Ian Underwood

Ian Underwood can be seen here playing a Gibson G-101 organ with the Mothers of Invention. Don Preston usually played this organ, but it's possible Ian also played it live or in the studio.

Ian Underwood and Bunk Gardner can be seen in this photo performing with the Maestro Sound System for Woodwinds.

In a 2012 interview with Zappa’s Gear, George Duke mentioned Ian Underwood as having used an ARP 2600.

Once I started playing the synth, he actually borrowed an ARP 2600 and stuck it on my keyboard, and I took it home and tried to learn it, I talked to Ian Underwood about it and he gave me a few things, but it was just a little too heady for me.

Ian Underwood often used a Selmer Mark VI Alto Saxophone in his work with Zappa and The Mothers of Invention.

Ian Underwood played his saxophone through Zappa’s Vox Wah Pedal on records such as We’re Only In It For The Money, Uncle Meat, and Chunga’s Revenge.

Ian Underwood played the Whitney Studio Pipe Organ (listed in the credits as “Organus Maximus”) on Hot Rats, utilizing it on the tracks “Peaches En Regalia” and “Son Of Mr. Green Peaches”.

As Ian Underwood noted in his 1994 interview with Keyboardist Magazine, he used a Hammond organ while playing with Zappa, with the specific model identified by Zappa Gear as a B-3.

During the last period of time when I was with him, I was actually playing woodwinds more than anything else, but before that I played a lot on Hammond organ and ARP 2600.

In this photo, a Baldwin Electric Harpsichord can be seen in the studio to Underwood’s right.

A Fender Rhodes sparkle-top piano can be seen stacked on top of another keyboard to Underwood’s left.

Ian Underwood’s Willow film soundtrack setup, shown in the September 1988 Sound On Sound article “Willow,” includes a Fairlight Series III.

Ian Underwood’s Willow soundtrack setup includes the Sony PCM-F1 “for samples,” as shown in the Sound On Sound article “Willow” (September 1988).

Ian Underwood is shown using a Yamaha KX88 in the equipment setup for the Willow film soundtrack, as listed in Sound On Sound ("Willow," September 1988), which includes a "Yamaha KX88 master keyboard."

In the Sound On Sound article “Willow” (September 1988), Ian Underwood’s equipment setup for recording the Willow film soundtrack is shown and includes the Kurzweil 250.

In the Sound On Sound article “Willow” (September 1988), a photo of Ian Underwood’s Willow soundtrack setup shows an Oberheim Matrix 12 among his equipment.

Ian Underwood used a Roland Jupiter-8 in his setup for recording the Willow film soundtrack, as shown in the equipment photo published in Sound On Sound (“Willow,” September 1988).

Ian Underwood’s Willow soundtrack setup, as shown in the September 1988 Sound On Sound article “Willow,” includes Yamaha DX7 Mk1 & II, confirming his use of the Yamaha DX7.

Ian Underwood used a Yamaha QX-1 in his Willow film soundtrack setup, as listed in the Sound On Sound September 1988 article “Willow,” which includes the “Yamaha QX1 sequencer” in his equipment rig.

Ian Underwood used a Sycologic M16 Digital MIDI Matrix in his Willow soundtrack setup, as shown in the equipment photo published in Sound On Sound (“Willow,” September 1988), where it is listed as a “Sycologic M16 MIDI matrix switcher.”

Ian Underwood’s equipment setup for recording the Willow film soundtrack, as shown in Sound On Sound (September 1988), includes a Roland MKS-20.

Ian Underwood’s equipment setup for recording the Willow film soundtrack, shown in the September 1988 Sound On Sound article “Willow,” includes a Sequential VS.

Ian Underwood used a Roland D-550 in his setup for recording the Willow film soundtrack, as listed in the September 1988 Sound On Sound article “Willow.”

Ian Underwood’s equipment setup for recording the Willow film soundtrack, as shown in Sound On Sound (September 1988), includes a Roland SRV-2000 reverb.

In the Sound On Sound article “Willow” (September 1988), Ian Underwood’s equipment setup for recording the Willow film soundtrack is shown and includes a SongBird Tri-Stereo Chorus, supporting that he used the Songbird Tri Stereo Chorus TSC1380.