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Instruments I use

Here's the instruments and sounds I use when I take control

I like Guitars as well as Keyboards.

Guitars I use.
Acoustic :
I got this neat Box called Jumboo by Signature. It's one of the better guitars out there in the market.
Mostly, I prefer Acoustics to Electrics. That's cause I can generate any style/mood/rhythm with an acoustic. That's something you can't do with an Electric.

Electric : I use a sleek sexy black Panther I got for under $100. It's by a company called Givson. I brought it simply for it's appeal. But it turned out to have a beautiful sound as well. Quite like Synth Strings on a Keyboard. I use this when there are other guiterists with Acoustic Guitars. I play a soft sensual background to accompany the peppy acoustics.

Sax - Something's so sensual and sexy about saxophones. Everyone admits. I have a tenor sax. Don't know which make. That's right - Don't know the make. I gotta find that out now. (I never used a sax in church)

Keyboards.
I own a Yamaha DJX. Yes. Managed to grab one and am pretty pleased to have one of the.
We had this beautiful JVC in church. Now it's kinda over the hill. Nothing like good old warm solid states and tubes. Now it's Yamaha's PSRs and Casio's CT's.

Here are my favourite sounds.

Strings:
I like this best. And the best strings I've heard is the Warm Strings of a Yamaha. Another sound I like from the family of Strings is Synth Strings. This is a cool sound that's quite like a pure electric guitar.

Piano:
Sometimes you've just gotta have a piano. And that too, just a piano. My favourite piano sounds are the Synth Piano and the Grand Piano. The former for it's sharp crystal sound and the latter for it's classic heavy tone. (Btw, I just can't stand the piano sounds from the MIDI sound set..maybe cause I just never amped it to a good system)

Synthesized combinations of Pianos and Flutes/Strings :
Synthesizing this combination can get you one of the most mesmerizing sounds you'll come across. Personally, I like my piano to come in quick and sharp (almost like a sharp 'ting')and slowly blend into a soft, sensual and continuous type of sound like a flute or strings (that has it's fair share of reverb to give it a smooth flow). You can even substitute the piano with a hammer-action instrument such as a xylophone or a marimba or the celesta. Any kinda chromatic sound would do just fine.

The Electric Guitar Set-up

OK! Here's my rig....

Electric output is sent to my guitar processor. I use a Korg AX-300G that gives me about 50-60 different patches including a screaming feedback and acoustic, plus allowing me to switch from clean to distorted patched instantly. Output is directly fed to a powerful Kustom Cube20 that can bring the house down.

I'm planning to get some dedicated solo pedals and another processor (most probably the BOSS GT-6)!!!

Here are some of my favourite systems.
(I just like 'em. NOT "own" them)

Keyboards/Synthesizers/Workstations

YAMAHA EX-5

This is my all-time favourite

This is one helluva workstation. With it's huge range of on-board real-time controllers, there are not many keyboards out there that can match this baby.

YAMAHA QS 300

Wanna have a back-track for your choir. This one has the sounds and better still, a wonderful recording system.

YAMAHA DJX & DJX-II

More than keyboards, these are wild raw groovemachines that are capable of churning out the hippest-hoppest trippest-boppest sounds on this planet. You could run a clubhouse on this thing alone all night and no one would notice that you re not using a DJ set-up !

Yamaha DJX (The Original DJX 1)

Yamaha DJX-II

KORG TRINITY PRO-X & TRITON PRO-X

Above : Korg's mindblowing Trinity Pro-X
Below : Korg's amazing Triton Pro-X

Here are two of the world's hottest workstations. The display panels are touch sensitive. That means you can change directly from a soulful rendition of Amazing Grace to a peppy Joyful Joyful with minimal clicks. And with 88-keys to jam on, these one's are formidable.

KORG X5

The X5 has become one of the most popular synths. Probably because of it's mid-range price for a set of stunning hi-range sounds. This little baby packs a punch for it's size and price.

YAMAHA PSR 9000/9000Pro

Yamaha PSR 9000

Here are the flagship PSRs. The one on top is the mighty PSR 9000 and below is it's big brother, the PSR 9000Pro.

PSR 9000 Pro

Yamaha has introduced a beefed-up sibling for it's PSR 9000. These two PSRs have virtually everything a choirmaster could want in one cabinet. Lot's of sounds, lot's of styles, lot's of accompaniments, lot's of everything.

ROLAND G-1000

The G-1000 Arranger Workstation is Roland's flagship intelligent arranger. It's loaded with over a thousand sounds , 43 drum kits, plenty (128) of styles plus funky features like Style Database, Disk Style Link, User Style Composer and SMF-to-Style converter allow quick song and style creation and navigation.

ROLAND XP-80

The flagship of the XP series, this one offers you Groove Quantize, Realtime Phrase Sequence, 16-track sequencing plus more to give your choir both pre-recorded and on-the-fly back-tracks.

KORG N1