Rare keytar products :* Delmar Brown "Illuminator" (illuminating display attached to keytar) :* Guess Musical Instruments "Schizotron", a product which combined keyboard and guitar/bass :* "Nissin C-16", a custom keytar version of
Casio SK-1, distributed as lottery goods for promoting
Nissin Cup Noodles :*
Suzuki "
Omnichord" and "
QChord", electronic chord instruments inspired by
Oscar Schmidt Autoharp :* "Zen Riffer", used most notably by
Jordan Rudess of
Dream Theater.
Drum/Percussion keytars :* Dynacord Rhythm Stick (also known as "Jamma" since 1982) :* Formanta UDS drum controller :* Tsumura JD21 :*
Drumitar /
Zendrum (2008) :* "Riday T91"
Custom made keytars :In alphabetical order: :* "Alien Guitar Simulator", a selfmade keytar by
Le Orme keyboard player Michele Bon. :* "
Arcadetar", a
keytar-like keyboard controller combined a pitch sensor in 20 inch. (50 cm) long, developed by Italian musician
Andrea Lomuscio of
Teapot Industries in 2012. :*
Jeri Ellsworth's FPGA-based C64 keytar :*
Lady Gaga's custom made keytar during
The Monster Ball Tour in 2010. :* "
Lag Circulaire" made for Jean Michel Jarre :* "Lag Insecte" made for
Jean Michel Jarre :* "Lag Mad Max" made for Jean Michel Jarre :*
Matthew Bellamy's "Keytarcaster" Manson, made for playing Undisclosed Desires from Muse's 5th studio album,
The Resistance :*
Prince's "PurpleAxxe", also played by
Tommy Barbarella :* "Politrep", a copy of the Zen Riffer keytar made by order at the website space4keys.com :* "Remote" for Jean Michel Jarre's studio by Lag :* "Syblade", a keytar designed to be unique and to inspire.
Customized keytars ;Based on
minimoog keyboards :*
Custom minimoog keyboard used by
Gary Wright and
Steve Porcaro around 1976. :*
Cruder,
Jan Hammer's
early custom keyboard with block shaped controller. :*
Plexi minimoog keyboard used by
George Duke ;Based on Yamaha KX series :*
Jean Michel Jarre's
custom KX5, two versions: Houston and Docklands Concerts. :*
Lights Poxleitner plays a
rare Yamaha KX5 keytar. ;Based on Roland AX series :*
Vadim Pruzhanov of
DragonForce and
Henrik Klingenberg of
Sonata Arctica both use a
custom Roland AX-7 (although nowadays
Henrik Klingenberg uses
custom Roland AX-1) :*
Christopher Bowes of
Alestorm owns a Roland AX-7 which he has customised over the years with various stickers of animals. :* Jeff Abbott, long-time keytar player and product demonstrator for MusicLab plays a custom wooden keytar based around a Roland AX-1. :* Lady Gaga's keytar seen during
The Fame Ball Tour in 2009 based on a modified
Roland AX-Synth. ==Gallery==