Jon Anderson
Yes/Jon & Vangelis
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In this interview with Gibson, Anderson states: "When I started playing electric guitar, Steve [Howe, guitarist for Yes] gave me a Les Paul Junior."
Jon Anderson uses a Makala Ukulele in this performance. The headstock and brand name can be seen clearly at 0:05.
at 3:14 in the video, Anderson is clearly shown playing the pedals (with his hands). It is mounted on a stand so that he can easily reach it. You can hear him playing the melody in this section on it, and it looks like he's using quite a bit of force to play it.
A user in this reddit thread confirms that this is the indeed the pedal that he is using here: https://www.reddit.com/r/yesband/comments/ekp4k8/does_anyone_know_which_keyboard_jon_anderson_is/fdd41rd/
Jon Anderson can be seen holding a Puerto Rican Cuatro at 1:51, and can be seen playing it at 2:37.
Anderson can be seen playing the Atari Hotz Box at 4:58 in this video.
This Sound on Sound article states, "Once complete, it became his session string synth, appearing on a Who's Who of late '70s albums, including releases from artists such as Mike Oldfield, Sally Oldfield and Jon Anderson of Yes," about Ken Freeman's String Machine.
Anderson can be seen in this Pinterest page with a Rickenbacker 450/12.
On this site, there is a photo showing Anderson with a custom-painted Martin 000C-16SGTNE.
At 1:23 of this video, Anderson can be seen playing a Gibson K2 Mandocello.
On the McNally website, there is a link showing Jon Anderson playing a strumstick. The caption reads "The legendary voice of Yes, and beyond, plays a beautiful song he wrote with the Strumstick, Never Ever."
GuitarPlayer.com states: "Armed with a MIDI-equipped Martin Backpacker guitar, two Roland GR-30 guitar synthesizers, Yamaha EX5 and ES Motif synthesizers, and a Kurzweil K2600 keyboard, Anderson is criss-crossing the globe, performing Yes and solo works in Ray Davies’ Storyteller format, and enjoying the freedom and flexibility of his one-man performance so much that he plans on making it a core component of his career in the future."
GuitarPlayer.com states: "Armed with a MIDI-equipped Martin Backpacker guitar, two Roland GR-30 guitar synthesizers, Yamaha EX5 and ES Motif synthesizers, and a Kurzweil K2600 keyboard, Anderson is criss-crossing the globe, performing Yes and solo works in Ray Davies’ Storyteller format, and enjoying the freedom and flexibility of his one-man performance so much that he plans on making it a core component of his career in the future."
Anderson can be seen at :07 and :10 of this promotional video for the Anderson Ponty Band playing a McNally Electric Strumstick ESS.
On the official Yamaha site, Jon Anderson's gear list includes a P-90 piano.
The official Yamaha site states on its Artist page for Jon Anderson that the singer uses a Clavinova CLP 995.
The official Yamaha site states on its Artist page for Anderson that he uses a Yamaha RS 7000.
The official Yamaha site states on its Artist page that Anderson uses a Yamaha AW4416.
In this interview with Jon Anderson, there is a photo of him singing and playing a RhythmTech Ergonomic Tambourine.
This Yes tour book states that Anderson uses a Martin 0018.
In this image Anderson can be seen playing a precision bass. It is unknown if it is an official fender but it is definitely a precision style
Edit: I can confirm that it is an official fender as it was used in this video 'https://youtu.be/tGyu27tbtpc'
In this video of yes playing gates of delirium, Jon can be seen playing a twin pickup melody maker
Anderson can be seen playing a Gibson Les Paul Special Double-Cut in this live photo.
Anderson can be seen playing a Hofner 500/1 bass in this live photo.
In this 5/8/23 live preformance of "Starship Trooper" in Valkenburg, The Netherlands, Anderson can be seen accompanied by The Paul Green Rock Academy, playing a Martin SC-13E Acoustic with leaf/vine artwork on it's front.
The SC-13E is identifable by it's offset body-shape (which is unusual compared to C.M. Martin's other traditionally-constructed models).
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