Gong or Bongos
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Topic: Gong or Bongos
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Subject: Gong or Bongos
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 08:24
I've decided to add some percussion to my instrument collection but I'm not sure whether to get a small (14") gong or some bongos.  Has anyone here owned/played both of these and if so which would you recommend? Thanks in advance |
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 08:58
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All I've got w.r.t. percussion is a small (9") djembe. If I had to choose in your case, I'd say go for the bongo's. The Djembe allows me to play along with some of my music, but the hembra and macho of a set of bongo's allow you to add more melody to your rhytmic play. A single gong doesn't mean much to me, unless you want to integrate it into a small version of Neil Pearts drum & percussion rig?
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 09:00
I was thinking along the lines of Theremin based weirdness in combination with some berserk Gong playing 
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 09:16
 Sounds great - and puts in place the gong as well.You actually own a theremin?  ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 09:19
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Yes I do own a theremin, it's only a simple one which only allows control of pitch rather than pitch and volume but it makes all the right noises. I think every musician should own one simply to freak other people out.
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 09:26
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Way to go! In that case, my advice is changed: get the gong, it's easier to combine with the theremin when playing in parallel. Post a few samples once you got it going!
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 09:29
I would if I had anyway to record the inevitable unholy racket but I don't  However I may be able to convince someone to hang around long enough to take a photo of me using both but that's unlikely. EDIT: just ordered a 14" gong with stand  |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 10:06
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Awaiting amusement.....
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 10:13
I'll post some pics when I get it 
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Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 11:58
| put the gong close to the theramin and see if it will activate it.. that might be tres weird :) |
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 13:20
| It will anything metal near a theremin will send the theremin mad if it hasn't been tuned to compensate for the metal |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 12:18
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I first read the title of this thread as "Gong or Bongs"
...and was thinking "surely these go together"...
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 13:58
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That'll teach you to read the title properly |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 14:15
You know - you could be right:  ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Mascodagama wrote:Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 14:17
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Or: and  ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 14:30
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the latter pair definitely fits better |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 20:10
They even admitted it. They've "bin stone before!" -------------   |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 20:13
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I play the bong as a percussion instrument. -------------  
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Posted By: The Bard
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 20:32
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you also play guitar with your wang ------------- Let the music be your master. |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 22:54
| bong gong bongo was the name of my african pygmie friend. |
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: February 04 2007 at 05:11
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Apologies for the bump but the gong still hasn't arrived, I think I'm going to have to ring the company that sold it to me to make sure they're not screwing me out of £60. In related news I've ordered a lapsteel guitar and wah pedal (given some money by grand parents). |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: February 04 2007 at 10:03
Use the lap steel with the wah! It would sound awsome! |
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: February 04 2007 at 10:21
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I'm way ahead of you there
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Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: February 04 2007 at 16:25
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SIlly sober fools. Use the wah with the theramin.
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: February 04 2007 at 16:59
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at least one sod is awake (and probably drunk as well, looking at what he wrote).
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Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: February 04 2007 at 22:33
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The obvious thing to do is mic the gong, then put the output through the wah. While randomly and violently shaking both hands near the theremin, of course.
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: February 05 2007 at 02:38
| ah but I may not get a gong (depends on result of a phone call this morning) and my amp can only have one instrument plugged in at any one time, I really need to get a small mixer. |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: February 05 2007 at 11:55
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^You could record the wah'ed gong with a taperecorder or something, and
play the tape while randomly shaking your hands around the theremin.
That way you can have your cake and eat it. |
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: February 05 2007 at 13:05
I don't have anyway of recording  Anyway I tried to phone the company I bought the gong from and no one answered the phone so I'm going to give them another go tomorrow. |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: February 05 2007 at 20:23
With a small mixer, you could put the outputs of the theremin, mic'd gong, and slide guitar ALL through the wah at the same time! You'll make more random noise than the M00dy N00bs and Decapitated Walrus combined! MWAHAHAHAHAHA! ------------- |
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: February 06 2007 at 02:23
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The problem then is trying to play all 3, I'd need to play the guitar with my feet
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: February 06 2007 at 12:29
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That reminds me of what Neil Peart once said about Geddy Lee: "He's amazing, he plays bass with his right hand keyboads with his left, he sings, and plays bass paddles with his feet. He's only got one limb left and I don't want to know what he plays with that...." ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: February 06 2007 at 15:31
You'd kick the GONG! DUH! ------------- |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: February 06 2007 at 17:01
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: February 06 2007 at 17:03
Ah but my foot won't produce as good a noise as the proper beater and I'd have to use my head to play the theremin |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: February 06 2007 at 19:49
You tape the beater to your foot. And playing Theremin with your head would be so kickass! ------------- |
Posted By: Chus
Date Posted: February 06 2007 at 20:01
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I would play my "Soft Machine" with my feet ------------- Jesus Gabriel |
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 02:03
I do actually play the theremin with my head on occasions but after a while I get a headache.  |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 18:53
Wth are yawl talking about for gods sake?!!? Round here a beater or head is not something you discuss in public.
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Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: February 07 2007 at 18:55
you mean no professional recording equip or do you mean nothing at all? ------------- This space intentionally left blank |
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: February 08 2007 at 01:14
| nothing at all, I used to have a small multi track recorder but it was rubbish so I got rid of it. |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: February 08 2007 at 13:03
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So where's the gong?
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: February 08 2007 at 13:28
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Still not here I've e-mailed and phoned the company I bought it from with no reply, I'm going to file a non recipt of item thingy (yes it was an ebay purchase) EDIT: I've started the dispute, now I have to wait to see what the seller does. |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: February 08 2007 at 14:12
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Good luck!
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: February 08 2007 at 14:43
| well if needs be I can turn the dispute into a claim and hopefully get my money back. |