What a great guy, a nice smile and a BRILLIANT guitarist!!

One of the most underrated guitarists of all time.

What an awesome guitarist. If I had to pick one musician to listen to, say if I was in prison or stranded at sea, it would be Steve Morse. His instrumental pieces are like reading a great book with intriguing plot twists and complex characters. Inspirational. Never ever get tired of his music.

This guy is one of the best.....truly talented musician who never stopped getting better

I'm a pretty serious/decent guitar player but a guy like Steve Morse and a few others are geniuses on guitar. Big difference between your average KZfaq shredder and Steve Morse.

Very nice guy, and a very thoughtful player. Not really into his stuff, but I can appreciate his workman-like approach to the guitar and also his kindness to explain everything so well

Steve Morse, just casually sitting in a lounge room with a tiny amp playing better than 99.9999% of us ever will....

Steve Morse è per me il più grande chitarrista al mondo. Nessuno mi trasmette le sue sensazioni/emozioni. Special one.........

i remember being introduced to Steve and the Dregs in the late 80's. Changed my life musically. The creativity in his writing is epic. Not only is his playing amazing but the way he can write and play so many complex styles of music. From Bluegrass, Rock, Jazz , and Classical. A true musical genius.

Saw him play when I was 13 and been a fan ever since.

at 2:42 he finally gave sense to the tone knob

I've been a fan for a long time. Love your playing. Thanks for all the great sounds!

I love these instructional vids......so personal, it's like you're sittin' there with him.

06:16 The answer to all people who ask "how do you become that good?"

Thanks for the tour!

steve morse is a monster of guitar..love his tone, technique, feeling, everything, complete player..

excellent versatility!! love your right hand ... you have taught me soo much in music thank you steve morse!

It is always an inspiration to see a player that is so classically trained to play amazing fingerstyle to be able to use a pick like this. He is a master of all styles.

Steve is an amazing player ! Such a legacy 🤘🎸

I could listen to Steve Morse noodle all day every day.

Deep Purple is such a famous band they could of pretty much called any guitarist in the world to play with them. They called Steve Morse. 'nuff said.

My gosh he is a heavy handed player. One of my all time favorites.

dude steve... thank you for contributing soooo much to music... love u bro

That dude is ageless.

My favourite guitar player and all round good guy too. He has amazing chops, taste and tone.

Steve u are humble and simple and that is what makes u a killer guitarist. God bless Steve.

wow this is really cool...great guitarist just learned some new things! the purple guitar is beautiful!

He's bloody good. Old-school.

still one of the most amazing guitarists - great musician and humble and even greater person.

I saw him 35 years ago. Always loved his playing.

This is great because "Take It Off The Top" and "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" are two of my favorite Morse bits and Bob's your uncle right here!

Recently had the chance to hang with "Steve Morse" After his show in Florida. He is amazing

I've been listening to this guy since I was a kid, I got my first speeding ticket listening to tumeni notes. He's an innovator and an amazing guitarist.

Going to see him on Wednesday in Seattle 2nd row center stage. (!)

he is so good it's freaking ridiculous - those harmonics he gets are INSANE - and a great, natural teacher to boot - clearly he's so confident and accomplished in his playing he has no problem sharing his knowledge.

Great demonstration of using the tone control to shape the tone!

Steve, you are such an inspiration on so many levels. When I grow up I want to be just like you, but I'd better get started because I'm already 64!

Awesome show here in Halifax! LOVED it ~ come back anytime (SOON)! :D

Been following Steve and the Dregs since the 1970's. Without a doubt, the fastest most creative guitarist on the planet.

I saw and met him in January 1990 at an in-store clinic in GC. He was fantastic and realistic in his comments and came across as a no nonsense kinds guy. Very different from most stars in the music business.

Awe... Steve's getting old... This vid made me feel it man, damn... this cat has been banging it out for 4 decades! Much Love ...Much respect... Much Music... still got that attitude!

Steve, you can make ANY guitar or amp sound good!

Love those chord sequences.

I noticed visiting this upload 10 years ago with the comment wishing to have such a accurate right hand..now I wish I had practised my right hand from that moment.

Steve is incredible. I love his work. I have one of these guitars. It’s one of the easiest gits to play. Awesome tones too.

The harmonics he does in Sometimes i Feel like Screaming are the best i`ve ever heard. Along with the ones in Mary Jane from Megadeth

Fantastic handwork !

Can somebody tell me what the pick holder on the body of his guitar is called? Thank you.

this is what I need every single day!! Steve rocks

Gawd Damn Mr. Morse, Of course you're an amazing player (Always have been!) But Your expressions within your stringed communicato is sublime Sir Daaaaaamn.

Great player. Loved his time with Kansas.

What an incredible right hand he has!!!

I got a chance to see steve a long time ago with Dixie Dreggs, but never with Deep Purple that has got to change. Steve is so cool to share his guitars and guitar licks is such a personable way. I want my friends over on FB to check this out.

One of the coolest guitarists around.

A Big inspiration in my playing,

Even as I watch this discussion about Steve's gear, I'm reminded that it's the player, not the gear, that makes the music special.

