The Gear Behind Stephen Carpenter's Powerful Tone

The Deftones' Stephen Carpenter uses a variety of rack gear and pickups to achieve his powerful tone.

Stephen uses ESP guitars. He prefers the Horizon model, and he has several custom Horizons. His main horizon is green.

Stephen with his main axe
Pickups
Seymour Duncan JB (Bridge)
Seymour Duncan JB(Middle)
Seymour Duncan Hot Rails(Neck)

Neck
24 Frets

Strings
Fender .010-.046 String Gauge

Stephen uses Dunlop Tortex picks
73mm (yellow)

Amps
-Marshall JMP-1 preamps
-Marshall 9200 Power Amp
-Marshall 4x12 Cabinets

Rack Effects
-Rocktron Replifex 24-bit DSP
-Rocktron Guitar Silencer
-Rocktron Patch Mate

Pedal Effects
BOSS-tremolo, octave, and hyper fuzz
Electro-Harmonix small stone phase-shifter
MXR Phase100

Picture of Steph's equipment setup(from Guitar Shop spring 1998)

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