Magne Furuholmen

Magne Furuholmen has been using a Roland Juno-106 as his primary synthesizer since early 2006. Previously, he used a Waldorf Q. This can be seen in the live performance of "Take on Me" by A-Ha at BBC 2016, available on YouTube.

In this video for Hunting High and Low, Mags is seen playing a Yamaha CP-70. Not much is know about this piano but it was probably use in this performance to call back to the video where Mags is using an Acoustic Grand Piano.

The item can be seen at 0:15 into this video. Another good reference of all things DX-7 - http://bobbyblues.recup.ch/yamaha_dx7/dx7_examples.html, which states that it was the BASS 1 preset.

In a live performance of "Take On Me" at Live 8 in Berlin in 2005, Magne Furuholmen is seen using a Waldorf Q synthesizer. This was one of his primary synthesizers in the early 2000s, before he transitioned to a vintage Roland Juno-106 around 2005 or 2006.

"Nor was it simply a matter of price-consciousness—by 1985, when Magne Furuholmen of the band A-ha sat down in front of a synthesizer to pound out the catchy riffs of the MTV hit “Take on Me,” his synth of choice was a Roland Juno-60 (although for some reason a Prophet-5 was used in the MTV video)." -https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/rise-of-the-synthesizer/

We can see a Roland D-70 at 0'45 of the video (and played by Magne in the entire song)

We know that for the first album, the band used a PPG Wave 2.2 on the recording, and in this video clip, under a Yamaha DX7, there is a PPG Wave.

In this festival Mags was without his main keyboard, meaning he used a grand piano as the bottom console, which struck an issue in this song. So he played the guitar part with Pal on this Jazzmaster.

For years, Magne's main keyboard has been a Roland RD-700SX digital stage piano.

In a 1991 TV show clip of "A-ha - Move to Memphis," visible at 0:18, Magne Furuholmen plays a Korg M1, which he uses for bass and chords during the recording session.

In this video at 5:07 you can see Magne using a Roland A-800Pro.

At 5:07 of this video you can see Magne using a Roland RD-700NX

Magne can be seen using a Roland RD-800 at 0:15 of this video

Magne can be seen using a Roland Juno-60 at 2:34 of this video

Picture from "a-ha the movie" directed by Thomas Robsahm.

From "a-ha the movie", Magne Furuholmen's studio.

From "a-ha the movie", Magne Furuholmen's studio

This 1988 photo shows Magne holding an Ike Everly (number unknown, #17 or #19 of 57). Magne was gifted one of these guitars by Steinegger in 1987 as were the other members of a-ha, and he continues to use it in his music and at concerts today as his a-ha bandmates also do.

Magne would use a black telecaster at a-ha concerts on the 1991 South American tour, usually on the track Scoundrel Days. This photo shows him playing it in a bathroom before returning to the stage.

The G-Sharp OF-1 guitars were used by a-ha frequently during their 2010 Ending On A High Note tour. This photo shows Mags and Morten playing their OF-1s during Move To Memphis.

In the Summer Tour 1987, Magne had 4 synthesizers with : Roland Juno-60, Yamaha DX7, Roland Juno 106, Roland JX-8P as seen (badly) on this picture (from a french tv show promoting The Living Daylighs)

Early on in A-ha's career, in the 80's, Magne Furuholmen used various keytars. The photo is from around 1985-1988

Early on in A-ha's career, in the 80's, Magne Furuholmen used various keytars. This photo is from around 1985-1988 and shows the Roland AXIS

In studio the Fairlight CMI was initially used for the album Hunting High and Low, however A-ha was not happy with the result and it was eventually not used in the release. it was however used on their second album Scoundrel Days.

Magne Furuholmen plays among other things a Jenco Celesta during the MTV unplugged series of live recorded concerts in 2017. The Celesta in photo is not the same as the one Furuholmen plays at 53:50 in video.

Can be seen using among others the Roland D-50 during their tour of Brazil in 1989. Video is from Praca de Apoteose, Rio de Janeiro (Mark 0:46)

In use while on tour in the 80's

Used on A-HA 's MTV Unplugged recording of 2017 wich was alo recorded for release. Photo is from Set up

This instagram post shows Magne using a Roland RD-2000