Editing SynthAxe (section)

==Notable users==
Prominent players of the SynthAxe included [[Allan Holdsworth]], who used it extensively on his albums ''[[Atavachron]]'' (1986),<ref>{{Cite web|last=Innerviews|title=Allan Holdsworth - Visual music|url=https://www.innerviews.org/inner/holdsworth.html|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Innerviews: Music Without Borders|language=en}}</ref> ''[[Sand (album)|Sand]]'' (1987) and ''[[Flat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie]]'' (2001);<ref>{{Cite web|title=SynthAxe - Allan Holdsworth Information Center|url=http://fingerprintsweb.net/ahwiki/index.php?title=SynthAxe|access-date=2020-10-09|website=fingerprintsweb.net}}</ref> [[Chuck Hammer]], who worked with both [[Lou Reed]] and [[David Bowie]], and was the earliest guitarist to use the SynthAxe in the United States; and [[Lee Ritenour]], who used the SynthAxe on his album ''[[Earth Run]]'' (1986), the cover of which features the instrument.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lee Ritenour|url=https://leeritenour.com/cds/earth-run/|access-date=2020-10-09|language=en-US}}</ref>

In the music video for "[[Out in the Fields (song)|Out in the Fields]]" by [[Gary Moore]] and [[Phil Lynott]], Moore is briefly shown playing a SynthAxe<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Gary Moore on guitar and SynthAxe, visible around 2:00|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsKpazeA5L8|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-10-09|website=youtube}}</ref> Christopher Currell used a SynthAxe to control the [[Synclavier]] on [[Michael Jackson]]'s [[Bad (tour)|Bad tour]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://encyclotronic.com/articles/interviews/synclavier-history-tour-and-the-quantum-potential-with-christopher-currell-r22/|title=Synclavier History Tour and The Quantum Potential With Christopher Currell|website=Encyclotronic|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-04}}</ref> [[Béla Fleck and the Flecktones]] drummer [[Future Man]] uses a highly modified SynthAxe, known as the "Drumitar", that he purchased in its original form from Ritenour.<ref>{{dead link|date=February 2021}}[http://www.flecktones.com/page/Futuremans-Synthaxe-Drumitar Futureman's Synthaxe Drumitar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126191753/http://www.flecktones.com/page/Futuremans-Synthaxe-Drumitar |date=2018-01-26 }} flecktones.com.</ref>