Roger Hodgson's Gear
A Natural Finish Fender Stratocaster is shown in the image, played by Hodgson. Single Coils in the bridge and neck position, Humbucker of some sort in the middle position. The smaller headstock suggests a pre-CBS Strat of some sort, although it very well could be a replacement neck.
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At 0:49, Hodgson can be seen playing a Guild F-412 guitar in this live performance of "Give A Little Bit."
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"Roger Hodgson's Wurlitzer, fed through a Roland Jazz Chorus on previous albums, was DI'd and the signal then split through a Boss chorus pedal to create a semi-straight, semi-modulated sound." The only Boss chorus pedal available when this album was being recorded was the Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble
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Roger Hodgson can be seen with a Luke III.
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Hodgson played this Gibson Les Paul during the Munich concert.
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In the official music video for "The Logical Song" by Supertramp, Roger Hodgson can be seen playing the Wurlitzer 200A electric piano, showcasing its distinctive sound.
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Right at the beginning of this video, Hodgson can be seen playing his Korg Oasys.
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On Yamaha's official site, Hodgson is stated in his artist page to use a Yamaha Motif Rack ES.
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The interview mentions Roger Hodgson using a Music Man amp for Give A Little Bit
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At 6:48 and at other points in the performance of In Jeopardy you can see the that roger is miming using the Yamaha DX7.
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Roger Hodgson playing on a Roland RD-2000 at a concert in 2017.
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Hodgson is playing the string synth from 3:06 on.
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Roger Hodgson can be seen using the Korg Triton Studio 88 Workstation in the video of his live concert ‘ROGER HODGSON LIVE 2007’ he played it along with his other live instruments. This one scene at 47:49 is an inverted visual of him playing on the keyboard. Throughout the concert, you can see a glimpse of the Triton 88 keyboard being played. In most of his concert videos, this type of keyboard is used live on stage but is very rare for it being used by Roger . The Korg Triton Studio 88 Workstation. In the live video and picture, he is performing live on stage at Place des Arts in Montreal, Quebec June 6, 2006.
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In this video, Roger mentions that he uses Mainstage to complement the sounds from his Roland RD-2000.
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In this video, Roger is clearly using a Triton Extreme to control his mainstage setup.
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You can see the unit under the laptop to Roger's right
After speaking to his sound engineer for live shows, I can confirm he uses the Korg 01/W for the Wurlitzer sound on tour. He has used this unit since the 90's. The preset is Combination B21 ''The Tramp'' He has used it on tour since the Solo tramp days and on Rites of Passage and Classics Live.
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In the third photo in this compilation, Hodgson can be seen playing a white Gibson SG Custom.
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Hodgson can be seen playing a Fender Villager 12 String in this live photo.
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