Steve Morse has looked back on the origins of his decades-spanning partnership with Ernie Ball Music Man, recalling how the collaboration first started thanks to a chance encounter – and a broken volume pedal.
Sometimes, collaborations just aren’t meant to be, and Morse’s failed link-up with Fender is a classic example. But as one door shut, another opened, and the former Deep Purple guitarist later forged a different partnership that’s still going strong today.
