[MuseChaser]

Doesn't ANYONE play an instrument that doesn't require electricity any more? I just saw this thread for the first time, and of course exoected it to be a bit heavy on the guitar side side.....but COME ON!

Yamaha C7 (A real grand piano....no plug required)
Violin (1980 Siloczek regraduation)
Viola (15 3/4"....beautiful sound for slightly small viola)
Trumpets - Mt.Vernon Bach with 43 Elkhart bell, Burbank Benge, Martin Committee, Conn 22B
Flute - Yamaha open hole w/ inline G
Saxophones - Selmer Mark VI alto, Selmer Series II tenor, Selmer Series III soprano w both necks.
Chromatic Harmonicas - Seydel Saxony matte in Orchestra tuning, Suzuki SCX-64, Hohner Super 270 deluxe, and a handul of other vintage Hohner chromatics.

Things that plug in include an Alembic fretless 5-sting, a Fender Rhodes, a Yamaha P120, and Yamaha CS-1X. I've had a bajillion synths over the years, including a huge modular midi rack from back when I was touring.....but I got really sick of that side of music about two decades ago. They were great tools during stages of my development as a musician, to be sure, and I loved the "coolness" factor and the ease with which one could sculpt and craft a sound, but as I matured I came to increasingly respect and yearn for the direct connection between human and sound. Soending years learning to coax a beautiful sound out of an acoustic instrument and communing with it truly moves me.....much more so than twiddling knobs and buying gear ever could and ever will. Not denigrating those who enjoy making music with technology; I was there, in a VERY big way for a long time. Just not there any more.

Bill Evans. Benny Golson. Janos Starker. Nathan Milstein. Ray Drummond. Scott LaFaro. Clifford Brown. Chet Baker. Toots Thielman. James Galway. The Chicago Symphony. Placido Domingo. These folks all touch my soul in a way no electronically reliant music can.

Did I mention Bill Evans? Bill Evans. (The pianist, not the sax player, THE pianist).