Neglected, weird instruments
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Neglected, weird instruments
We always have a weird/unusual gear thread, why not a thread in praise of weird instruments? I mean, who is hoarding 20 chromatic harmonicas or a garage full of tribal percussion instruments?
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We are...curtiswyant wrote:We always have a weird/unusual gear thread, why not a thread in praise of weird instruments? I mean, who is hoarding 20 chromatic harmonicas or a garage full of tribal percussion instruments?
I collect weird instruments.
A select few would be:
Marxophone.
Tremeloa.
Optigan.
Ukelin/ hawiian art violin.
bul-bul.
Broken sitar...
Etc...
Etc...
I use them a bunch.
Yeah, but what constitues "weird"? Old Pump organs? Got a few of those. Nothing sounds like a pump organ, especially one that has the "Vox Humana" stop, which is a rudimentary Leslie type of effect. Or how about electric accordian? Got one of those too. A full-on Cordovox Super V. Makes accordion sounds and has mics inside for the the reeds, and also makes almost convincing Hammond organ sounds through the tone generator cabinet and with the rotating element satellite speaker cab. Then there's the Seeburg-Gulbranson rhythm machine that goes with the accordion. Push button patches like Waltz, Bosa Nova, Teen Beat, Tango...gotta be 15 or 20 of 'em on that box, and you can hold in more than one patch at a time to get some totally strange interplay (not that it was designed for that kind of thing...). How about the Rheem Mark VII electric keyboard? Almost Farfisa-like. Very much worth finding. We had a garage punk band in recently that used ours as primary keyboard on most tunes, and it was sounding great with them.
We also have stuff like tenor and baritoe ukes, bazuki and a sitar or two hanging around the place from time to time as well. How about Tremeloa? Those things kick ass. And the guy that ownes the Temeloa brought his buddy's vintage Jenco celest by for some tracking a while back. I LOVED that thing and now covet one in the worst way.
Just a few oddballs of the top of my head...
We also have stuff like tenor and baritoe ukes, bazuki and a sitar or two hanging around the place from time to time as well. How about Tremeloa? Those things kick ass. And the guy that ownes the Temeloa brought his buddy's vintage Jenco celest by for some tracking a while back. I LOVED that thing and now covet one in the worst way.
Just a few oddballs of the top of my head...
I thought this club was for musicians. Who let the drummer in here??
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whoa! i was gonna ask if anyone had an Ondes. I had no idea that it was a Radiohead thing. I know it from Edgar Varese music. He has a few pieces with like...3 Ondes in there. wack. They have their own weird little lofi speaker that makes the sound. how awesome is that?mjau wrote:Ondes martenot - ever since I heard Jonny Greenwood rock it on Kid A.
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Yeah, I remember asking a pianist about that sound I was hearing, and he told me what it was and how it worked. Awesome instrument.
My arturia moog modular can make a pretty convincing ondes sound, which is totally fun but so far of no practical use to me other than piquing the interest of one of my cats.
My arturia moog modular can make a pretty convincing ondes sound, which is totally fun but so far of no practical use to me other than piquing the interest of one of my cats.
Yeah, that's the one. Kind of a suitcase looking thing that opens up into this delightful little gem. I giggle everytime I hear that thing peek out of the mix on the one tune we're using it for. I'd love to get one, but hate to pay for it...the prices are apparently getting up well over a grand for even beat up ones these days...joel hamilton wrote:Is that the celeste with the "fold up" chimes?
I LOVE those, and I used to have one (smacking myslef for selling it AGAIN)....
I thought this club was for musicians. Who let the drummer in here??
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Dean Drummond is the keeper of the Partch Instumentarium..talk about awesome weird instruments..
http://www.newband.org/instruments.htm
Ubertar..hes a guy on here..makes a bunch of really cool string instruments..
http://www.newband.org/instruments.htm
Ubertar..hes a guy on here..makes a bunch of really cool string instruments..
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How about weird things to use *as* instruments?!?
On my last recording project, I used a CPU heat-sink that I pulled from an old, useless PC, as a bell. Looks cool, too. Adonized blue, cylindrical, with about 10 flat flanges that resonate together nicely when I tap it with something metal. Very cool, musical tone.
On the same track, I used a bell that I ripped from a very old alarm clock --- 1950's? -- as a bell. Made of brass, maybe? Beautiful, ringing tone...
On my last recording project, I used a CPU heat-sink that I pulled from an old, useless PC, as a bell. Looks cool, too. Adonized blue, cylindrical, with about 10 flat flanges that resonate together nicely when I tap it with something metal. Very cool, musical tone.
On the same track, I used a bell that I ripped from a very old alarm clock --- 1950's? -- as a bell. Made of brass, maybe? Beautiful, ringing tone...
whirred.beard_of_bees wrote:Dean Drummond is the keeper of the Partch Instumentarium..talk about awesome weird instruments..
http://www.newband.org/instruments.htm
Ubertar..hes a guy on here..makes a bunch of really cool string instruments..
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This plus this plus a spring reverb should get one in the neighborhood.djimbe wrote:Yeah, that's the one. Kind of a suitcase looking thing that opens up into this delightful little gem. I giggle everytime I hear that thing peek out of the mix on the one tune we're using it for. I'd love to get one, but hate to pay for it...the prices are apparently getting up well over a grand for even beat up ones these days...joel hamilton wrote:Is that the celeste with the "fold up" chimes?
I LOVE those, and I used to have one (smacking myslef for selling it AGAIN)....
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