Yukihiro Takahashi's Gear

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As part of YMO's setup during their winter 1981 tour.

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The Simmons pads, which were used during YMO's 1983 tour, can be seen 1:12.

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Part of the setup for YMO's 1979 Tour.

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Yuki uses a Pollard Syndrum Quad and drum modules from 1978-1980. It is distinctly used in their first three studio albums, most notibly during the percussion break on Rydeen. It can also been seen and heard in live videos/recordings from 1978-1980. The source I used is one of many, but inlcludes an in-depth look at most of the equipment used for their live shows during this time,

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As part of YMO's setup during their 1980 world tour.

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can be seen playing it throughout the performance

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part of the setup for YMO's '83 tour

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Yuki can clearly be seen playing the SPD-S starting at 1:15

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Korg Minilogue can be seen in this video (Live starts at 10:55)

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He's promoting his signature snare drum in this video.

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He has been using Tama bell brass 14×6.5 snare since the YMO days. It is based on an early model equipped with a built-in mute. It also has a pressed hoop (brass) hitting surface and a die-cast hoop bottom. (The source of this blog is from the drum magazine.)

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Ludwig Speed King Bass Drum Pedal L203 is in his drum set in this post.

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(English translation) "When it comes to CASIO at this time, we cannot forget the name of Yukihiro Takahashi, a career drummer/vocalist for YMO and a symbolic artist of the era: in a tour article featured in the February 1986 issue, he reported the use of the special edition CZ-5000 (designed to hold sticks designed), as well as the Cosmo Synthesiser as a sound source for electronic drums, and the CASIO RZ-1 rhythm machine, which he himself provided samples for."

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(English translation) "When it comes to CASIO at this time, we cannot forget the name of Yukihiro Takahashi, a career drummer/vocalist for YMO and a symbolic artist of the era: in a tour article featured in the February 1986 issue, he reported the use of the special edition CZ-5000 (designed to hold sticks designed), as well as the Cosmo Synthesiser as a sound source for electronic drums, and the CASIO RZ-1 rhythm machine, which he himself provided samples for."

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(English translation) "When it comes to CASIO at this time, we cannot forget the name of Yukihiro Takahashi, a career drummer/vocalist for YMO and a symbolic artist of the era: in a tour article featured in the February 1986 issue, he reported the use of the special edition CZ-5000 (designed to hold sticks designed), as well as the Cosmo Synthesiser as a sound source for electronic drums, and the CASIO RZ-1 rhythm machine, which he himself provided samples for."

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(English translation) "Yukihiro's guitar. He mainly played a Gibson B-25 (left), but also played the same Chet Atkins model (right) on 'I Saw The Light' and 'Today's Sky'. At the Kyoto and Kobe shows, he also performed a cover of Bob Dylan's 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right'."

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(English translation) "Roland SP-404SX (sampler) was used to play the rhythm parts on some songs at the Kyoto/Kobe shows."

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Metioned as his hi hat in this page. (Translated in English) "Hi-hat stand: ROGERS SUPREME, early model? (Discontinued, vintage) *Seems to have been ROGERS during the YMO era, but then went DW. Reverted to ROGERS in recent years. *Not SWIV-O-MATIC as the leg is different from the swan leg."

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