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Steve Howe

Howe and his technician programmed the complete tour's record-specific sounds into one floor processor feeding the power stage of a DT50 amplifier.

Board
Programmed POD HD500 rig
Context
Yes three-album tour
Board date
Evidence
Documented equipment · 3 cited sources
Order
Source-described
Scope
Touring-period rig
Routing
Serial path
Audited
Signal
1 unit · Guitar to amplifier

Signal path / A

Programmed POD HD500 rig

Artist- and tech-confirmed sole effects unit

InputGuitar
OutputAmplifier

Documented equipment · Source-described order · Serial path

Howe told Yesworld that the HD500 handled all of his effect programming, while the tour rundown calls it his only effects device. Because its internal blocks vary by song, this archive represents the single physical audio processor instead of inventing a fixed internal chain. The separate Morley acoustic/electric A/B input selector is routing utility and is omitted.

Cited sources

  1. Premier GuitarRig Rundown: Yes' Steve Howe and Chris Squire
  2. YesworldAsk YES: Steve Howe on effects pedals
  3. Vintage GuitarSteve Howe