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Stephen "Steph" Carpenter (/ˈstɛfən/ STEF-ən; born August 3, 1970) is an American musician, known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of the alternative metal band Deftones. His guitar technique makes use of both ringing open strings and dissonant chord voicings, as well as stock power chords in polyrhythms .
Mar 3, 2022 · With his wrecking ball eight-string guitar refrains, Stephen Carpenter established himself as one of the leading riff merchants in metal – a tenure he’s held for more than a quarter of a century. And in a new episode of Ernie Ball’s String Theory video series, the guitarist explains why he’s long preferred handling the lower frequencies ...
8.4K. 234K views 1 year ago #Deftones #EngineNo9 #StephenCarpenter. "Engine No. 9" guitar play-through with Stephen Carpenter, from our album Adrenaline. Shout out to ESP Guitars, Fishman, Dunlop ...
TikTok: / deftones #Deftones #WhitePony #StephenCarpenter. "Change (In the House of Flies)" guitar play-through with Stephen Carpenter, from our album White Pony.Shout out to ESP Guitars, Fishman ...
Apr 20, 2023 · Stephen Carpenter has added Kiesel instruments to his electric guitar rotation in a deal that will also see him remain as an ESP signature artist. As such, the Deftones guitarist will now formally endorse two guitar brands, and will play both Kiesel models and his variety of ESP signature guitars going forward.
Feb 21, 2017 · Alternative metal king, Stephen Carpenter of Deftones talks about his early influences and those that led him from 6 to 7 to 8 string guitars! Learn more about Stephen: www.tcelectronic.com ...
Aug 21, 2020 · On Instagram, Carpenter thanked ESP for the guitar, dubbing his nine-string a “piece of art”, and hailing its new set of custom Fishman pickups. Stef also gives a shoutout to YouTube tapping phenom Sarah Longfield for her ‘scrunchy-above-the-nut’ trick, to silence string overtones.
