We’ll begin today’s buffet with a non-guitar. Get used to it as I will be posting many other instruments besides guitars. First up we have one of the most obnoxious, but intriguing instruments ever heard. “Savart’s Wheel, designed by Bart Hopkin, is widely acclaimed for the fact that it makes the most obtrusive, obnoxious and irritating sound imaginable. The instrument is made up of a series of disks of graduated size mounted on a motorized spindle. The exposed outer edge of each disk is lined with ridged material, with ridges spaced about 1/8 inch apart. As the spindle rotates, the player holds a sort of plectrum against the ridges as they rotate past, resulting in some number of ridge-bumps against the plectrum per second. That frequency is the frequency you hear; it is what provides the pitch.” More…
Next up is a shiny gadget with many knobs and switches that I’m just dying to adjust. The guy at Beavis Audio Research has got me all excited about this ridiculously overly engineered fuzz unit. Basically it’s a bunch of different circuits in one box with the ability to adjust and blend them. I could try to tell you all about it, but just go here to let him tell you. Now if only he would sell them.
Next up is this little cutie from Simple Amps. I’ve never played one myself, but they sure look cool. The guys over at Simple amps have created some awesome looking stuff and from what I’ve herd in youtube videos they sound decent considering the low quality recordings. Once the Astrochrist website becomes a little more sophisticated we might start selling ad pace to comapnies like these and the following.
While we’re on the topic, Trillium amps look awesome too. I don’t know much about how they sound, but goddamn, wouldn’t that just look lovely in the library?
Two words: Fuck Yeah! Tone King amps is yet another purveyor of retro-liscious thermionic audio machines. Good thing I have a teflon coated keyboard. I mean to say I’m ejaculating.
Aw, look who’s back! Little Supro. I guess someone’s revived the old brand name and has begun to build amps and guitars again. I have no idea where to purchase or even try this equipment. I don’t even know if they make anything left-handed, but I’ve sent an email. I’ll let you know what I hear.
Rock over London, rock on Chicago, Pepsi, the un-cola
-Elron
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