Simon McBride (DEEP PURPLE) - Gear Rundown

We met with Simon McBride, who showed us his impressive guitar set-up for touring with Deep Purple. Simon uses the Plethora X3 TonePrint pedal as part of his set-up.
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[@samwilcockmusic]

Couldn't be happier for Simon landing this gig, he's fantastic and suits Purple so well.

[@stanislavmigra]

I was over the moon, that Simon was chosen to play with Deep Purple. He is great fit

[@barryrammer7906]

I think he's a perfect fit for Deep Purple. I'm finally interested in the band again.

[@vitom5513]

Now, all they need is someone who can (still) sing.

[@barryrammer7906]

​@vitom5513 I know lol

[@ironcockroach5528]

@@vitom5513 Joe Lynn Turner still can

[@crazyguy43]

@@vitom5513 Gillan can still sing he just can't scream

[@srubel59]

I met Simon at a PRS event years ago and I told him I was a huge fan of his playing and totally gushed over him. He looked shocked at first! He was incredibly grateful for the compliment and thanked me profusely. He thanked me! It was like he'd never been complimented before, ever. What a cool memory of a really great and humble guy. So happy for him and am loving all the youtube videos of him on stage with such legends. BTW, I'm still stealing licks from him 🤫

[@fmaraldo2829]

He has EXCELLENT tone and dynamics.

[@lukasmarzell5598]

Steve Morse gave deep purple new life after the great blackmore left, Steve found his own feed, playing great, here simon really bringing an hudge dynamic to the band, great, amazing player, much pedals, delays, octafuzz, ect... some effects blackmore used in his 80s rainbow days, so cool he make an old band living again

[@julianc.227]

One of the finest guitarists and such a nice dude. Great gig for him.

[@edrenas7930]

It's just so cool that Deep Purple is still going strong, playing big gigs, and writing new songs.

[@user-qp4sy2dp5b]

Still strong? They are about in wheelchairs doing whatever venue? Probably a casino tour. Good lord, even Coverdale admits it's old. Gillian is long gone, I get it, you love the memories there solid man Blackmore put together, but as Robert Plant said...It looks a bit dumb to stand on stage and look so old.

[@jg6698]

@@user-qp4sy2dp5b Who cares? They don't. I dont.. They ain't much but they still have fans. As Frank Zappa said, "We're just in it for the money".

[@edrenas7930]

And yet, Robert Plant is currently playing a venue that looks to have a capacity of about 700 and he looks pretty old. He's not a hypocrite, he certainly isn't doing it for the money, maybe he just doesn't mind looking silly if he gets to do what he loves.

[@user-qp4sy2dp5b]

@@edrenas7930 Yes Plant is playing and it's always HIS music, and always a change. It really is me and a million more with the attitude of the jump on a old ship that other's in there youth, say, Gillian did when he cranked out Smoke on the water lyrics, after that terrible fire, or when The New Yardbirds played the Kinetic Playground in Chicago, and got to hear, How many more times for the first time ever, see, it belonged to them. I am not saying you can't play lead guitar. I seen a 16 year old in Sweden, crank out Rock n Roll on a Japan rip of a Les Paul, thru a small Vox amp, and how great he was. I meet Plant in 82, Pictures at Eleven tour in Chicago. I would ask if you meet Plant, would you tell him he is only playing to 700, after a few years back won the best album of the year? I did'nt like his act, but His words are, as the man along with his mates, rewrote the book on rock n roll, say, It get's to a point where you look foolish and aged playing material that is just not fresh, nor, it look's foolish to be old and play it. Hey, rock those Blackmore riffs all night, but to us that saw him play those riffs in his heyday, nothing more thrilling, and he made it look effortless. The best PA system I remember from that period. Not easy with a Marshall and Strat together I would think? Let me know when Purple comes out with a new album, and I shall buy it. Last night I put on Made in Japan, as it just fit to make it til the weekend. So I am a Purple fan, I just see the diminish in music, when bands like Styx are still trying to sing Lorelli. Even Chicago put the tour gear away. Yes, Percy is only playing to 700...but if you just had the other guy with him, and put Led Zeppelin on the ticket, would be a sellout and shear thunder. That is musical power and legend.

[@jg6698]

@@user-qp4sy2dp5b 🤡

[@kristiankumanov5732]

When Steve start in DP 1994, everyone (except RB fans) was speechless how good Morse is. No doubt I'm unconditional fan of Steve Morse playing and writing skills. Steve went over 60, his right wrist got lot of pain and then the fast accurate alternative picking was over, also the new fresh ideas with Purple were at the end and also the producing of Bob Erzin lowered the guitar of SM...So it is clear that Simon Mcbride Start at DP will be on fire! I Remember when I heard P"urpendicular" for the first time. It was absolutely different, higher dynamics, modern concept of song writing (it was clear the Morse signature) the guitar parts were just "Wow...I'm fanatic Steve Morse fan, but I wish all the best for Simon Mcbride and DP...

