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In his YouTube video “NEW Guitar Day! (I'm Addicted To This Brand),” R.J. Ronquillo discusses his newly custom-built James Tyler Guitars USA Classic.

In his YouTube video “The ULTIMATE Whammy Bar | Virtual Jeff PRO Digital Whammy Bar,” R.J. Ronquillo uses the Charvel Jake E. Lee Signature Model to demo the Virtual Jeff, and the video description also lists “Charvel Jake E. Lee Signature” under “GUITARS USED.”

Issei Noro is listed as using a Yamaha E1010 in the effects section of his gear history in ozzyoon's blog.

Issei Noro is listed as using a Yamaha PG1 rack preamp starting with Sun Sun in 1986.

The post says Noro sent the Yamaha PG1 directly to the PA, marking his move away from a conventional guitar amp setup for the main front-of-house sound.

Issei Noro used a Yamaha CPX-15A electro-acoustic guitar with Pegasus, his acoustic duo project with Tetsuo Sakurai, around 2010. The guitar visible in Pegasus footage appears to be the Egyptian-themed Compass Series version, commonly listed as the Yamaha CPX-15E / CPX-15EA “East,” featuring an Egyptian Sandburst finish, Egyptian-style rosette, and hieroglyphic fingerboard inlays. In a 2010 HMV Japan article about Pegasus, Issei Noro is listed as using a Yamaha CPX-15A electro-acoustic guitar. The guitar seen in Pegasus footage matches the Egyptian-themed Yamaha Compass Series CPX-15E / CPX-15EA “East,” with Egyptian Sandburst finish, Egyptian rosette, and hieroglyphic-style fretboard inlays.

TIMESTAMPED - In Thor Jensen’s YouTube video The Struggle With Amplifying Acoustic Guitar, he is shown using a Lowden O25.

Kid Congo Powers is seen using a Fender Jaguar in the YouTube video “Fur Bible 1,” uploaded by MarcoHG1, from a March 1986 performance at Paard van Troje in The Hague, Holland.

In this 2024 interview with San Diego Goth/Industrial event collective Modern.Wav, Brady Keehn (Panther Modern, Sextile) mentions the setup their currently using:

In terms of tools/gear I used, of course my Korg MS20 and MS10, a beatstep pro, a keystep pro, an emu polysynth, Ableton and a custom drumrack I built using samples of 808s and 909s I recorded myself.

In this October 24, 2023 interview for Ableton.com, Brady Keehn (aka Panther Modern) mentions they used a Korg PolySix on the first two Sextile albums:

On the first two records, I used VSTs, a Korg Polysix and a Yamaha DX-7, but the MS-10 has a very beefy and particular sound that I was drawn to.

In this October 24, 2023 interview for Ableton.com, Brady Keehn (aka Panther Modern) mentions they used a Yamaha DX7 on the first two Sextile albums:

On the first two records, I used VSTs, a Korg Polysix and a Yamaha DX-7, but the MS-10 has a very beefy and particular sound that I was drawn to.

In this October 24, 2023 interview for Ableton.com, Brady Keehn of Sextile (who performs solo as Panther Modern) mentions his Elektron Analog Rytm MK2:

I’ve also got a nice unit full of rack synths, polysynths, patch bays and effects pedals and recently purchased an Elektron Analog Rytm MKII drum machine.

In this October 24, 2023 interview for Ableton.com, Brady Keehn of Sextile (who performs solo as Panther Modern) discusses the importance of his Korg MS-10:

Ableton: Push clearly incorporates more electronic elements into your sound. I understand the Korg MS-10 helped instigate this change?

Panther Modern: I always say that I’m not really a musician. I can’t put two hands on a keyboard or solo on a guitar, but I do know how to record. I’m kind of inspired by Brian Eno, who would also admit to not being a virtuoso musician but uses the studio as an instrument. On the first two records, I used VSTs, a Korg Polysix and a Yamaha DX-7, but the MS-10 has a very beefy and particular sound that I was drawn to. When I first came across it I couldn’t play it as well as I’d have liked, so I used Ableton as the brain, sending sounds out to a sequencer and using those to sequence the MS-10. That was the first time I started sequencing basslines and other sounds in time with other instruments, which opened up a whole new door, and we’ve been working in dance music ever since.

You can see his MS-10 in action in this TikTok post from August 2023.