sleepy jack

Thats hella badass, I want one.

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boo boo

Ok. This one is a real brainf*ck. Presenting the most pretentious overblown instrument ever made.

The Pikasso:



The first thing that comes to mind is, how in the hell does someone play that? How do you even pick the damn thing up? Indeed it does look like something the great Pablo Pikasso would cook up. But it was actually cooked up by Linda Manzer, one of the finest luthiers in the world, and it was custom made for Jazz fusion great Pat Metheny. It was Mathenys desire to play a guitar with "as many strings as possible".

A true freak among guitars. 4 necks, 5 main bridges on the body, 2 sound holes, 2 access doors and 42 strings. It took 2 years to create. Its rather heavy, it weighs around 6.7 kg or 14 3/4 lbs. It features a state of the art pickup system. The fretted six string section features hexaphonic pickup which allowed Metheny to control synthesizers and samples, simply by playing this instrument.

Only two Pikassos have ever been made, one for Metheny, and a strictly accoustic version for the late Scott Chinery, it is simply known as the Pikasso II, and was recently on display at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

No videos. Sorry.

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sleepy jack

I'd srrsly like to see someone play that.

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swim

Siamese twins connected at the hip.

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boo boo

Yes. The result of guitar incest.

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The Bazantar:



The Bazantar is a relatively new creation, invented by Mark Deutsch (pictured above). Its essentially a 5 string upright accoustic bass, but with 33 strings added, 29 sympathetic strings and 4 drone strings. Adding a whole new sound and texture to the classical instrument.

The sympathetic strings range spans at 4 octaves, but the instrument itself has an impressive 5 octave range. When the melodic, sympathetic and drone strings are played together, it creates a very rich, complex soundscape.

YouTube - Mark Deutsch Playing the Bazantar
Demonstration by Deutsch.

http://www.oddmusic.com/clips/bazantar.mp3
Sound clip.

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PopIsDead

I once looked at that oddmusic.com site. It's pretty sweet. I have it somewhere in my bookmarks.

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Laces Out Dan!

Sounds like a piece of shit.

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boo boo

I know. But thats the idea.

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And if you think that was annoying.

The Savart's Wheel:



This device was made specifically to create the most grating, irritating sound imaginable, but still have a melodic range. Something like a Rooster getting its balls torn off. Its made up of discs of graduating size (to create a funnel shape) on a motor powered spindle. The discs are covered in ridges, as the discs rotate, the player holds a plectrum against the ridges. Creating its trademark tone of horror. Each disc controls a different frequency.

http://www.windworld.com/feature_pag...babyplease.mp3
Click on it, if you dare.

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