The art of DIY Musical Instruments must be revived!! This idea started with the salad bowl (refer to Studio Snapshot on Jan 27). We added strings, tuning pegs and an electric fan case for extra rattle.
The strings pass through the electric fan casing and resonate it, making the little white spokes rattle and shimmy. Moving the white electric fan casing bends the pitch of the strings. The strings are fastened to the salad bowl, so all the sounds resonate together resulting in a wonderfully rich twang with lots of glimmering high end. Everything under 250Hz has gets cut out in the mix.
We’ve named this beastie “The Cytar Mk2” (Cyber Guitar), as the original Cytar was built by the amazing Lux Voltaire and myself in Lismore many years ago. Apparently Lux still has it, along with an arsenal of Roland SH analogue synths. Much alcohol was consumed during the making of The Cytar Mk1. During this blurry construction period we made several absurd bets (most of which he lost). To date, the illustrious Lux Voltaire owes me a gambling debt comprising of a green MIDI lead and a car door and a Jupiter 6…
Lux Voltaire:
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lux_Voltaire
