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Double contrabass flute or You Thought Flute Was Wimpy

kubton — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:02:00 +0000

I did not know such a thing existed. it is a Double contrabass flute. I post a link to DIY flutes in the past but someone needs to figure out how to make this guy out of some PVC.

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Trimpin or Crazy Guitar Instrument Sculpture Thingy

kubton — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:04:27 +0000

Trimpin + EMP guitars from Peter Esmonde on Vimeo.

This is insane.

Notes & Neurons or The Human Brain and Music with Bobby Mc

kubton — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:51:11 +0000

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

The World Science held this June in NYC discussed music and the human. And unlikely grouping of Neuroscientists and Bobby McFerrin. Very interesting. You can wind the whole discussion here. It is pretty interesting stuff.

No More Fret Buzz or a Simple Tool

kubton — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:01:00 +0000

I had a problem a while back with a buzzing fret. I can be surprising hard to tell which fret is the problem. This simple tool could be helpful. Seems easy enough.

8bit Guitar and Gameboy Nanoloop Beats Pedal Controled or SWEET NINTENDO

kubton — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:41:00 +0000

Most 8bit loveRs should find this pretty cool. Its a live gameboy jam.

Les Paul or The God Father of Modern Music

kubton — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:22:56 +0000

Legendary guitarist and musical inventor Les Paul died yesterday at 94. Paul’s contribution to the world it much greater than just a Jazz guitarist with a famous model named after him. He is more than just inventor. He is perhaps the most important figure in the history of 20 century music making. He was the father of the electric guitar and likely created the first ever. He was the first person to use overdubbing and multi-tracking in fact the first 8-track recorder was in the world was in his garage. He is responsible for changing how people though about recording. Before Les Paul it was simple a way to document a performance. Paul recording into a art creating music that would be impossible with out the process of recording it self. He could “play” multiple guitar parts at once and “play” them impossibly fast by slowing down the recording speed.

He was a true DIY’er before there was such a term. His garage tinkering led to modern recording, the solid body electric guitar and the idea of audio boxes effects. Even his own Les Paul was highly modified. It hard to imagine any modern music popular music not effected my his legacy in someway. He seemed to remain a nice guy through it all and performed regularly until is death.

For more information on Les Paul the is a documentary on Paul called Les Paul Chasing Sound. It can be streamed off Netflix.

DIY Cassette Tape Loop or I Remember Those Things

kubton — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:21:16 +0000

This is hard than it looks. I used to mess around with tape recirders and cassette alot when I was a kid and there is fun to be had. Get sometips with this niffty instructable.

Tape Deck DJ or Coolest thing Ever

kubton — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:47:13 +0000

Silvertone Amp-In-Case or Retro Music on the Go

kubton — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:24:00 +0000

Retro Thing is a great blog. I found this nice little piece on the Silvertone guitars that once came right out the Sears catalog. A cool piece of vintage kit that had a humble start as a not so cool basic consumer axe. Many artist got their start with a Silvertone guitar. And not mentioned is Jack White who use that rare silver tone amps. There are some good links to other Silvertone links at the end of the Retro Thing article if you wish to learn more. The Silvertone amps sound great and the guitars look wonderful.

Card Board Box Amplifier Kit or Another Use for a Shoe Box

kubton — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:18:00 +0000

Critter and Guitar sell this little kit to make any box into an amp. It is $30 which is more that the say a Cracker box Amp that you can piece together for next to nothing but kit are easy.