Photo by Rene Van DiemenLittle Steven uses the following equipment on Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's The Rising World Tour:

Guitars
2 '57 reissue Fender Stratocasters (Both Strats are fitted with Alembic Stratoblastors)
2 Gibson reissue Firebirds
2 Rickenbacker 660/12TP electric 12 strings
1 Rickenbacker 350V63 Liverpool 6 string
1 Ernie Ball Music Man Baritone guitar
1 Gretsch Tennessee Rose with Bigsby vibrato
1 60's Fender XII electric 12 string (low E's tuned to D)
2 Takamine EF381C Acoustic 12 strings
3 Ovation Adamus-style Mandolins

Amps
2 Fender Hot Rod DeVilles with 4 10" Speakers

Effects Rack Containing
8 Shure UHF UB Wireless receivers with antenna distribution unit
1 Ashly 8 channel stereo line mixer
1 DMC Ground Control/ GCX switching system
1 Line 6 Echo Pro rack mount effects module
1 Line 6 Mod Pro rack mount effects module
1 Line 6 MM-4 modulation modeler pedal
1 Lexicon MPX500 delay module
1 Boss GE-7 EQ pedal
1 Ibanez Tube Screamer distortion pedal
1 Voodoo Lab Tremolo pedal
1 Danelectro Dan Echo pedal
1 Voodoo Lab Pedal Power - DC adapter
(rack designed and built by Dallas Schoo)

Strings
On the Fender Strats, Gibson Firebird III's and Rickenbacker 350 Steven uses D'Addario EXL 120 sets (.009's); on the Fender and Rickenbacker electric 12- strings he uses D'Addario EXL150 sets (light 12 string); The Ernie Ball baritone guitar uses D'Addario EXL115w sets (.011's); the Gretsch Tennessee Rose uses Ernie Ball Classic 2251's (.010's); the Takamine acoustic 12-strings use D'Addario EJ38 sets (light acoustic 12 string); and the Ovation Mandolins use D'Addario singles in the following gauges (two each of course); .009, .013, .022 wound and .032 wound.

Picks
Custom heavy picks from D'Andria in Classic Celluloid. His finger picks are Dunlop .0225's.

Special Thanks: Aron Michalski