After trying so many different microphones for my live guitar rig with Billy Idol, I thought, why not try my sE VR1? This is a mic that i use all the time in my studio. Well, it has worked like a charm in the live situation as well. I have a three cabinet system, so now I don’t leave home without my sE collection."

This was Steve Stevens second signature Hamer model, introduced in 1986.

Pedal 84 in Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World's Greatest Guitarists, as can be seen in the quick browse video at 0:36.

Steve Stevens talks about Ernie Ball strings on this video and we can see what kind he uses, on 7:58.

Steve posted the attached photo on Facebook with the following caption: “My pedalboard i built when joining Billy Idol. Used to record Rebel Yell album and touring up until 1987.”

At 0:10, he using this Flamed Maple Music Man Axis for play the song Rebel Yell on tour

Steve's live rig consists of a AKG DMS 700 Digital Wireless System

"Yeah. I think I’ve only saved two, though. One is like an eighth-note delay, and during the latter part of the solo on “Eyes Without a Face,” we had reversed the guitar, so that [pedal’s reverse function] comes in really handy with that. It sounds great," Steve Stevens says, in this interview, about his DD-20 Giga Delay pedal.

According to the Fulltone website, Steve Stevens uses the Fulltone Clyde Wah as part of his rig.

As per the Fulltone website, Steve Stevens has the Mini Deja Vibe 2 on his pedal collection.

The Fulltone website lists the FatBoost FB-3 as one of Stevens' pedals.

Steve Stevens is featured on Fulltone's website as an artist who uses the Fulltone CLYDE Standard Wah pedal.

This article shows photos of Steve's rack including the d-two delay.

This article shows photos of Steve's rack including this harmonizer.

This article shows photos of Steve's rack including this Crybaby.

"Last night at the Filmore in San Francisco, Jimmy Dunlop personally delivered the very first Cry Baby Crystal to longtime Dunlop Artist and Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens. When he got it he had his tech Roy Kelly put it on his pedal board immediately."

"There are a number of pedals that were built for me by Theo Hartman of Hartman Electronics. He sent me his fuzz boxes. He’s got this [OC44] Vintage Germanium Boost pedal -- it’s basically a treble booster and I used that with some of the small amps to push them."

"For other boost stuff I’d use that pedal from Creation Audio Labs [the MK.4.23 from Creation Audio Labs]."

"And then I had a new pedalboard built by Trailer Trash just for home and on that I’ve got a Radial booster with a buffer, then there’s a Megavibe on there that’s made by KR."

On this photo of Steve Stevens' pedalboard the StroboStomp tuner is visible in the middle row.