Peter Steele....whats in the mad russians rig, anyway?

Metalman X · #1 12-16-2008, 09:58 AM

Always been curious what Peter Steele of Type-O Negative uses. He consistently has great tones that are both innovative, and truly unique. From the raw chorused overdrive tone of "Slow Deep And Hard" upto the smooth modulated tones heard on more recent recordings.

Not trying to copy him, per se. But I AM curious what he uses. May give me some inspiration for some weird experiments of my own

lancimouspitt · #2 12-16-2008, 12:21 PM

Steele is defentently very underrated.
I guess it's his very opinionated views that keep him from bass magazines.
Though his playing style is nothing like mine,I'm curious to know what he uses too.

neptoon · #3 12-16-2008, 02:15 PM

i posted a diagram of hir rig a while back, but it seems that the site that i linked from is no longer up, or at least has been mapped differently...it's been talked about before on here...he uses an ab-y box with a split signal chain, one clean, one distorted with boss pedals...these two channels are then combined back into one line and fed into a peavey max preamp...i've seen the old peavey 1x18+2x10 cabs as well as 810 cabs and once even with 3 8x12 cabs - that rig was huge and LOUD...he used that the two times i saw them play at the showbox in seattle

Bassmingo · #4 12-16-2008, 03:58 PM

did i read somewhere that when he was (is?) endorsed by fernandes they made him a bass version of the sustainer?

neptoon · #5 12-16-2008, 05:50 PM

most (if not all) of his basses were single pickup basses with a sustainiac in the neck position...i haven't seena sustainer since he's been using his discontinued washburn basses, an m10 and an m? something or another with a single music man pickup, which he seems to ahve been favoring lately...he still records with his beat to crap alembic, though

Metalman X · #6 12-16-2008, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by neptoon

i posted a diagram of hir rig a while back, but it seems that the site that i linked from is no longer up, or at least has been mapped differently...it's been talked about before on here...he uses an ab-y box with a split signal chain, one clean, one distorted with boss pedals...these two channels are then combined back into one line and fed into a peavey max preamp...i've seen the old peavey 1x18+2x10 cabs as well as 810 cabs and once even with 3 8x12 cabs - that rig was huge and LOUD...he used that the two times i saw them play at the showbox in seattle

wow....kinda different, no? Still seems rather elusive though. I wonder what pedals he uses

neptoon · #7 12-17-2008, 07:27 AM

on the distorted side of his signal he uses distortion, chorus, and delay, and through his clean side he uses a boss tremolo and reverb...his ab-y box is a marshall and he uses a graphic eq to shape his distortion...

champbassist · #8 01-23-2010, 09:45 AM

I'm posting here at the risk of being accused of necroposting (which is a big no-no on Ultimate-Guitar, but I see Talkbass is tolerant of this) but I just want to know if anyone has any updates on what Peter's using nowadays. (I had the option of this and a thread which had its last post in 2002)

tycobb73 · #9 01-23-2010, 10:56 AM

Actaully I think we encourage necroposting. If you start a new thread all you'll hear is "use the search function." As far as Pete, I can't help you. TON sound works for them but outside of their music I don't like it so I haven't followed it.

neptoon · #10 01-23-2010, 01:52 PM

still using the same rig...he still records with the same 1983 alembic spoiler through peavey max preamps and live with his split clean/distorted chain with boss pedals and washburn m series basses (the m10 has the mm pickup and another m series bass with a single jazz pickup)...he has a newer fernandes bass that he uses live now and again...

Greevus · #11 01-23-2010, 03:51 PM

He used to play Esh basses for quite a while. Seen him with the Alembics a few times. Always has that split signal with pedals. He is a huge influence of mine, but I've never copped his tone. Maybe some of his playing. I met him once in '91. Super cool and nice. I'm a big time fan of "Retaliation" by Carnivore and "Slow, Deep, and Hard" by Type O Negative. My band covers "Gravitational Constant". Great epic metal track!

neptoon · #12 01-23-2010, 05:00 PM

ask me why he doesn't endorse esh anymore

stonedmotus · #13 01-23-2010, 05:06 PM

CARNIVORE

LaklandBass · #14 01-23-2010, 05:25 PM

Ill second meeting him. VERY cool guy and totally down to earth.

factorplayer · #15 01-24-2010, 09:08 AM

I always wondered what kind of bass he used to use early on, the black one with the green fret inlays...

DeliriumTremens · #16 03-02-2010, 12:27 PM

I love Pete's playing, he's probably my favourite bassist

Sartori · #17 03-03-2010, 01:18 AM

In the studio he's mainly used an Alembic, I heard.

Live he now seems to mostly use these weird custom made basses.

LowB-ing · #18 03-03-2010, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by neptoon

ask me why he doesn't endorse esh anymore

Yes, why doesn't he?

Greevus · #19 03-03-2010, 09:41 AM

Man, Pete is now "clean" (so he says) and CHRISTIAN. His slogan is "from Dope to Pope" and he comes off like a goon lately. Damn it Pete. Glad you put down the nose candy for sure, but Jesus? Good God man. Blackie Lawless too. What's up with getting old with Jesus?

Sartori · #20 03-03-2010, 10:51 AM

Cernunnos would be much cooler.