Funk Artists & the Gear They Use

Cleotha Staples

Singer · The Staple Singers

Val Young

Singer, Composer · Sly & the Family Stone

Ronnie Smith

The Gap Band

Don Peake

Guitarist · Love Unlimited Orchestra

Phalon Jones

Composer · The Bar-Kays

Willie Hall

Drummer · The Blues Brothers

Omar Edwards

Keyboardist, Music Producer · The Roots

Greg Bannis

Singer · Hot Chocolate

Melissa Pierce

Singer · Atlantic Starr

Wayne Lewis

Keyboardist, Composer · Atlantic Starr

Fulla Flash

Fat Freddy's Drop

Joe McCreary

Bassist, Drummer · Fishbone

Wayne Cooper

Cameo

Nicholas Caldwell

Singer · The Whispers

Leaveil Degree

Singer · The Whispers

James Graves

Drummer · Jr. Walker & the All Stars

Edmund Sylvers

Singer · The Sylvers

Emilio Conesa

The Whispers

Bill Bacon

Drummer · New York Gong

Gary Mumford

Singer · Shalamar

Gerald Brown

Singer · Shalamar

Jerry Peters

Keyboardist, Music Producer · The Writers

Rose Windross

Singer · Soul II Soul

Victoria Wilson James

Soul II Soul

Aya Iwata

Singer, Keyboardist · L.T.D.

Tefere Hazy

Drummer · L.T.D.

Henry Garner

Drummer · Rose Royce

Mallia Franklin

Singer · Funkadelic

Teddy Osei

Drummer · Osibisa

Charles Love

Guitarist · Bloodstone

Bobby Lee Fears

Singer · Ohio Players

Bruce Napier

Ohio Players

Terence Trent D'Arby

Singer · INXS

Deniece Williams

Singer · We Are Family Collective

Walter Miranda

Keyboardist · Beastie Boys

Mark Kenoly

Bassist · Otis Day & The Knights

Dr. Salaam Love

The Del Fonics

Garfield Flemming

The Del Fonics

Lonnie Marshall

Bassist, Keyboardist · Chef Salad & The Crew Tones

Myron McKinley

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Earth, Wind & Fire

Fred Cash

Jerry Butler & The Impressions

Loughty Amao

Drummer · Osibisa

Eddie Kendricks

Singer · Artists United Against Apartheid

Donald Byrd

Trumpeter · The Blackbyrds

Arnold ‘Muki’ Wilson

Bassist · Crown Heights Affair

Carl Wheeler

Keyboardist · Maze

Roame Lowry

Singer · Maze

Walter Murphy

Keyboardist, Composer · Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band

Dig Wayne

Singer · JoBoxers

Kerry Denton

Drummer · Mother's Finest

Johnnetta Johnson

Drummer · Mother's Finest

Elizabeth Lea

Trombonist · Fishbone

Marvin Tarplin

Guitarist · The Miracles

Warren "Pete" Moore

Singer · The Miracles

Browan Lollar

St. Paul & The Broken Bones

Russell Tubbs

Santana

Ricky Bailey

Composer · Delegation

Kathy Bryant

Delegation

Roger Smith

Keyboardist · Tower of Power

Lenny Williams

Singer · Tower of Power

Dick Smith

Guitarist · Earth, Wind & Fire

Lucious Larkins

Singer · Archie Bell and The Drells

Kofi Ayivor

Osibisa

Bernard Williams

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

Roosevelt Brodie

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

Morris Day

Singer · The Time

Monte Moir

Music Producer · The Time

Edward "Sonny" Bivins

Singer · The Manhattans

Sandy Billups

Drummer · Brass Construction

Morris Price

Brass Construction

Larry Steele

Guitarist, Bassist · Gonzalez

James "D Train" Williams

Music Producer · D-Train

Fred Vigdor

Singer, Keyboardist · The Average White Band

Carlos Ward

BT Express

Robert Squirrel Lester

Singer · The Chi-Lites

Ernest Donable

Drummer · Lafayette Afro Rock Band

Keno Speller

Drummer · Lafayette Afro Rock Band

Ron Carthy

Gonzalez

Winston Rollins

Jamiroquai

Michael Viner

Drummer · Incredible Bongo Band

Bryan Poole

Guitarist · Of Montreal

Thom Bell

Composer, Music Producer · MFSB

Dave Cobb

Music Producer · Robert Randolph & The Family Band

Larry La Bes

Bassist · Fat Larry's Band

DJ WS da Igrejinha

André Holmes

Bassist, Keyboardist · Fishbone

Basil Fearington

Mtume

Phelps Collins, Jr.

The J.B.’s

Karl Benton

Keyboardist · Ardijah

Bunny Debarge

Singer · DeBarge

Mark DeBarge

Composer · DeBarge

Jimmy Brown

Singer · Brick

Tom Browne

Belinda Lipscomb

Singer · Midnight Star

Ricky Kinchen

Mint Condition

Ray King

Drummer · Cymande