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    Posted: January 02 2007 at 05:26
A lot of people would think that the Mellotron is a very unusual musical instrument. Perhaps not people who frequent this web site, we are too enlightened for that. We know it is the music that counts not the instruments. The weirder the better (if it sounds good). Steve Hackett is more than a great musician, he is an inovator when it comes to composition, so when I read that he played the Optigan on his latest CD, I had to check it out. There is a great web site dedicated to what can only be called the poor man's mellotron.Confused

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It's worth checking out. So here is the point of the thread, is this the weirdest instrument used in Prog? Or maybe someone has used that thing with a stylus that Rolf Harris played... (Can't remember the name). Or is it the THEREMIN?
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This guy, called Artis the Spoonman,a street performer from Santa Cruz California and later in Seattle, played music with a set of spoons. He was recruited by Soungarden and was featured in a song entitled Spoonman.The final version of the song featured him playing his spoons as part of the song's instrumental.

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The theremin is wonderfully weird particularly when used with effects.
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Contrabass saxophone. 
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Amazing Blondel's twin 7-string Rubio guitar-lutes:



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That acoustic thing that Gildenlow played on BE ("Imago," mostly) It's a one-of-a-kind instrument made by someone he knew. I forget who, exactly, but his uncle or a similar relation seems to ring a bell.
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Mexican band Cabezas de Cera use in their albums (and concerts) an extense set of string and wind instruments made by luthiers... I have the names on the Cd's but right now I'm not at home...

BTW and remembering the "spoonman" here in Antofagasta (Chile) we got a guy known as "chico de las conchas". Basically is a guy who plays with clam shells following the music that sounds in his radio... The guy plays just crap but have a lot of amazing movements and is such a character round here... Sadly the image that I found of him is very bad, but, there he is EL CHICO DE LAS CONCHAS....
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Originally posted by Majestic_Mayhem Majestic_Mayhem wrote:

This guy, called Artis the Spoonman,a street performer from Santa Cruz California and later in Seattle, played music with a set of spoons. He was recruited by Soungarden and was featured in a song entitled Spoonman.The final version of the song featured him playing his spoons as part of the song's instrumental.


Good get MM! New Zealand Act 'Split Enz' where intitially very progressive and weird in the 70s. They had a permanent member of the band (Noel Crombie) who played the spoons.

Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

Amazing Blondel's twin 7-string Rubio guitar-lutes:


That reminds me. I remember in the 70s I saw a group of 4 musicians, who had never met each other, improvise together. One of them had an old cello which had about 40 additional strings all over it.


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Originally posted by N Ellingworth N Ellingworth wrote:

The theremin is wonderfully weird particularly when used with effects.


It sounds great, especially in those 50s B grade Science Fiction movies.

And of course Led Zeppelin.
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Originally posted by Terra Australis Terra Australis wrote:


Originally posted by N Ellingworth N Ellingworth wrote:

The theremin is wonderfully weird particularly when used with effects.
It sounds great, especially in those 50s B grade Science Fiction movies.And of course Led Zeppelin.


And sounded great with Spirit, whose guitarist Randy California taught Page how to use a theremin.

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¿Used for what purpose?. I guess I could use an Oboe or a Harp to feed my cat. That would be unusual. I think those Guitar synthesizers are very weird, but somehow I like them.
    

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Accordion, used by Kebnekaise & Samla Mammas Manna...
 
Electric Mandolin, used by Led Zeppelin (Going To California, That's the Way)
 
Contrabass, Used by Led Zeppelin (Bron Y Aur Stomp)
 
Doubleneck Bass/guitar used by Genesis
 
Balalaika, used somewhere i think
 
Sitar, used by a couple of bands
 
 
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Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

That acoustic thing that Gildenlow played on BE ("Imago," mostly) It's a one-of-a-kind instrument made by someone he knew. I forget who, exactly, but his uncle or a similar relation seems to ring a bell.
 
I think it was his grandfather.
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What about the Claghorn? The half flute, half saxaphone, half child's toy trumpet? As far as I know, it was only used once before it fell apart, under the strain of the duct tape. Or something like that.
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Points: 18292 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2007 at 02:47
 
Keyharp, not used in Prog as far as i know. But common in swedish folk-music.
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Didgeridoo in Ayreon's THE
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Originally posted by king of Siam king of Siam wrote:

Didgeridoo in Ayreon's THE
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Don't forget Indukti also used the didgeridoo.Big smile

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Points: 3888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2007 at 10:46
The "Gaffophone" was created by Franquin for his hero Gaston Lagaffe, a popular French comic character. It's a kind of harp connecyted to a overssized bongo.The playing of the instrument is always a desaster and provokes earthquakes, avalanches etc. BTW a great and funny read
 


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not bad too....
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Points: 9008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2007 at 18:20
Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

That acoustic thing that Gildenlow played on BE ("Imago," mostly) It's a one-of-a-kind instrument made by someone he knew. I forget who, exactly, but his uncle or a similar relation seems to ring a bell.


I think it's called Mandola.

I once saw a rock band using a guitar! Shocked True story.

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