[@JK-zo4px]

👍👍

[@geraldsantanaleitner6890]

Am also a great Steve Morse Fan forever but am sure Simon is also a great younger musician and saw him live last year near my hometown with DP. It was a great gig.🤌👍

[@user-su3jc3ne4m]

I'm also huge fan of Steve Morse, it's a pity that he was retired from DP. I also wish Simon a good luck with DP.

[@vincentl.9469]

@@user-su3jc3ne4m I believe Steve left to look after his wife?

[@paulbuxton1326]

Prefer Simon better tone to 👌🎼

[@AZFunk]

Simon is so awesome, glad he's gotten into such a high profile shot--hope he keeps up the solo albums too!

[@martindalton5894]

Lovely run though by Simon, he comes across as a very nice down to earth person. Heard/seen him a few times before joining Purple, so glad he got the job he's a great guitarist and hopefully will bring back a more rockier edge to the band

[@youngandrew66]

Simon is a great player and nice guy. He deserves this and when purple pack in he'll hopefully be on top of every big rock bands gunslinger hitlist

[@profEdison]

The best guitar tone I've ever heard live: congrats Simon! I got to see him live with Deep Purpple at "Monsters of Rock" in Brazil and it was fantastic!

[@jg6698]

You obviously never saw Leslie West.

[@paulashley2707]

On Friday I saw Purple play, and these guys gave their everything. Simon McBride has got what it takes, he is an awesome player! The atmosphere was electric, and the new songs with him on board are worthy additions to their back catalogue. I will always look back at that gig with fond memories. 🎉

[@tcelectronic]

That truly sounds amazing, thanks for sharing 🥳

[@ronnienose8608]

Great addition to the band. Looking forward to a new album.

[@TheHitmann069]

Remember seeing Simon supporting Gary Moore at Sheffield City Hall around 1999/2000. Was blown away then. Congratulations Simon. 🎸💪🏼

[@jackclark1356]

I love Blackmore and Morse but Simon deserves a rightful place in Purple. Great player with amazing chops

[@ericmorrissette2253]

Leaving Deep Purple is the best decision Ritchie has ever made.

[@paulbuxton1326]

Prefer his tone spot on 🇬🇧🎼

[@mmurphy53]

Simon is awesome - he is blistering fast but melodic as well. Hope to gear him doing their songs. Plus I love PRS too.... :) Look up his 3 piece band stuff.... impressive blues rock stuff

[@Arfshesaid457]

I would never had thought there was so much room for revitalizing all those familiar DP parts. His tone, phrasing and those lovely guitar effect noises between licks really hit the spot. He modernizes the material in a powerful, refreshing way and I did NOT see that coming.

[@ballyshannongirl]

So happy for him. Still remember him playing with his 3 piece band in Joldelund/Germany and was blown away.

[@frankschurgers7722]

Great. Love to see this. One of my favorite players! Now with this great band! Seen him in Netherlands years ago. Really great player and great guy!

[@user-vl9bn5wx3j]

i love this guy he is a great player and very tasteful licks and solos ive been in awe of his playing and looking into ordering a retrovibe and plethora thanks to this very video right on simon and tc have a great tour and summer guys rock on!!!

[@mareksobota8478]

Saw him on Saturday in Banska Bystrica Slovakia. Absolutely fantastic player. Sense of awe...

[@gitarmats]

Absolutely brilliant guitarist!

[@Rikk_Klaww777]

Humble and great player.!💖🤘🤘

[@steviegillespie5021]

New album =1 is superb... your the best thing to happen Deep Purple in years... fucking stoked and delighted with this album and there's not one weak song on it... Good luck from a long lived Purple fan in Derry City.

[@leodvs5635]

Many tx Simon, great insightful we love Your playing !!!!!!!!

[@boomsounds9432]

What a cool and humble guy, and absolutely magnificent player!

[@nilsgarcia343]

Simon is a monster player. Ballsy and fluid.

[@felixrousseau2801]

AMAZING FIT. He steals the show. Saw them in Montreal.

[@1loStu]

I've been listening to Deep Purple for over 50 years, I was a bass player in a university band and 80% of our repertoire was Purple songs and I can now say that Simon is the BEST Deep Purple guitarist of all time! And this is the real TRUTH!

[@fig1115]

mmmm nope

[@kidwaryodproduction]

Love his accent and voice 🙂

[@stevenausten9935]

Just a great all round player 🎸👍

[@jochenbecht6191]

Amazing guitar player. Take care and god bless you and your fingers.

