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- Publié par
ZEBOSS le 07 Jan 05, 02:07
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN's vocal mike is an Onyx capsule with a
Sony transmitter. He plays Hohner Marine Band harmonicas.
His main guitar is a 1953 Fender Esquire. Onstage he also
uses Telecasters from '54, '58 and a new acquisition from
'63 with a decal of a naked oriental woman on the back. That
one was rented as a prop for a photo shoot in New York. Lat-
er on Bruce couldn't get it out of it his head, finally
telling Kevin Buell, his guitar tech, "I don't know what it
sounds like but it felt great." Unfortunately all Bruce knew
about the guitar was that it was "a black Tele with a naked
lady." It was tracked through the photographer to the shop
where it was rented, but it was already sold. Bruce bought
it back from the guy who bought it. Bruce uses a Samson
wireless system which passes through a Rockman SP-1OO sus-
taining preamp on its way to a single Marshall cabinet (with
four 12s) which is miked with a Shure SM57 and a 341. Bruce
is almost apologetic about how simple his effects are. "l
have a very fundamental set-up on the guitar. There's a
loud button and a louder one and a louder one than that --
and that's it! The elaborate guitar set-ups are amazing!
There's a wall! A rack of things that all do something. I'd
like to know what all that stuff does but it's too late now.
It allows you an enormous amount of control but I don't know
if I have the patience to sit down and learn it." Bruce's
three options are a Boogie Mark 2 for leads, a SansAmp, and
a Boss digital delay. Sitting under the stage, activated by
hand by a tech on special occasions, are a Boss Turbo-Over-
drive pedal (OD-2), a Boss flanger (BF-2) and a Boss power
supply and master switch (PSM-5). On his electric guitars
Bruce uses Dean Markley strings (.010, .013, .016, .030,
.038, .04.
