This article is to document Peter Steele's live and studio bass guitar setup during his time playing in Type-O Negative.
Bass guitars.[]
Washburn M10 bass (black with green fittings)[]
These models were only made from 2001-2003 in a very limited number. Peter Steele's model has a single MusicMan MM Style pickup at the bridge position. He used this bass until his final performance.
Alembic spoiler bass (burl finish)[]
A bass that Peter used early in his career, possibly pre- Type O Negative.
Fernandes Tremor 4 string (Green)[]
The bass is seen being used on the Life is killing me tour.
ESH stinger (Black with green fittings)[]
He is seen playing this bass at the Dynamo open air in 1995. He used this at the start of his career with Type-O.
Rickenbacker 4003 (Natural finish)[]
He is seen holding this in an interview for ''American Nightmare'' , the bass is missing its neck pickup.
'Steele Bass'[]
This bass is sometimes referred to as the Rickenbacker / Fernandes fusion. It is a custom bass built for Peter.
Pedals.[]
Boss DS-1[]
In existing photos of Pete's pedalboard you can see this pedal present. The knobs on Peter's Ds-1 appear to be glued in place. A sticker is placed over the front portion of the pedal that reads ''Distort'', it's unclear if Steele wrote this or if it was the work of a tech.
Boss CH-1[]
In existing photos of Pete's pedalboard you can see this pedal present.A sticker is placed over the front portion of the pedal that reads ''KA-Whore-is'', it's unclear if Steele wrote this or if it was the work of a tech.
Boss DD-3[]
In existing photos of Pete's pedalboard you can see this pedal present. A sticker is placed over the front portion of the pedal that reads ''D-LAY'', it's unclear if Steele wrote this or if it was the work of a tech.
Boss TU-3[]
In existing photos of Pete's pedalboard you can see this pedal present. There is a yellow label over the bottom half of the pedal, nothing appears to be written there.
Korg DTR-1[]
Tuning rack.
Amps.[]
When I opened for Type O Negative Halloween 2009 (Last show ever) at Harpos Detroit Pete had 2 Peavey Tour 700s, 2 4x10 peavey tour cabs and 2 peavey tour 2x12 cabs. I was floored because I used the same but only one stack.