Viktor Tsoy

A picture of Viktor Tsoi with Jolana Tornado

An excerpt of the song "Спокойная ночь" 21 september 1989 from a concert in Kharkov, Ukraine, on his black Kramer Ferrington KFS-2

In a rare photo, Viktor Tsoy is seen playing a Yamaha SG-200 in pearl white, a guitar that actually belonged to Yuri Kasparyan.

This rare photo from Nevsepic shows Viktor Tsoy with a Fender Japanese '87 PJ-555 Jazz Bass Special, which is actually owned by Igor Tikhomirov.

During his stay in Japan, Tsoi also acquired a new guitar - the leader of the Southern AN Stars Keisuke Kuwate became friends with Tsoi and, as a sign of friendship, presented him with a magnificent black Alvarez guitar along with the recording of one of his albums. ) it was on it that "Star Named Sun"("Звезда по имени Солнце") was played.

In the picture you can see Viktor Tsoy with his Black Squier Stratocaster. It was brought to him by Joanna Stingray, from the USA. It is the last electric guitar he's seen owning before his death.

In a rare photograph on Kinoman, Viktor Tsoy is seen with a white Fender Japanese Telecaster Deluxe, suggesting he used this guitar model.

Here is a very early photo. Luxury of those times - Czechoslovakian Jolana Star. it is played by Victor at a concert around 1985

Concert in the Communications Culture Center, Leningrad,18 december 1986 of Viktor Tsoi with a 12-string guitar produced by the Lunacharsky plant and Yuri Kasparyan with Black Fender Stratocaster.

Viktor Tsoi used this guitar to record his first albums, as well as to record drafts when he came up with the main theme for the songs.

This is Viktor Tsoi's first guitar, on which, according to stories, he spent all the money his parents gave him when they left. These stories also say that he spent the remaining coins on pies and got food poisoning.

At the beginning of his career, Victor Tsoy played on this guitar. At that time, he played in his first band "Rakurs", even before the founding of the famous band "Kino". The photo was taken in the winter of 1980-1981 in St. Petersburg. There are more photos from that concert on the Internet: https://yandex.ru/images/search?lr=15&text=%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B0%20%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%20%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B9%20

A 1988 Washburn EA40, white, made in Japan. Viktor Tsoi and Yuri Kasparyan purchased this instrument in Los Angeles in 1990 upon their arrival in the United States.