He still is a talented amateur football player and often has a peak at West Ham on his bass, and he has declared the first ambition in life before music was to become a soccer player professional.
Career
Harris originally wanted to play drums or be a professional soccer player, but he
do not have much room for a drum kit in his house so he started playing bass and writing songs. Harris is a self-taught bass player. His first bass was a copy of a Fender Precision Bass that cost him 40 pounds when he was 17 years old. He continues to use a signature Lado "Unicorn" model and the early 1970s with a string Fender Precision RotoSound. Harris's first band 'called Influence then Gypsy's Kiss show Bob Verscoyle (Lead Vocals), Dave Smith (Guitar) Paul Sears, and Drummer. Harris and later joined Smiler Sears, which all band members are some years older than himself. He eventually left, as the band members assert that they did not care for bassist who leapt around stage and writing songs (which found the band is too complicated). Sears later fired due in no small way to "his Hellraising" Lifestyle [citation needed] After Smiler, Harris went on to create Iron Maiden, get to see a girl's name from the iron, the type of instrument of torture, in the film Man in the Iron Mask. Harris is the main composer and lyricist Maiden. The song writing usually displays his trademark galloping bass patterns and features of the old songs with epic lyrics features many tempo changes. Harris often writes lyrics about mythology, history or topics inspired from books and films. Harris is often considered one of the best and most influential heavy metal bassists. He is best known for his "running" the bass line - usually an eighth note followed by two sixteenth notes in rapid tempo (eg, "The Trooper") or eighth note triplets - that he play with two fingers. Before playing, Harris often chalk on his fingers, to make these patterns easy to play quick, as shown on the bonus DVD for Matter A Life and Death album. In addition he is very adventurous on bass and plays intricate accompaniment in many of Maiden's songs. He also uses power chords, which was unusual on bass on some songs. Harris also stated that he would never use a pick and that he never warmed up before the show. He plays a specially-painted bass guitar which has been featured on every Iron Maiden album. Guitar has undergone four changes of color since construction. Originally white, then black, It later turned into a glowing blue, then red wine and white with pinstriping West Ham Utd and blue peaks.
Used equipment
Harris has been seen with a different bass guitars during his career, most of the Fender P-Basses.
This list may not contain all the bass, and most of them are retired, and the first in the list is from the early days of his career as a musician.
* Fender Precision Bass Copy: White, white pickguard, maple neck.
* Fender Jazz Bass '70s: w. Sunburst tortoise pickguard, rosewood fretboard.
70s Fender Precision Bass *: Pearl White w / West Ham crest and blue / red pinstriping (formerly
white, then black, then blue sheen), mirror pickguard (formerly black), maple neck.
* 70s Fender Precision Bass: Blue / silver crackle finish (previously white and red sparkle),
mirror pickguard (formerly black), maple neck.
* 1959 Fender Precision Bass: Chess is completed (before fiesta red or 'salmon pink' as
described by Maddox in 1992-era magazine Bass Player), mirror pickguard (formerly a gold anodized)
maple fretboard (rosewood previously).
* Ibanez Roadster Bass: Black, maple neck (White pickup).
* Ibanez Roadster Bass: Black, maple neck (Black pickup).
* Danelectro Longhorn Bass: White, rosewood fretboard.
* Fender '80s Precision Bass: Red, mirror pickguard (formerly black), maple neck.
* Fender '80s Precision Bass: Red, Black pickguard, maple neck.
* Fender '80s Precision Bass: Red, black pickguard, rosewood fretboard.
Lado Unicorn * Steve Harris Signature Bass: w. Blue Unicorn graphical fretboard, rosewood.
bass does not have tone controls and taps Harris head or the body to signal technician for
treble or bass adjustments.
* Lado Falcon Super Bass: w. Blue Eagle graphical fretboard, rosewood.
(He was using two bass, which is a proto-type and delivered back to Lado.)
* Unknown brand: Nature, fretboard rosewood.
* Unknown brand, might be a luthier "small" bass: Golden, rosewood fretboard.
* Fender '80s Precision Bass: Black, white pickguard, maple neck.
* Ovation Acoustic bass: Black, rosewood fretboard.
* Steve Harris Signature Precision Bass Fender: Blue, wine-red pickguard, maple neck.
* Guild Acoustic Bass: Black, rosewood fretboard.
* Fender Precision Special Bass: Sunburst, white pickguard, rosewood fretboard.
* Fender Precision Bass Special: Black, gold pickguard, maple neck.
* Washburn Force 40: Black with red lining. Shortly after Bruce returned to the band,
He emerged with a bass on a few photos. But according to interviews by Bass Magazine
(In Japan) in the era of Dance of Death, he can not remember at all.
Steve uses his own signature bass strings RotoSound flatwound. String that uses Harris, SH77, has a brightness not usually associated with a string flatwound. He uses Trace bass amplifier head through a Marshall amp, a custom.
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