The Residents

TC Helicon Voicelive Play

Snakefinger - who played on various Residents recordings is seen here holding the Teisco in 1978. It's likely that this was the guitar the group used on Fingerprince (1977), Duck Stab (1978) & The Commercial Album (1980)

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Yamaha PSR-D1 DJX

Portable & Arranger Keyboards

Mentioned in a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article by Hardy Fox.

The Wormwood tour in 1998 included E-mu E4X, Alesis QS6.1, Yamaha DJX, and two DigiTech Vocalists.

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Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler

Delay Effects Pedals

In this collection of photos you can see a line 6 delay in bobs pedal board link:https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/the-residents-2013-us-tour-guitar-rig.1212720/

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Vocal Effects Processors

in this collection of residents equipment, you can see that they use a voicelive play

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E-Mu Proteus 1

Mentioned in a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article by Hardy Fox.

Of course there are E-mu rack units, like Proteus (still around somewhere).

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PRS SE Santana Standard

in this collection of photos you can spot bob playing a prs santana in alpine white

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Gibson SG Standard

in this photo from the residents documentary "We stole this riff" you can see the guitar resident (aka bob) getting ready to preform with his gibson sg

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ARP 2810 Odyssey Rev2

Mentioned in a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article by Hardy Fox.

Around 1975, a very expensive ARP Odyssey was purchased. (It was used asrecently as 1997.)

Also mentioned in a post on Fox’s site:

After some serious lobbying on my part, I convinced Cryptic Corporation to part with about $1200 (mid-'70's dollars at that) to purchase an all-in-one device, the ARP Odyssey. I still have it and last recorded with it in 2008. Loser ? Weed, was the first experiment with the device.

Also the subject of this November 2019 article in Tape Op.

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Korg M1

E-MU Proteus MPS plus orchestral

Mentioned in a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article by Hardy Fox.

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In a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article by Hardy Fox, The Residents are mentioned using the E-MU Proteus MPS plus orchestral synthesizer.

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Suzuki QC-1 QChord

Mentioned in a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article by Hardy Fox.

The Icky Flix tour, in 2001, included Don Buchla's remarkable Marimba Lumina, a Suzuki Q-Chord, E4X, and a T.C. Electronic Voice Prism.

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Mellotron M4000D Mini

https://sfsonic.com/concerts/the-residents-amaze-the-masses-at-the-chapel/

A Mellotron M4000D Mini was one of the two synthesizers used by their keyboard player Erkie (aka Eric Drew Feldman) during their In Between Dreams tour. In this article, which contains several pictures of the tour, one can clearly be seen.

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E-Mu Emulator I

As detailed from this page by the Residents themselves.

"[The Residents] had never toured before because their music depended so much on the studio and they feared that it would not translate well to stage. However, the invention of EM-U's Emulator in 1981 was a big step forward in music creation. The Emulator was the first affordable sampler, and it allowed musicians to take all those sounds which can't be produced by conventional instruments and play them back with great precision and control. They were so impressed that, ever the technophiles, they ordered one immediately. Their first one was Emulator #0005. The band used it extensively on the second Mole Trilogy album, The Tunes of Two Cities, and started experimenting with using it to perform music from The Mark of the Mole live in their studio."

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Jackson Soloist

in this collection of tour photos you can see that bob uses a jackson

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Moog Minimoog Model D

Mentioned in a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article by Hardy Fox.

Around 1983: Minimoog

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Roland D-10

Mentioned in a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article by Hardy Fox.

For the Cube-E tour in 1989, they used the Drumkat, Roland D-50, D-10, U-110, D-110, and a Roland sampler, all run with a Mac II and Opcode Vision.

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E-Mu E4X Turbo

Mentioned in a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article by Hardy Fox.

The Wormwood tour in 1998 included E-mu E4X, Alesis QS6.1, Yamaha DJX, and two DigiTech Vocalists.

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Casio VL-1

Mentioned in a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article by Hardy Fox.

Even as I sit here I think about other keyboards that made minor contributions, including a hot-rodded Casio VL Tone.

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Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

Overdrive Effects Pedals

In this photo of Bob's pedalboard, from this collection of photos of a concert, his Ibanez Tube Screamer can be seen.

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E-Mu Emulator II

Ernie Ball 6166 Volume Pedal

Here it is used by the band during the 13th Anniversary Show tour Oslo on October 5th, 1986. It can be seen starting 0:20 and more prominently 2:15.

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Volume Effects Pedals

in this collection of tour photos you can see the volume pedal among bobs pedals

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Moog Modular Synthesizer

Modular Synthesizers

Mentioned in a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article by Hardy Fox.

Around 1979, Don Preston stored his huge modular Moog in the Residents' studio. You can hear it on Eskimo.

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Roland Jupiter-8

In a May 2002 article in Keyboard magazine, Hardy Fox mentions The Residents' use of the Roland Jupiter-8 synthesizer.

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Roland D-50

In a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article by Hardy Fox, The Residents are noted for using the Roland D-50 synthesizer.

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Yamaha TX81Z

Mentioned in a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article by Hardy Fox.

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DrumKAT DK10

Electronic Pads

In a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article, Hardy Fox of The Residents mentions their use of an electronic drum pad, specifically the DrumKAT DK10.

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Roland U-110

Mentioned in a May 2002 Keyboard magazine article by Hardy Fox.

For the Cube-E tour in 1989, they used the Drumkat, Roland D-50, D-10, U-110, D-110, and a Roland sampler, all run with a Mac II and Opcode Vision.

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Roland D-110