As one of two keyboardists in alternative Latin band Chicano Batman, Bardo Martinez knows the importance of a quality synthesizer. And to him, there's nothing quite like the unique qualities of his vintage Yamaha CS-5.
"You have everything at your fingertips. It's really straightforward and to the point," Martinez says of the single-oscillator monophonic analog synthesizer, which was created in the late '70s. "Era-specific gear will give you era-specific sound… It fills me with joy to just be able to sound like something that I love." For more episodes of It Goes To 11, visit GRAMMY.com/videos.
