Peter Steele's live setup

[Sartori]

I'm not trying to cop his sound, but I'm curious to know what's in his live rig, including his bass (which appears to be some sort of custom instrument with a Ric style body, though I'd like to know more).

[megadan]

Try the search function:
Peter Steele of Type O Negative - Tone Question
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[Sartori]

Originally Posted by megadan

Try the search function:
Peter Steele of Type O Negative - Tone Question
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Did already. Don't know if you noticed, but that thread doesn't really answer my question.

[megadan]

Looks like it does,

Originally Posted by neptoon

not a fretless, dude...he's got a split signal path...his bass output goes to an ab-y box and then goes to a chorus, delay, reverb eq on one side and chorus, distortion eq on the other side, then goes to another box that the signal can be combined...then it goes to a peavey max preamp and then to whatever cabs he's using at the time...on the life is killing me tour, he had 3 8x12 cabinets...it was pretty deafening (sickeningly so)...all of his pedals are boss pedals...other than the old alembic he plays, he has a couple fernandes basses (the one that he plays most has a single j pickup and a fernandes sustainiac installed with a volume, tone and an on/off kill switch) and now he's got a washburn that he's been playing pretty exclusively live...it's one of the m-series basses...an m10, i think...i used to have a picture of his live rig setup, but i can't find the thing anywhere...hope that helped

That's the best info I can see anywhere, really. Googling might reveal more.

[skiscem]

the ric shape bass, its a custom made fernandes bass with sustainer system, he also plays a Washburn M-10 with a MM style Pickup.
For FX he uses mainly a Boss CH-1 and A boss DS-1 and another bass flanger.
i forgot what kinf os amp he uses, i know his rig consist of a preamp, powerr amp, compressor and who know what else..
oh and 4 4x10 Pavey Cabs

[Sartori]

Originally Posted by megadan

Looks like it does,



That's the best info I can see anywhere, really. Googling might reveal more.

That information really isn't very specific and tells me little about the bass itself. You keep assuming I haven't looked on here. I have and found the information insufficient to sate my curiosity.

[55pbass]

I grew up down the block from, and played at Ace London studios where Type O rehearsed in Brooklyn. I'd still go there without my band, when my buddy Mike was working the desk and listen to Type O rehearse from outside the room. I remember Pete used these massive cabinets with 18" speakers and speaker horns on top. They played so f 'ing loud and Pete never sang while they practiced. Oh good times.

[TaySte_2000]

Took this from some other forums

Originally Posted by FalcoHarlequin @ Geekchat

A bit late on this one, but this is what I've been able to decipher from various live pics and videos. So this is obviously only his more recent touring setup.

Washburn M10
w/ a MusicMan style humbucker (possibly Seymour Duncan?)
DR Strings Black Beauties (gauges .110/.090/.070/.050 back in the '90s)

BOSS TU-2 tuner
BOSS DS-1 distortion
BOSS DD-3 digital delay
BOSS CH-1 Super Chorus

Rack:
power conditioners
Peavey Tour Series Bass head (700W or 450W?), 2

He currently endorses both the Peavey TVX 410 EX and the TVX 115 EX cabs (both 8 ohms) though I've seen him with 8x10s and Peavey's Tour 410s.

And I found this on Type O Negative's forum a while ago. So take it as a post from a post allegedly from Pete's bass tech....

from a site that had a post from peter's bass tech (circa 2000):
"Bass, he uses a Fernandes custom bass which is shaped like a Rickenbacker with an alder body (I think). It has an FGI humbucker, 24 fret ebony fretboard, and 34" scale. The bass also has a prototype sustainer unit which is not available to the general public. He uses roundwound Dean Markley strings. Amps: He uses a Peavey max preamp and discontinued Peavey Power amps. Cabs: He uses 6 Peavy 2x10+1x18 cabs with custom JBL speakers. Effects: He uses Boss distortion, chorus, tremolo, and delay. He also uses a graphic EQ to shape his distortion. Reproducing the tone: If you want to reproduce his tone (without spending tens of thousands of dollars), I recommend a Peavey Kilobass (altered for high gain) and a generic 8x10 cab. For the bass you should look for an axe with good top end (I use a Tobias) to help with the distortion. The graphic EQ is VERY important if you want to get his crunchy tone. Also, a sonic maximizer will help with the bottom end...this rig will get you close to his tone, but it's near-impossible to replicate because he has added so many custom features to his gear."

I still haven't been able to figure out the EQ curve on his bass heads. It seems people would rather take a pic of Peter than of that rack to his right! Nor have I the money to buy all his gear and get it 100% accurate. But I hope this helps a bit.

BTW not a fan, just bored on a Friday night so I know nothing more than this

[neptoon]

he's still using a washburn m10 bass live. he still records with his old '83 alembic spoiler. that is straight from johnny kelly. in the rack next to him he's got peavey max preamps and peavey poweramps. lately he's been using 3 810 (or 812) cabinets. on youtube he had a newer green fernandes. not sure which model. that ric-looking fernandes with the custom shape, i'm not sure has seen the light of day for years.

[vegas532]

I'm intrigued by the concept of a Green Fernandes...is there a link?

[neptoon]

i'll try to find it when i get home...i think it's one of the rock AM vids...do a search on there for type o live rock am

[anechoic]

Originally Posted by vegas532

I'm intrigued by the concept of a Green Fernandes...is there a link?

Isn't this the bass, which, as a part of its regular maintenance, gets a fresh coat of black and green Krylon before each tour?

[neptoon]

no, that's the washburn m10...which also gets red for the carnivore gigs...the fernandes is a bright green, sort of like the guitar that kenny has been playing since dead again came out...i totally forgot to look for that youtube vid last night

[neptoon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXGA1y_Bwus

here it is...i'm sure everyone with a search function has found it already though

[DeliriumTremens]

Kinda late but here's a good pic of Pete with the green Fernandes

[Hategear]

Stumbled upon this thread while looking for info on Pete's basses. I wonder if the bass the OP is asking about is Peter's Alembic Spoiler? The only bass I didn't see mentioned in this thread...

[neptoon]

possibly, but the spoiler hasn't been used live in a super long time...from what i understand, though, the spoiler is the only bass he used to record with

[thombo]

google gave me this- Peter Steele - GeekChat!

edit: i somehow missed that tastee posted that info in 2009

[Sartori]

I was originally talking about the bass visible in this video. But thanks, all.

[TNCreature]

Pete was an aqauintence of mine, he told me that the Fernandes Sustainer was the key to his sound. It really sounded awsome.
He had a very self depricating sense of humor, he could always crack me up.
He could be a right bastard too! In that Rock and Roll kind of way.
Sustainer