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Edible composite.

john keates

john keates

May 20, 2004
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#1
So as to carry on my tradition of asking about whacky ideas, It uccured to me that it might be possible to make an instrument out of cheap, home made composite.

The great thing about composite material is that you can tune it by varying the balance of engredients and the baking time.

One composite that can be made chaply is Bran and egg. I wouldn't expect it to be great but it would be great fun and, with the addition of some sugar, could be quite palettable.

Are there any other ways to make a cheap composite?

P.S... it has uccured to me that bran and egg might not be all THAT cheap compared to some woods... but still...
 
#5
Personally I've always liked the Steinberger plan of wood shavings and glue. Just think how cool a bass would look made from a random mix of exotic hardwood shavings.

Of course, that much epoxy or polyesther would cost a pretty penny, and it'd likely taste terrible even with sugar added.

One question, why are you thinking of eating your bass? Why not just make a bass shaped cake and eat that while playing a regular bass?

-Nate
 
#13
My friend and I were concieving a 'Toaster/Bass.' It makes toast while you play bass, via an external power supply, and can be angled up towards the player or outward to give the audience a taste. Does that count? :D

I think peanut composite would give a nice meaty slap tone...
 
#16
nateo said:
One question, why are you thinking of eating your bass?
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If I ever become stranded on an uncharted island in the South Pacific with nothing but my edible bass, I'd immediately stop thinking "Why in God's name did I get an edible bass?" and start thinking "Mmmm.... beef teryaki flavored!"

Personally, I think I'd starve before I ate my bass, or maybe I'd just eat the parts I don't need, like the lower horn. Starving and stranded or not, the bass is no good if it's not balanced right.
 
#17
teej said:
If I ever become stranded on an uncharted island in the South Pacific with nothing but my edible bass, I'd immediately stop thinking "Why in God's name did I get an edible bass?" and start thinking "Mmmm.... beef teryaki flavored!"

Personally, I think I'd starve before I ate my bass, or maybe I'd just eat the parts I don't need, like the lower horn. Starving and stranded or not, the bass is no good if it's not balanced right.
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plus, if you're eating your bass, you'll wanna loosen the tension of the strings, the last thing you want is to be knawing through the neck and have the headstock smack you in the forehead. then you'll have "fender" imprinted in your skull for like a week...
 
#20
I thought very seriously last week about making a guitar out of epoxy and various breakfast cereals. Cheerios for the body, shredded wheat (get it?) for the neck, fretboard inlaid with those marshmallows from Lucky Charms.

Might need a stronger cereal for the neck though...maybe Grape Nuts or something.

I may actually do it.
 

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