Morse has always been a clean player lots of melody in his playing nice to listen to, his picking is very clean,

Monster player this guy.he did some awsome stuff with dixie dregs

I used to work in a music store and we had a used Burnside (owned by Guild) Steve Morse model back in '87 or so. Weighed a TON but sounded great.

Love that guitar. Morse has a huge body of work, and all of it exceeds...

The little shop in my town had one of these (used) and I checked it out closely. This guitar is insane. The controls are configured in such a way that you can get a million different tones. There is a video somewhere on KZfaq that explains it in detail. But the real reason it is so killer is the artist it's made for. Steve is in the top five, perhaps top three in the world IMHO.

Has any one full video?

Richard Fortus has similar technique of holding picking... It has certain relaxing feel when you play it like that.. and when I saw how fast and clean he can play I was amazed

one of the top 10 best EVER!!

He is GREAT with his guitar!!!!

Steve's graced the covers of the biggest guitar mags, won many readers polls, played arena rock nightly in front of thousands of screaming fans. I've seen jazz greats playing to under 10 people; that's what I call underrated. But Steve is truly great; of that there's no doubt; I just think there are people as great who will never have 1/100th his audience, which makes "one of the most underrated" a strange phrase to apply to him.

when i saw purple some time ago it was mainly a steve morse show... and it was fucking awesome!

That's because he's using a small practice amplifier (as he stated) at a low volume. The proximity of the amplifier is more distant from the microphone on the camera than the guitar, hence the acoustic properties of the guitar are more dominant.

Monster player!!!

he is like flying a jet amazing

3:40....What chords is Steve using for this amazing etherical sound? Does he use this lick on any tune/album of his? 4:18

used to watch him in augusta at the p i ..when he was first getting started..very structured..sounds a lot more bluesy now..

For all those wondering Steve has tried altering his picking style> He has said what he did gain in speed did not allow him to do his earlier in particular he couln't articlate arpeggios and hybrid picking! Steve is an awsome and very humble muscian as anyone who has the pleasure of meeting him will tell you. I have met mim several times and he's cool guy with great sense of humor!

@misanekbacil Does your guitar have 4 different pickups like this one or is it a 2 humbucker model?

He is so good! And nice. Ultimate electric guitarist.

@024leoj its awesome! i managed to figure it out!!! you've just got to tapp the corresponding high frets whilst hitting the low notes. really good fun!

always like morses no frills approach to guitar!

STILL the BEST from back in the day when the Dregs were virtually a Vandy house band! Thanks Steve!!!!

I got to see a Nazareth opening for Deep Purple show back in 1976 and D.P. was just too freakin' loud, I'm sure the show was good but I couldn't even make out the words to the songs they had it turned up so loud, but when I saw you guys north of Houston in 2001 that was the loudest clearest craziest best concert I've ever seen, it was perfect, wish I co,uld have seen you with Dixie Dregs and Kansas , you're at the top of my list for guitarists with Frank Marino, Steve Vai, Robin Trower, maybe a few others but you're always tied at the top with those guys. Thanks for all you've done. Nazareth opened the 2001 show also, love those guys.

whats under the black tape?

Best ~~~~~ one of the most creative guitarist & composer ever.

how does he do that harmonic technique at 2:02

My HSH setup has 2 DPDT switches for the humbuckers. Up is double coil, middle-off, and down is single coil neck or reverse phase bridge.The single coil mid pup has a push on/off latching button slightly offset between the throw switches. 1 stacked vol. for neck and middle (500/250k ohms) and a vol. for the bridge pup. Push/pull dual master tone. Independent wiring. Treble bleed for mid and neck pups. 10 minutes on this axe and you’ll see how user friendly she can be. So many combinations and tones! My only electric and it’s a blast to play! Originally an ‘83 Washburn Force 2 hardtail with Wonderbar and locking nut. $300 total investment and it’s a DIY. (NOT for sale😮)

Absolutely!

Did he have a Roland synth pickup on it at one time?

I MET HIM AT MY FIRST NAMM SHOW HE SIGNED A PIC FOR ME VERY COOL GUY VERY TALENTED GUITARIST YOU ROCK STEVE

We do love thee, Steve

Well put!!!!

Hey guys, I keep hearing guitar players talking about high end / mid range when referring to pick ups, can someone explain what it means ?

Glad to know I'm not alone in this.

this video made me like him AND his guitar ...wtg Steve

That is why i love steve

Can anyone tell me from which song is this solo 2:05? Can't remember... lol

Your an awesome dude and you sound wicked Man!

Big Dregs fan since ‘77

what the name of the song steve plays at 9.42? cool riff, but i can't recognize it

Damn fast insane flying fingers and he isn't even out of second gear. Saw him w/ the Dixie Dregs way back. It's like he steps out of the time stream . He can cram Way toooo many notes into a millisecond. And all the time making,it look really easy like a walk in the park. He is the ultimate. And he is humble ya kno he doesn't need a shoehorn to get his head thru doorways. Long love the king.

Steve has always amazed me....love demo-ing with those cool Dixie Dregs tunes!

turn the amp up Steve!

How is Rod?