Lounge Machine's Museum of Weird Instruments
Originally Posted by Kristy
Reminds me of the late Mark Sandman, who played a two-stringed slide bass in the often brilliant band Morphine. He was joined by a drummer and a fellow that played two saxes at the same time, which was a very old, old-school gimic.
I've always maintained the odd guitar Robbie Robertson used in The Last Waltz was the strangest instrument I'd ever seen, let alone heard.
Last edited by chefcraig; 02-19-2009 at 07:12 PM.
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen Hawking
LinkHarmonic Generator
Created by Isac Zal, the Harmonic Generator is a new experimental electronic instrument. It consists of five main components:
64 piano strings on the outside of the device are chromatically tuned to 32 notes.
32 corresponding motors with bristle paint brushes beating the strings at controlled speeds
a homemade keyboard, played like a piano, controls motors.
12 pick-ups that focus on one octave of strings
a transducer at the end of the instrument that feeds back the sound of the pick-ups into the large resonance hull
Each of the 32 motors, hovering over the chromatically tuned piano strings, rotates a paint brush from 600-2000 revolutions per minute, which stimulates pure harmonic sound. The 12 sound pickups hover over the strings, shooting the sound back into the metal body of the instrument in order to induce harmonic feedback.
The resulting sound of this new instrument can only be described as a symphony inside the belly of a whale!
E- Jesus . Playing both sides because he didnt understand the argument in the first place
Ben Franklin's Armonica.
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Here's one for Kwame.....
Back story to this one.
"Dan Wagoner modified his first guitar (a Fender stratocaster) to include a weird sound generator analogue synth. The synth control knobs protrude from a hand made pick guard made from a motherboard. Three switches have been mounted in the fingerboard. This instrument liberates the synth player, allowing them to assume outrageous poses previously reserved for guitarists. The downside is there are no strings."
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danwago...7607180162834/
“Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm him with many small sufferings.”
So that's what Dolph Lundgren does now?
DLR7884
I always wondered what happened to Ivan Drago.
Originally Posted by WARF:
DLR7884 - This guy is one bad ass sonafabitch... I've seen him destroy peoples posting careers in a single sentence.
Oh fuck yeah! Terry Bozzio's kit.Here's one for Kwame.....
That kit takes the cake ... Fooken hell..
Even comes with a xylophone and DJ' scratch player...
Would hate to be the roadies for that drummer !
BABY PANA 2 IS Coming !! All across the land, let the love and beer flow !
Love ya Mary Frances!
And knowing fucking drummers the way I do....
EVERY cymbal and tom HAS to be used at least once per night....
LMMFAO
Lounge, are your pictures real?
Imagine the drummer saying to the roadie/drum tech...And knowing fucking drummers the way I do....
EVERY cymbal and tom HAS to be used at least once per night....
LMMFAO
Aww man, one of my toms is out... Dont know which one,
but tune it, BITCH !
The current hiatus in weird instruments is Circuitbents.
Funny you should mention that because Terry Bozzio does tune his drums to notes......
10" snare tuned to D (puresound snares)
13 - 8" x 3" piccolo toms - chromatically tuned from high C to C an octave lower (drums descend in 1/2 step in pitch from upper l down to lower r at a diagonal angle)
12" solid craviotto snare tuned to B (puresound snares)
8" x 3" piccolo tom tuned to Bb
8" x 6" tom tuned to A
4 - 10"x 6" toms G-F-E-D
10" x 8" tuned to C
12" x 6" tuned to B
12" x 8" tuned to A
13" x 9" tuned to G
14" x 10" tuned to F
16" x 12" tuned to E
12" chinese gong or
8" x 3" foot tom tuned to
10" x foot tom tuned to
12" x foot tom tuned to
10" hi hat
vic firth/emil richards jingle stick
paul e. "mooneye" wooded headed tambourine
12" paul e. wooden headed djembe
16" x bd tuned to F (w/ akg d-112 may mic)
left remote china hi hat 16" over 18"
20" x 12" bd tuned to C (w/ akg d-112 may mic)
spoxe hi hat
12" hi hats
20" x 16" main left kick drum (muffled) tuned to Bb (w/ akg d-112 may mic)
pete englehardt metal tambourine shaker or tb special tambourine foot plate jingle device
20" x 16" main right kick drum (muffled) tuned to G (w/ akg d-112 may mic)
24" x 14" bd tuned to A (w/ akg d-112 may mic)
right remote hi hats 16" over 20"
18" x bd tuned to D (w/ akg d-112 may mic)
18" x bd tuned to E (w/ akg d-112 may mic)
20" x 8" bd tuned to B (w/ akg d-112 may mic)
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Having posted all that, I can say! Jesus, get a life dude! It's the fucking drums! Having said that.......a poorly tuned kit is the same as an out of tune guitar........sounds like shit!
I've witnessed Bozzio play this kit with ZPZ. Fucking insane!Here's one for Kwame.....
Trolls take heed...LOG OUT & FUCK OFF!!!