[@rolandmengedoth2191]

Great Player and a very friendly guy. I think he fits brillant in the Band. Of course he is not Steve or Ritchi, but that doesn't matter.

[@vitorbarbosa5656]

Ritchie foreverrrrrrr Fender foreverrrrrrr

[@stevenbird1431]

What a legend and what a sound😮 I’ve seen Simon many times over the years at clinics an shows!! The guy is a phenomenal guitarist🎸🎸 keep up the great work Simon a true inspiration 👍

[@JohnnyTheMechanic]

amazing player and sounds like a real nice and humble guy !

[@frontcentermusician]

The reenergizer! This guy is absolutely amazing.

[@luckmarkboy]

This guy sounds amazing not to mention his tone and technique that is superb!!!

[@omegalast800]

...great to Simon in such a vast space in front of so many... FAB!

[@NickGranville]

Great player and seems like a cool dude! Great rig

[@martinscholes2023]

What a player Simon is. Love his solo work, too. Bravo.

[@barryconboy]

Great interview.. Best of luck Simon.

[@trevorliddle9251]

That's one thing I've noticed about Simon. It really does seem like he loves playing ALL the songs.

[@user-bk7dw2gu3q]

Саймон тот гитарист, который был нужен моей любимой группе deep purple, не умаляя достоинств Стива. Но Саймон мне нравится больше по его манере игры. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💪

[@vaitospanov1665]

Правильно, потому, что хорошо копирует Блэкмора, а гитаристов - копирщиков (сдирщиков) в мире рок музыки полно, достаточно заглянуть только в Ютуб, где диванные гитаристы (стки) один в один сдирают Блэкморовские сольные партии...А вот предыдущие гитаристы Дип Пёпла, - Джо Сатриани и Стив Морс - это признанные гитаристы мирового уровня, со своим стилем и почерком, композиторы и аранжировщики, которые по сей день и час занимаются любимым творчеством...

[@user-bk7dw2gu3q]

@@vaitospanov1665 он его копирует с умом, там где это необходимо.

[@stephanfuchs7891]

Can't wait to hear something new from Purple with Simon.😊

[@hozzer68]

Finally, some one on a rig rundown that tells us what speakers are in the cabs. Given the speakers are probably the biggest part of a guitarists tone.

[@mikaellofgren7]

Best guitar player on the planet and in the universe!!

[@mikestroud9969]

Neat video Thanks 👍👋💯🎸🎸. What a neat guy. Hes so cool 😎👍👌

[@jgic]

Dang tis guy has nice melodic phrasing in between fast runs ... gem of a tone tat PRS ..he really fits in well w t band..wat a discovery.. gonna get me up n playin' mine ..🥰

[@LerockJohn]

I love this guy!!!

[@gustavocoronel4828]

awesome tone!!!!

[@eduardovalenzuela5925]

I´m glad that Simon uses the Plethora, I also have it, and I gotta say he doesn´t need those other pedals, the plethotora has everything, you can only bring the drive, boost and wah pedals

[@Johnny-oy9fh]

It's like hearing Gary Moore play with Deep Purple

[@Rikk_Klaww777]

And he's right about the Plethora. I have an X5 on my board, which gets used so much week after week, and still find out something new about it.! My go to fx staple, amongst all the ones i have.

[@gerh33]

Great stuff Simon👍 Now bring your (!) band home here.. 🇮🇪 🤘

[@M22W]

With all respect to Steve, but Simon - that's the spirit DP needed

[@BradRocker]

Love checking out any of Simon's rigs

[@jublaim]

I have liked Simon for a while, he was on a free disc that came with Classic Rock years ago. Awe on the tone and playing. Then he turned up at Snakecharmer album doing good with Laurie Wisefield. Now Deep Purple. The only think I don't agree with is the stereo ping-pong! I always want it mono live; later mixed ping-pong ok. He's a, not a monster, but a helluva guitarist!

[@VOLKER-ge4tk]

saw him at jazz open stuttgart: wonderful, fresh blood for purple

[@stratstart]

Great sound! Great video! I love the D'addario tuner. Congrats man! incredible playing!

[@tomikola1864]

Love the humble attitude even though instrument wise he's a beast.

[@jerrychetty2524]

This man has an excellent tone

[@Karlgolden]

Monster player \m/

[@ianupton1977]

Wonderful 🎸🎸💙Northern Irish man ❤

[@coleford4258]

Simon mentioned GigRig. Sounds like Dan and Mick from That Pedal Show need to hook up with Simon at some point. I'd be down to watch that.

