Country

For more than 25 years Chuck Ainlay has been one of the most demanded sound engineers in the American music scene, having worked with the world’s top artists and producers. His success in the American country-scene lead to several Grammy awards as well as the ‚engineer of the year’ title in 1996 and 1997, the ‚engineer with the most top 10 hits’ in 1998 and TEC awards nominations in 1999 and 2000. His close cooperation with Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler resulted in two successful Dire Straits albums, and later he was responsible for the music production for two successful motion pictures ‚Wag the Dog’ and ‚Metroland’.

"I love the feel and sound of my new Yamaha CPX - the new pickup system creates a perfect balance for live performance. It's why I choose to play Yamaha guitars."

"We do a lot of travelling accross Australia and overseas and our Yamaha guitars do every hard mile with us and still produce a great sound every single night. It's great to use guitars that hold their tuning and sparkle so well, show in and show out."

"I can go to any type of gig knowing I have the best sounds on the planet in one keyboard. The MOTIF ES is my dream machine, whether it be a country gig or full-on rock gig. Even in my studio, this synth gives me the professional sounds I need. The factory presets are great and the support from Motifator keep this synth way ahead of other brands."

"No matter where I am, from home,or a club gig, or a stadium. I can always count on my Yamaha S90es for amazing playability, world class sounds and portability. I wouldn't hit the stage with any other instrument!"

"Even when I’m doing the worst gig, in the worst club, in the worst town, my Yamaha Drums always take me to my happy place."