A friend wanted me to make him an instrument that sounded "real dirty." Well, no problem. We are recording a version of the Police's not-so-much-of-a-hit "Re-Humanize Yourself" and he wanted something that sounded good and unclean.
This thing is a cross between a diddley bow and a lap steel. I had been wanting to make another one of these ever since the Cacophatar, which was a great deal of fun to play and I have been missing, so I thought I would make another instrument similar to that. This time it is three strings (tuned D A d) and has a resonator that is an old aluminum stock pot. It sounds pretty great, and the work we have been doing on the recording has been fun. I will post that as soon as we get it finalised. In the mean time here is what it sounds like:
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