4K Info on Springsteen's guitars & equipment

The following information is taken from an article "The E Street Band's
Equipment" by Dave Marsh, "Musician" No. 30, February 1981.

         Guitars: 1954  Esquire,  modified  with  extra  Telecaster
       pick-up  (THE  guitar);  1956 Telecaster (spare); 1954 Tele-
       caster (spare); Ovation six-string acoustic; two Rickenback-
       er  12-string  electric,  1958	Gibson J-200 Acoustic guitar
       (this is the same guitar as Elvis's original, and was a gift
       from  crew members Mike Batlan, Marc Brickman and Bob Chirm-
       side).	Amps:  Four  pre-CBS  Fender   Bassman	 amps,	 ca.
       1958-1962;  two  Peavey Vintage amps (imitation Bassmans) --
       one of each is used onstage under the drum riser.   Also:  a
       prime  time  digital delay and harmonizer and an MXR distor-
       tion box. The Fender Esquire is modified with a battery  op-
       erated	impedence transformer for long cable lengths. Infor-
       mation supplied by Mike Batlan, who also notes that there is
       an  asterisk  in front of the Esquire's serial number, indi-
       cating that is was a  factory  reject,	probably  originally
       sold as a reject.

End of info from "Musician" No. 30, February 1981

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The following information is taken from "Musician" Magazine, No. 169,
November 1992. It was an insert box accompanying a Springsteen interview
by Bill Flanagan.

         BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN's vocal mike is an Onyx capsule  with  a
       Sony  transmitter.  He	plays Hohner Marine Band harmonicas.
       His main guitar is a 1953 Fender Esquire.  Onstage  he	also
       uses  Telecasters  from  '54, '58 and a new acquisition from
       '63 with a decal of a naked oriental woman on the back. That
       one was rented as a prop for a photo shoot in New York. Lat-
       er on Bruce couldn't get it out  of  it  his  head,  finally
       telling  Kevin Buell, his guitar tech, "I don't know what it
       sounds like but it felt great." Unfortunately all Bruce knew
       about  the guitar was that it was "a black Tele with a naked
       lady." It was tracked through the photographer to  the	shop
       where  it  was rented, but it was already sold. Bruce bought
       it back from the guy who bought  it.  Bruce  uses  a  Samson
       wireless  system  which passes through a Rockman SP-1OO sus-
       taining preamp on its way to a single Marshall cabinet (with
       four  12s) which is miked with a Shure SM57 and a 341. Bruce
       is almost apologetic about how simple his  effects  are.  "l
       have  a  very  fundamental  set-up on the guitar.  There's a
       loud button and a louder one and a louder one than  that  --
       and  that's  it!  The  elaborate guitar set-ups are amazing!
       There's a wall! A rack of things that all do something.  I'd
       like to know what all that stuff does but it's too late now.
       It allows you an enormous amount of control but I don't know
       if  I  have  the patience to sit down and learn it." Bruce's
       three options are a Boogie Mark 2 for leads, a SansAmp,  and
       a  Boss digital delay. Sitting under the stage, activated by
       hand by a tech on special occasions, are a Boss  Turbo-Over-
       drive  pedal  (OD-2), a Boss flanger (BF-2) and a Boss power
       supply and master switch (PSM-5). On  his  electric  guitars
       Bruce  uses  Dean  Markley  strings (.010, .013, .016, .030,
       .038, .048).
       
         All three guitarists -- Bruce, SHANE FONTAYNE and  CRYSTAL
       TALIEFERO -- play Takamine acoustics with D'Addario strings.
       So does PATTI SCIALFA when she sits in	on  "Brilliant	Dis-
       guise."