Joe Cresanti
My current rig solves the problem of playing keys in a band that plays 90% rock-guitar-only
songs. This rig has helped me be our “rhythm guitarist” (electric and acoustic) when playing
the likes of Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, and Judas Priest. One example: On Zeppelin’s “Hey
Hey What Can I Do,” the arpeggiator of my Korg M3 helps me play a killer mandolin, and I play an acoustic guitar on my Triton LE
for the chorus. When not covering guitar parts, I need piano, organ, and synth. To fill out my guitar sounds on Scorpions and Metallica
covers, I’ll play two keyboards with different guitar patches and slightly different effects, in unison but one octave apart. By alternating
playing the same notes with my hands, I produce a kind of strumming/chunking that sounds cool when our guitar player solos
over it. For “dueling guitar” moments with the guitarist, I use a Roland V-Synth because there are so many ways to change the expression
of its sounds.
Check out Joe’s band at reverbnation.com/goodforyou.