Brian Wilson
Beach Boys co‐founder
Brian Wilson's Keyboards and Synthesizers
In this photograph you can see Brian Wilson in the studio playing an ARP Odyssey Mark 1 Analog Synthesizer.
Wilson can be seen playing a purple Mellotron M400 at 1:37 in this video.
Brian Wilson used the Roland SH-1000 synthesizer during the recording of "Love You," an album notable for its heavy reliance on synthesizers alongside contributions from his brothers on guitar and percussion. This period reflects Wilson's creative yet tumultuous years before his conservatorship. A Twitter post by user fredgriego provides photographic evidence of Wilson's connection to this synth, highlighting its role in the album alongside other synthesizers, primarily from Moog.
According to this Beach Boys recording archive, Brian Wilson played a Baldwin Electric Harpsichord on “When I Grow Up (To Be a Man).”
In this photo from 1967, Wilson can be seen playing a Farfisa Combo Compact organ backstage with the Beach Boys in Hawaii.
Brian Wilson is confirmed to use the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, as evidenced by a photo posted by @brianwilsonlive on Instagram, showing him performing in 1988.
Brian Wilson was seen using a Roland RD-700NX during his appearance at the Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp in Las Vegas, as documented by photographs available on Getty Images.
Brian Wilson is confirmed to use a Wurlitzer 200A, as evidenced by a photograph of him playing the instrument featured in the article "Brian Wilson Was The Sound Of Something Just Out Of Reach" on Defector.
In a photo accompanying the article "Brian Wilson Was The Sound Of Something Just Out Of Reach" on Defector, a Moog Minimoog Model D can be seen on the right side next to Brian Wilson, confirming its use by the artist.
According to the liner note he used the synth on the beach boys album “Love you”
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Discography
Brian Wilson
1988
Orange Crate Art
1995
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
1995
Imagination
1998
Smile
2004
What I Really Want For Christmas
2005
That Lucky Old Sun
2008
Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
2010
In the Key of Disney
2011
No Pier Pressure
2015
Brian Wilson and Friends
2016
Ich bin Brian Wilson (Ungekürzt)
2017
Album Credits
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Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Brian Wilson · 2021
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Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
Brian Wilson · 2010
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What I Really Want For Christmas
Brian Wilson · 2005
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