Instrument-mounted Korg Kaoss Pad mod

[barthanatos]

There is a guy who mounted his Kaoss Pad on his guitar! I thought that was pretty neat and should be brought to everyone's attention in case someone wanted to do it to a bass.

Here's the link to the tutorial:
Korg Kaoss Pads

And here is a link to a previous TalkBass thread about the Kaoss Pad:
Korg Kaoss Pads

 

[Embryodead]

i believe the guy from the muse did this to his guitar.

 

[TheDarkReaver]

oh yeah i saw matt belamy from muse using this live, i wondered wHAT IT WAS

 

[philipc]

yeah, pretty cool. matt bellamy's guitar was a custom made on from manson guitars. amazing stuff. a kaoss pad mounted into a bass would be very cool! ive seen quite a few guitar mounted ones but no basses.

 

[velvetkevorkian]

I would totally do that if I could afford a bass and a pad, and if my woodworking skills were less nonexistent

 

[Ron Now]

I really really want to do this, and have the funds and skill to actually acomplish it. My only problem is I suck with a soldering iron, and most electrical things.

 

[MrPrashant]

i'm gonna try this.

i don't have the funds or the skills, but I have curiosity in abundance.

ill keep you posted.

 

[OhThePeacock]

I would do this with an SX and a minipad or the kaoscillator, the regular KP seems like it would be to big.

 

[squarewave]

I would do this with ...the kaoscillator...

I don't think the Kaoscillator has inputs, so it couldn't be used to affect the bass sound. I think it's only a synth.

 

[Swimming Bird]

You'd want to do it with the KP2, not the new one. The mini KP would work as well.

If anyone actually does this, a word or two of advice: you absolutely want the 'hold' button on the bass -- it will be a fraction as usable if you don't do this as it lets you take your hand off of the pad and play. Also, midi control is your friend, especially for sampling. Phil, the guy who modded his Epiphone in that video, uses midi control in a later video so the sampling is doable without hands.

Good luck to anyone willing to try this. For anyone not willing or able to do the mod, I suggest: the easy way.

As for the Kaossilator, you could mount it in a bass then add another output or mix it with the bass's.

 

[olaff421]

That's pretty dang cool. The only problem I see with putting this on a bass is the bridge placement on most basses. Bass bridges go all the way back to the end of the body, and guitars stop and have that big space right after em. I'm not really sure where you could mount something like that on a bass. I guess you could put it above the strings, but I'm sure you would hit it on accident more often than not, but it would be cool.

 

[Muffman]

Ive asked a place called "sims custom" if they can do it as mansons will not perform any more kaoss pad retro fits, but sims know the guy who does all of mansons high end electronics so he's going to do it for me, no idea on the cost yet, but it wont fir into a spector or a fender jazz so im gonna see if he can do it to a rickenbacker, if not, he said he can do it with a custom body, also, they chrome stuff as well, my spector getting chromed! Hope this helps!

 

[funkalicious101]

cutting up a ricky........ well, it will be extremely cool.

 

[Taylor Livingston]

cutting up a ricky....

Yeah, that's kind of lame. As cool as I think this idea is, I think it will be much less cool in a few years, and then you'll just have a beautiful instrument butchered for a passing fad. It's kind of like people in the 80s chopping up Rhodes pianos to put state-of-the-art (for the time) digital pianos in them. Now that the 80s digital pianos are incredibly outdated, all they are are destroyed Rhodes pianos.

Or (however timeless people think they are... ) putting an 808 into a vintage Slingerland drum kit.

Kind of dumb, IMO. Chop up something lame, like a Sadowsky.

 

[OhThePeacock]

Behringer anyone?


Just kiddin'

 

[monkeyboydance]

In my infancy and naivety; i wanted to have a body mounted, mini control pad for effects on the bass. I wasn't sure what would be mounted. I was toying with the idea of moving the bridge up, and creating a frame on the bass that could be altered, using sliders/rails. The frame would connect and lock to a similar section mounted onto the back of the controller. I thought the same for a kaosspad, it would probs need to me small for obv reasons. doable.

and yes, yes.
Do it to a Failringer (heart)

 

[gibsualdo]

I was considering this, after our guitarist told me about Matt Bellamy. Then I decided it'd be easier, to just put one on my pedalboard and play in bare feet.

That way I can use the pad while still picking away.

 

[monkeyboydance]

guys, if you want to know how to make these
ask me. cause i have made the controls just haven't put them in the bass yet.

got a component list and prices !

 

[blondmix3]

In my infancy and naivety; i wanted to have a body mounted, mini control pad for effects on the bass. I wasn't sure what would be mounted. I was toying with the idea of moving the bridge up, and creating a frame on the bass that could be altered, using sliders/rails. The frame would connect and lock to a similar section mounted onto the back of the controller. I thought the same for a kaosspad, it would probs need to me small for obv reasons. doable.

and yes, yes.
Do it to a Failringer (heart)

Just a thought.... if you move the bridge, you better have a fretless and a good ear, because when you change the scale, the frets (or markers) will be off.

 

[monkeyboydance]

i never moved the bridge, thought against it. the problem with having the body mounted korg is ofc, most basses are strung quite far to the bottom of the guitar..

and yeah the frets would be more compressed, even with re-tuning.
longer neck?