mikeyesfan

March 21, 2013 at 7:22pm

These are the guitars and equipment he uses I got off the Yes web page 5 years ago. And as for his acoustic guitar I think it is his signature model he didn't use in these tours or the amps. I think he uses Line 6 now look at their web page for the amp type he uses they have a lot of artists who use them.

Steve's instruments for the Asia tour - Summer 2006:
Gibson ES-Artist
Line 6 Variax 700
Martin MC28 acoustic
Martin Mandolin
Dobro National
Line 6 Vetta II Amp

Yes 35th Anniversary Tour - Europe 2004

Guitars
Fender Stratocaster
Fender Telecaster
Gibson ES175D
Gibson ES175D/SH
Gibson ES345
Gibson Les Paul / VG 88
Gibson Les Paul Junior
Gibson Chet Atkins
Martin 0018 SH
Martin MC 28
Martin Style C
Martin J12-65M
Kohno Model 10
Fender Dual Pro' Steel
Steinberger 12 String
Portuguese 12 string
Line 6 Variax

Amps
2 Fender Twin Reverbs (’65 reissues)

Effects
Boss mixer (six channels, four of them stereo)
Roland GP100 effects processor
Lexicon Reverb
Applied Acoustics preamp
Korg Toneworks tuner
Lexicon Jam Man
Korg A3 processor (with Steve Howe card)
Roland VG-88

Pedal board
3 Ernie Ball Volume pedals
Korg Multi-pedal
Electro Harmonix Big Muff
Danelectro Oh Daddy unit

Monitors
Sound Projects Master Blasters (acoustic and special guitar sounds)

DHart

September 21, 2012 at 4:34am

I too would love to know what guitar Mr. Howe is playing in the video.

As a guitarist, he is unbelievably inspiring to me... one of my true guitar "Gods".

guytar

August 17, 2012 at 4:15pm

Steve Howe is so creative. Just mind blowing watching him explain songs I've heard my whole life. Excellent video.

pecas07

July 12, 2012 at 12:32am

Absolutely amazing !!!

acbulgin

July 15, 2012 at 5:30pm

I love this video.

And thanks to the Guitar World staff for putting it back up there and to Mr. Howe for agreeing to show us some of his choicest trade secrets.

With respect to Mr. Howe, I must beg to differ with his statement that the "And You and I" intro is "based around G minor". It is based more around G major as the notes are G natural, F#, B natural, A natural, E natural, and D natural. G natural minor has a B flat and an E flat, and G harmonic minor has B flat, E flat and F#.

On thing that makes that intro so clever, beautiful and haunting is that Howe "suggests" the arpeggiated chords Gmaj7, Bmin7, Emin/add9, Amin7, and Dmaj/add9, but he plays only the roots and sevenths or the roots and the 9ths of each chord. This creates such a simple, beautiful, haunting sound as he is playing the "ghosts" of the chords with their guts (3rds, 5ths &c.) "removed". It plays tricks on the ear and on the brain.

Again, I love this video. It is the best instructional guitar video I have yet seen.

To the guys in the Guitar World office: is that guitar a Martin OMC-16OGTE?