What other instruments are you able to make noises with?

[i like tictacs]

I didn't say play fluently or anything, but let's hear it. I have an insatiable appetite for learning everything I can.

I can get around on:

Electric Guitar (blah, however not in a traditional sense..more with E-Bows, loop stations, cello bows and so on)
Acoustic Guitar (i'm somewhat competant at this, at least I think)
Piano/Synth (I've got a little Alesis Micron which is loads of fun, and a nice digital keyboard to putz around on)
Vibes (they sound so, so cool- luckily someone in the family had an extra set I was able to get for really cheap)

I'm interested in picking up a musical saw or glockenspiel/orchestra bell set to get some licks in on. Although bass is what I do, I can't get enough of playing all these instruments. It is also fun to switch it up midset every now and then and take a break from bassin' it (blasphemy?!)

So let's hear it..what else do you do to vent your pent up musical emotion?

[baalroo]

I love playing most anything that I don't have to blow into. I'll also agree that vibes are way fun to play.

[LongHairFreak]

I've got a handful of wooden flutes that I enjoy playing with --a couple in the style of The First People of these lands. I also have a lap dulcimer that I'm not too terribly crappy with.

On another note (no, that's not a pun), I've been trying to play an acoustic 6-string for a time, but...well, that's not going so well, so that probably wouldn't count just yet, eh?

[PilbaraBass]

I play drums...I actually started out as a drummer...I also play a bit of guitar, and I can play a bit of keys (keys being my weakest)

[tplyons]

I play woodwinds, formerly proficient on soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, clarinet and flute. I can get around on a trombone and make some sense out of a trumpet.

I played upright bass for a while, some keys, organ. I can bang on drums decently too.

[Chad Michael]

(in addition to my basses) Our music room is occupied by the following:

LP bongos
LP conga
Hand carved, string tuned, goatskin head djembe
Yamaha DX7 synth
Ensoniq ESQ1 synth workstation
Yamaha MO6 synth workstation
Roland drum machine
Hi hat
egg shakers
rain stick
microphones

I have utilized everything except the hi-hat in the last 6 months.

[Harmless]

My collection includes:

3 basses, being electric bass, accoustic bass and double bass.
1 accoustic guitar
2 ukelele's, being baritone and soprano
10 didgeridoo's, 7 of which are PVC (for workshops), 2 of which are bamboo and one of eucalyptus (red woolybutt, i guess)
Casio CTK 100 keyboard (way too cheesy)
and a wide variety of flutes (both wood and metal), shakers, tibetan bowls, jew's harps...

if i forget anything i'll post it later on...

[Nidan]

I started out on drums at 6, played for 16 years in 2 bands
started playing harmonica at 16- still do have played in a number of bands with it.

Started guitar seriously at 20 although I dabbled a bit before , it is my main instrument for the past 33 years.

I've been playing bass since I was 17 , but seriously for the last 20 yrs

I can play keyboards a bit but not enough to jam

[Buzzi]

Acoustic Guitar
Eletric Guitar
Piano/Synth
Saxophone

none of the above very good.. hehehe

[dave64o]

I can make noises on any instrument you hand me. The real question is whether I can make anything close to what anyone would call music on them. I can come close on a few ...

I took drum lessons for about two years when I was in junior high and then in college I picked up guitar. I started playing bass about 7 years ago when I started writing and recording with a friend and I really haven't touched a guitar since then.

[Pilgrim]

I can play bugle badly...but I can just pick one up and play it. Brass instruments feel somewhat instinctive to me - I've always thought I should take trumpet lessons.

[Oric]

I play tuba, piano, and guitar pretty well. I played tuba in high school (even got to perform in Carnegie Hall my senior year) but the prohibitive cost keeps me from continuing it. I don't have a piano currently, but I do have a '65 Hammond M-100 organ, which is a whole lot of fun. I just have an acoustic guitar- I plan to pick one up from Rondo Music eventually. I even want to get into fretless guitar. I also have a mandolin and ukulele, and play around with those occasionally.

[cassanova]

Guitar, piano/keyboards, and I can keep a beat on drums.

[Deacon_Blues]

In order from best to worst:
Vocals / Electric bass (hard to say which I'm better at)
Guitar
Drums
Flute
various string instruments
various percussion
piano

Would love to learn:
Upright bass
Trumpet
Piano (I really suck at it)

[Phalex]

Vocals
Nose Flute
Guitar
Cardboard Box
and to a lesser extent Pickle Bucket

[wazzel]

Things I can actuall play other than bass guitar

Upright bass
guitar
Saxaphone (alto, tennor and baritone)
Piano
Tuba
French Horn (concert and maching)
Trap percussion

Things I have dabbled with that I can sort of play

Mandolin
Barritone
claironette
oboe
drums (kit)
xylophone
flute
trumpet

I have been able to learn any instrument I had the time to practice on. Most I have taught myself with just a little instruction.

[Godbody]

I've been able to make some kind of sounds that are interesting to me with every instrument I've been able to touch.

I played trombone for a few years back, in the school band an everything. I was glad I quit after I heard this joke...

Why is a dead snake in the road more tragic than a dead trombonist in the road?
1. The snake may have been on the way to a recording session.
2. There are skid marks in front of the snake.

[i like tictacs]

God I love that joke. I think there are a few variations, but I like to use it on drummers:

What's the difference between a dead drummer in the road and a dead bassist in the road?

There are skid marks in front of the bassist!

[Godbody]

Here's a trombone-only one:

How can you tell that a kid on a playground is a trombonist's kid?
He can't swing and he complains about the slide.

One of my favorite past times is going to ska shows and hurling insults at trombonists in between songs.

[jwbassman]

Guitar
Mando
Banjo
Drums (can keep a beat)