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21 items · Last checked What guitar does Stephen Egerton play?
Stephen Egerton has been seen using an Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay signature guitar with no knobs, wired straight to the jack, into Blackstar HT Stage 100 heads and HTV-412 cabinets. He ran an MXR Echoplex Preamp Mini and a Boss TU-2, with Ernie Ball Power Slinky .011 to .048 strings.
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Ernie Ball Music Man
StingRay signature guitar (no knobs, charcoal frost)
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Ernie Ball Music Man
StingRay signature guitar (no knobs, charcoal frost)Seen in Rig Rundown: Descendents' Stephen Egerton, September 2021
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Ernie Ball Music Man
StingRay guitar
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Ernie Ball Music Man
StingRay guitar“I've had this guitar for two months now, and it's maybe my favorite guitar I've ever had.”
Said in The Descendents' Stephen Egerton: Pop-Punk Papa, October 2016
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Ernie Ball Music Man
Axis ("Old Gray")
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Ernie Ball Music Man
Axis ("Old Gray")“she's a gray Axis and that's what I used on this last record.”
Said in The Descendents' Stephen Egerton: Pop-Punk Papa, October 2016
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What guitars Stephen Egerton uses: a sourced gear guide
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Guitars
Ernie Ball Music Man
StingRay signature guitar (no knobs, charcoal frost)
SponsoredSeen using
Ernie Ball Music Man
StingRay signature guitar (no knobs, charcoal frost)Seen in Rig Rundown: Descendents' Stephen Egerton, September 2021
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Ernie Ball Music Man
StingRay guitar
Has said they use
Ernie Ball Music Man
StingRay guitar“I've had this guitar for two months now, and it's maybe my favorite guitar I've ever had.”
Said in The Descendents' Stephen Egerton: Pop-Punk Papa, October 2016
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Ernie Ball Music Man
Axis ("Old Gray")
Has said they use
Ernie Ball Music Man
Axis ("Old Gray")“she's a gray Axis and that's what I used on this last record.”
Said in The Descendents' Stephen Egerton: Pop-Punk Papa, October 2016
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Dan Armstrong
Dan Armstrong reissue (with kill switch, for FLAG)
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Dan Armstrong
Dan Armstrong reissue (with kill switch, for FLAG)Said in The Descendents' Stephen Egerton: Pop-Punk Papa, October 2016
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Ernie Ball
Power Slinky 2220 strings (.011 to .048)Seen in Rig Rundown: Descendents' Stephen Egerton, September 2021
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Ernie Ball
Paradigm strings
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Ernie Ball
Paradigm stringsSeen in Stephen Egerton Tries to Break Ernie Ball's New Paradigm Strings, May 2017
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Ernie Ball
Heavy picks, .94 mm
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Ernie Ball
Heavy picks, .94 mmSaid in The Descendents' Stephen Egerton: Pop-Punk Papa, October 2016
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Dunlop
Custom Celluloid Shell Heavy picks
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Seen in Rig Rundown: Descendents' Stephen Egerton, September 2021
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Amps
Seen in Rig Rundown: Descendents' Stephen Egerton, September 2021
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Blackstar
HT 100 (on Hypercaffium Spazzinate)
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Blackstar
HT 100 (on Hypercaffium Spazzinate)“For amps I used a Blackstar HT 100. That's what I've been using for the last three or four years.”
Said in The Descendents' Stephen Egerton: Pop-Punk Papa, October 2016
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Blackstar
HTV-412 cabinet
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Blackstar
HTV-412 cabinetSeen in Rig Rundown: Descendents' Stephen Egerton, September 2021
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Celestion
Seventy 80 speakers
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Celestion
Seventy 80 speakersSeen in Rig Rundown: Descendents' Stephen Egerton, September 2021
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Pedals
MXR
Echoplex Preamp Mini
Seen using
Seen in Rig Rundown: Descendents' Stephen Egerton, September 2021
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Danelectro
Spring King reverb
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Danelectro
Spring King reverb“I have a few oddball effects: a couple of reissue Ampeg pedals and a Danelectro spring reverb pedal that I really like.”
Said in The Descendents' Stephen Egerton: Pop-Punk Papa, October 2016
Ampeg
Reissue pedals
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Ampeg
Reissue pedalsSaid in The Descendents' Stephen Egerton: Pop-Punk Papa, October 2016
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Studio
beyerdynamic
M 160 ribbon mic
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beyerdynamic
M 160 ribbon mic“Ribbon mics are big in our camp, and we used a Beyerdynamic M 160.”
Said in The Descendents' Stephen Egerton: Pop-Punk Papa, October 2016
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Records that shaped me
Epic Records
Blow by Blow (Jeff Beck)
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Epic Records
Blow by Blow (Jeff Beck)Said in The Descendents' Stephen Egerton: Pop-Punk Papa, October 2016
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Columbia Records
Mahavishnu Orchestra records
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Columbia Records
Mahavishnu Orchestra records“from there I went on to John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, which is still one of my very favorite things to listen to.”
Said in The Descendents' Stephen Egerton: Pop-Punk Papa, October 2016
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Virgin Records
Never Mind the Bollocks (Sex Pistols)
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Virgin Records
Never Mind the Bollocks (Sex Pistols)“When I heard the first Sex Pistols record, which kind of blew my world apart.”
Said in The Descendents' Stephen Egerton: Pop-Punk Papa, October 2016
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Questions
About Stephen Egerton's gear.
What guitar does Stephen Egerton play?
An Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay signature model with no knobs or switches. He has also said he played a gray Music Man Axis called Old Gray, and a Dan Armstrong reissue with a kill switch in FLAG.
What amp does Stephen Egerton use?
He has been seen using two Blackstar HT Stage 100 heads, one as a backup, each with a Blackstar HTV-412 cabinet loaded with Celestion Seventy 80 speakers.
What pedals does Stephen Egerton use?
Live he has been seen with only an MXR Echoplex Preamp Mini and a Boss TU-2 tuner. He has said he kept a Danelectro spring reverb and reissue Ampeg pedals for TV music work.
What strings does Stephen Egerton use?
Ernie Ball Power Slinky 2220 sets, .011 to .048, and he was seen trying Ernie Ball Paradigm strings. His picks were custom Dunlop Celluloid Shell Heavies.
What DAW does Stephen Egerton use?
He has said he recorded guitars on his own using Pro Tools, and that the band used a Beyerdynamic M 160 ribbon mic.
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Stephen Egerton has played guitar in the Descendents since 1987 and also plays in ALL and FLAG. He mixes and masters records from Tulsa, Oklahoma. This guide covers his knobless Music Man guitars, Blackstar amps, strings, studio tools and the records that shaped him.
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