2 strings? , bassplayer?............yup!
Cool bass, dig the plexi cabinets!
The current wha?
Somebody want to explain to GayR what a "hiatus" is.....
Library boy seems to be confused again....
The current wha?
Somebody want to explain to GayR what a "hiatus" is.....
Library boy seems to be confused again....
I refer to your response to my asking if anyone had a nonsense to sense decoder ring...................your response, "Why bother". Seems appropriate here, too.
that's not a scratch player, it's an electronic hand percussion thingy. kinda like a digital bongo i guess. i think Roland made it.
I stand corrected
I only gave that part a cursory glance due to being overwhelmed
by the kit itself... I would love to have a smash on that thing,
and Im not a drummer... Looks like it would be a heap of fun.
What are you doing in my forum if you don't underfuckingstand a goddamn thing we're discussing anyways, you and your bullshit weird and feel-funny thread?The current wha?
Somebody want to explain to GayR what a "hiatus" is.....
Library boy seems to be confused again....
Okay? Circuitbent stuff are the synthesizers and squawkboxes that tinkerers and electronics engineers make out of toys, childrens' devices and cheap sound instruments like Mattel drums and Speak n Spells.
Look it up, or ask me I'll link you. Dummy.
"Your" forum?
Ahem.
Last time I checked, Sarge had given Matt and me the keys to this forum, Library-boy.If we want your opinion, we'll give it to you.
Are you off your meds this week? Threats, delusions of grandeur...
Feel secure, do you?
and that has fuck-all to do with a HIATUS, moron....
HIATUS was the word you misused, fucksac.
Your?
We?
Put me on ignore, Libraryboy.
Yeah, actually...but do feel free to keep kissing SARGE's ass (like he can't see through that) and jockeying for Matt's and my job...(which you're obviously doing, not like you're smart enough to do it on the DL) I for one think it's cute when you try to act like you know what you're talking about and overextend yourself. You're knowledgeable to an extent, but don't get too full of yourself, or the librarian will shush you again. :tongue0011:
I'll bet Matt finds it at least as entertaining as I do.Matt and I will at least go find something out if we don't know it, rather than pontificate without a clue....or using words like "hiatus" out of context.
Oh yeah...interviewed with anyone of note in the M.I. industry this week GAR (I did, unsolicited, even...lol they called me),or did an immigrant steal that opportunity from you too?
Run along, now.
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What are you doing in my thread?
Here's a thought.... go on Hiatus.
There's the better question...
What are you doing in my thread?
Here's a thought.... go on Hiatus.
Another fine thread that got derailed............
Any chance at salvage? Here's a cool guitar...something Dave would use for sure...Another fine thread that got derailed............
Nice.
Don't let LibraryBoy hijack a perfectly good thread, gang.
He's just jealous.
His threads contain crickets and cobwebs.
Didj-Bass Combo
NeaL Brooks is a multi-instrumentalist who has combined two of his favorite instruments: bass and didjeridoo. He had tried a variety of ways to do both at once, but all with unsatisfactory results. In September of 2003, he attended Victor Wooten’s Bass/Nature Camp in Tennessee.
NeaL says, “Victor has a music lesson known as Two Through Ten which helped me realize that the didjeridoo is more than just a musical instrument. It’s also a great tool for developing those musical skills and senses which cannot be effectively taught through books. With didj, you mainly have one note to work with. How can you make that one note more interesting?”
At Victor’s camp, NeaL met another musician who also shared his interest in unusual instruments; one of Victor’s brothers, Roy “Futureman” Wooten. When NeaL mentioned his efforts to play didjeridoo and bass at the same time, Roy said, “Maybe if you found some way to mount the didjeridoo onto the bass?”
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I call bullshit on this one.......that's a bong!
This one is fucking cool!
If you'd like to hear what one of those monster kits sounds like in the hands of a skilled percussionist, check out the following. The fellow's name is Jacob Armen, who made his professional debut on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show at the age of seven. The first clip is from his forthcoming solo album, the second is a jazz/rock performance from the Armenian Music Awards in 2007, held in California.
Hmmm...
I'd tend to agree with you, but where's the carb?
With all great inventions the bugs have to be worked out......carb, screen, ect....... but the man's intentions of combining his love of the herb and bassplaying......pricelessI'd tend to agree with you, but where's the carb?
Yeah, fucking kick ass.......on a personal note, just hate when guys cop my licksbut when you turned me on to this cat from the Carson days, I was wondering what happened to him.....thanks Craig.
That Jacob Armen guy is pretty bad-ass...thanks for sharing, Craig...
Yeah, fucking kick ass.......on a personal note, just hate when guys cop my licksYep, de nada.
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Speaking of bugs, why didn't the guy simply use a GM over the axle pipe and some components from a VW Bug Stinger exhaust assembly to make this thing? It appears he used rolled up cardboard and paper mache.With all great inventions the bugs have to be worked out......carb, screen, ect....... but the man's intentions of combining his love of the herb and bassplaying......priceless
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