[@prestog1357]

Simon was on TPS years ago. Much different rig than this.

[@coleford4258]

@@prestog1357 ha! I saw that literally right after I commented. Big Brother noticed me and put the old TPS vid as a recommendation when I reloaded YT. At least it's older so I don't feel quite so dumb.

[@stephanpeters3875]

"I'm Simon McBride from Deep Purple" Duuuude Congrats! I'll be seeing you in Virginia in September. You should just go rogue and do Show me How to Love during your Solo. Grab that mike from Ian and do it. But wait 'till the Virginia Jiffy Lube show so I get to see it!!!

[@techn44]

He is fantastic. He matches Deep Purple caliber.

[@tcelectronic]

Maybe we should make more content with Simon? 🤔

[@markgowans]

The interesting thing about the Engl Artist edition head is that it's based on Ritchie Blackmore's Engl signature head.

[@JK-zo4px]

I love DP wirh Steve Morse. Much more than Blackmore. I was sad, he left. But Simon McBride is a fantastic guitarist, and obviously, a really nice guy. I hope, we see him next DP Tour with a new DP Album. Love his tone.

[@jimmyd12001]

Great player

[@rockroll575]

Just wish great riff from Simon on new album like the old days...😊

[@ruiseartalcorn]

Awesome!!!

[@Ronno4691]

Would love to hear him play the lead guitar to Bloodsucker off the Deep Purple In Rock album.

[@johnnywomack548]

Purple made the right choice when they brought Simon in. Frankly, I prefer his playing over Steve Morse.

[@Ronno4691]

Morse is a legendary player in his own career. First with the Dixie Dregs then with his own solo career starting with the Southern Steel album. In Deep Purple he was good but Mr McBride is absolutely perfect as a replacement for Ritchie Blackmore - a fast, melodic and MODERN sounding player. More versatile than Steve Morse IMHO which is NOT to slight Steve in any way at all! If you've not heard Southern Steel by Steve Morse Band then get on it NOW!!!

[@pavelivanchicov5452]

классный гитарист-виртуоз.

[@Bringyourownhammer]

This guys playing is so clean

[@ImreImbrium]

That first chord was like....Hell YES!

[@CTripodi1965]

Love that Simon is playing PRS guitars and the model he is showing off is beautiful. I am a huge PRS guy, along with Fender. Next time, Simon, when you go visit the factory on Kent Island, stop on by, I'm in right across the Bay Bridge. Simon fits in perfectly into DP, his guitar skills and tone are great.

[@12groney]

He says everything as so "Matter of fact" but I don't think he realizes how enormously talented he is. Amazing player.

[@elevenAD]

i had no idea he was playing with purple!

[@giovanigiorgos2955]

Pretty sweet tone for sure.

[@killercour]

That tone is lush

[@GerryBlue]

Great playing! I wanted the Plethora X3 but then I saw you can't have two effects at once, c'mon man! Edit, no, I don't want the larger, more expensive X5

[@nycshelbygt500]

#DanTPSGigRig already built a new pedalboard for Simon. Simon is rockin' the PRS #HorsemeatOD and the BOSS Space Echo. New BOSS SDE3000EVH Dual Digital Delay #HolyGrail Echo is included.

[@matteomidas638]

What a great player! ❤

[@barrywilson871]

I've been looking at the negative comments against simon, Blackmore, Morse & McBride have there own unique style, all are good, but as a guitarist myself technique wise i prefer Simon's playing, as the saying goes, each to there own

[@nikolamilenkovic-cd5cs]

Blackmore and Steve are giants

[@MegaTubescreamer]

good heavens 😎👍

[@Yougokarma89]

Words, Deep Purple...

[@19GuitarsHere]

Such a class act and killer guitar player. Would love to grab a coffee with him and just talk shop.

[@we4me2]

.... is the Vega Trem Stock Simon ?

[@richardkeeler2347]

Best thing thats happened to purple in a long time

[@Sandlexroo]

Wait what? They have new guitarist? What happened to Blackmore?! Going to catch up with the news 💨

[@jg6698]

Nice. 😄👍

[@Mxulin]

30 years late

[@StickyFingers-Ralf]

Great! 👍

[@GiampieroOrselli-mg8ms]

A great!

[@alexmax219]

Finally Deep Purple got great guitarist .....🙏🙏🙏

[@strikeouttwo7295]

Model Pedaltrain? Thxs

[@user-bb2td4ut5w]

Это лучший комментарий!

[@ObsidianLife]

Is Steve Morse gone? Not up on this...

[@Mxulin]

little late on this i guess, he's been out over a year

[@TheFairway8]

His poor wife is battling cancer so he was replaced by Simon as he couldn’t commit