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List of keytars

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List of keytars

A keytar is a keyboard or synthesizer hung around the neck and shoulders, similar to a guitar.

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List of keytars

  • [no grip] ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ — keyboard model without control grip.
  • [opt grip] ^ ^ — keyboard model with optional control grip.

    • Rare keytar products

  • Delmar Brown "Illuminator" (illuminating display attached to keytar)
  • Guess Musical Instruments "Schizotron", a product which combined keyboard and guitar/bass
  • "Nissin C-16", a custom keytar version of Casio SK-1, distributed as lottery goods for promoting Nissin Cup Noodles
  • Suzuki "Omnichord" and "QChord", electronic chord instruments inspired by Oscar Schmidt Autoharp
  • "Zen Riffer", used most notably by Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater.

    • Drum/Percussion keytars

  • Dynacord Rhythm Stick (also known as "Jamma" since 1982)
  • Tsumura JD21
  • Drumitar / Zendrum (2008)
  • "Riday T91"

    • Custom made keytars

    In alphabetically order :
  • "Alien Guitar Simulator", a selfmade keytar by Le Orme keyboard player Michele Bon.
  • "Arcadetar", a keytar-like keyboard controller combined a pitch sensor in 20 inch. (50 cm) long, developed by Italian musician Andrea Lomuscio of Teapot Industries in 2012.
  • Jeri Ellsworth's FPGA-based C64 keytar
  • Lady Gaga's custom made keytar during The Monster Ball Tour in 2010.
  • "Lag Circulaire" made for Jean Michel Jarre
  • "Lag Insecte" made for Jean Michel Jarre
  • "Lag Mad Max" made for Jean Michel Jarre
  • Matthew Bellamy's "Keytarcaster" Manson, made for playing Undisclosed Desires from Muse's 5th studio album, The Resistance
  • Prince's "PurpleAxxe", also played by Tommy Barbarella
  • "Politrep", a copy of the Zen Riffer keytar made by order at the website space4keys.com
  • "Remote" for Jean Michel Jarre's studio by Lag
  • "Syblade", a keytar designed to be unique and to inspire.

    • Customized keytars

    Based on minimoog keyboards
  • Custom minimoog keyboard used by Gary Wright and Steve Porcaro around 1976.
  • Cruder, Jan Hammer's early custom keyboard with block shaped controller.
  • Plexi minimoog keyboard used by George Duke
    • Based on Yamaha KX series
  • Jean Michel Jarre's custom KX5, two versions: Houston and Docklands Concerts.
  • Lights Poxleitner plays a rare Yamaha KX5 keytar.
    • Based on Roland AX series
  • Vadim Pruzhanov of DragonForce and Henrik Klingenberg of Sonata Arctica both use a custom Roland AX-7 (although nowadays Henrik Klingenberg uses custom Roland AX-1)
  • Christopher Bowes of Alestorm owns a Roland AX-7 which he has customised over the years with various stickers of animals.
  • Jeff Abbott, long-time keytar player and product demonstrator for MusicLab plays a custom wooden keytar based around a Roland AX-1.

    • References

    List of keytars Wikipedia
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