Steve Von Till

Steve von Till works as an elementary school teacher and is a singer and guitarist for the atmospheric metal band Neurosis. He is also in Tribes of Neurot and Culper Ring, and records solo work under both his given name and the moniker Harvestman.

Equipment

Playing with Neurosis in 2007, Von Till used a guitar rig he has named the "chain of death". He plays Stratocaster- and Telecaster-style guitars assembled from Warmoth parts. He employs Seymour Duncan Distortion (bridge) and Bartolini (neck) pickups, as well as Gibson P-90-style pickups. His guitars are routed through MXR Phaser and Blue Box pedals, a Moogerfooger MF-101 Lowpass Filter and MF-102 Ring Modulator, a Dunlop Uni-Vibe, POG octave pedal, a Parachute wah, emperor tap tremolo, a true bypass routing strip, mutron phaser, a ProCo Rat and an Electro-Harmonix Bass Micro Synthesizer. The signal is routed to a Mesa/Boogie Mark IV with a Mesa cab and a Fender ’65 Twin Reverb Reissue combo. [cite news |url=http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/neurosis/Jun-07/27774 |title=Neurosis |last=Jones | first=Dierdre H. |accessdate=2008-01-24 |date=2007 |publisher=Guitar Player Magazine; New Bay Media, LLC]

olo output

* Von Till has released several solo albums, both comprising of original songs and traditional folk arrangements. He generally uses minimalistic acoustic guitar and vocal styles. He has recently released another solo album, titled "A Grave Is a Grim Horse".

olo discography

* 2000 "As the Crow Flies"
* 2002 "If I Should Fall To The Field"
* 2005 "Lashing the Rye" (as Harvestman)
* 2008 "A Grave Is a Grim Horse"
*Score to the film "h2odio", a full length feature film by Italian director Alex Infascelli

Trivia

*His father, Steven von Till, Sr, is a civil attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area.

References

External links

* [http://www.vontill.org/index.htm Steve Von Till's official website]