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Lounge Machine's Museum of Weird Instruments
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Originally posted by KristyOriginally posted by cadaverdog -
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, 08:12 PM.
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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!Originally posted by vandeleurE- Jesus . Playing both sides because he didnt understand the argument in the first place
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Originally posted by vandeleurE- Jesus . Playing both sides because he didnt understand the argument in the first placeComment
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Here's one for Kwame.....
Originally posted by KristyOriginally posted by cadaverdogComment
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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."
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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!Comment
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And knowing fucking drummers the way I do....
EVERY cymbal and tom HAS to be used at least once per night....
LMMFAO
Originally posted by KristyOriginally posted by cadaverdogComment
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Lounge, are your pictures real?Comment
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BABY PANA 2 IS Coming !! All across the land, let the love and beer flow !
Love ya Mary Frances!Comment
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The current hiatus in weird instruments is Circuitbents.Comment
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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!Originally posted by vandeleurE- Jesus . Playing both sides because he didnt understand the argument in the first placeComment
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