Non-stringed Instruments You Also Play

[JRA]

piano, still, since the '50s. woodwinds (mostly saxes) until i took up bass (~1975).

 

[ThinCrappyTone2]

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Here are mine.

I’ve been playing drums “on the side”for probably 18 years, but somehow I still only have 6 beats and 2 fills in my vocabulary

 

[Bassdirty]

Drums:

T$

 

[ZachM]

same! What’s your setup?

This is my little 6U system! Pretty modest compared to a lot of people's rigs but it's been a lot of fun. It can get really weird with all the modulation from Sloths, Hypster, and Let's Splosh, it's like a little organism of its own. I'm using this to make weird mangled ambient and feedback chaos, mostly - I don't really do drums or metered things very often. I also tend to add some processing with my bass pedalboard since I only have one effects unit.

I'd like to build up to probably 12U 104HP, which seems like a size that would let you do mostly anything without inducing total option paralysis. My biggest concern with doing so is that it's easy to build a collection of modules, but much harder to build an instrument - as modular people will know all too well.

What up other modular fans!
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Now THIS is a crazy room. I would love to spend some time with your Serge wall! I've been kicking around the idea of getting a couple panels of Serge for a while now and this isn't helping, lol

 

[Pdaddy1978]

Piano ...... badly
Harmonica ......worsely

 

[charliethomas]

Piano is my main (but it's got strings)

Played piano for ~22 years, bass for only a handful

 

[Benj-jammin]

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Whoa Londo - love the vintage synths, Mellotron and Taurus pedals....makes me want to put on a bit of Genesis when I get home today!

 

[Benj-jammin]

 

[lordradish]

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Okay, major drool factor here. A Tron? Really?

 

[lordradish]

Don't have a pic handy but I have a room full of synths... they often get more attention than the bass.

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

Drums/percussion. I'd be a drummer if I didn't play the bass.

I'm pretty bad on keys, and terrible at playing the wind instruments. I cannot cook either but am still valuable as a dishwasher

 

[BtaylorTheRogue]

Didgeridoo and I dabble with keys but I'm bad.

 

[punkwithflats]

I can shake the heck out of a tambourine

 

[DeltaPhoenix]

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My biggest concern with doing so is that it's easy to build a collection of modules, but much harder to build an instrument - as modular people will know all too well.



Now THIS is a crazy room. I would love to spend some time with your Serge wall! I've been kicking around the idea of getting a couple panels of Serge for a while now and this isn't helping, lol

I have had 12u of Euro before. I had fun but it didn’t feel cohesive, like an instrument. I have had Serge and/or Buchla 200e around for the past 12 years. Now I have both because they are very different, each with their own strengths (for how I approach them) and both are cohesive. The Buchla feels slightly more like an instrument maybe due to the case and the ton of gestural control. The Serge feels more “mine” as I have a few different makers, some rare/small run stuff and some custom built panels.
I am glad to message about this stuff or talk more in a thread about modular synths.

 

[shortscalesrule]

I can shake the heck out of a tambourine

Classic Motown would not be the same without Jack Ashford.

 

[lizardking837]

I'm working on learning piano. It was my New Years Resolution this year and I've actually been going pretty strong with it.

 

[kho]

Keyboard, mostly synth type stuff though I am working on learning real piano type playing! Drums too… been playing on and off for many years.

 

[Londo Molari]

Whoa Londo - love the vintage synths, Mellotron and Taurus pedals....makes me want to put on a bit of Genesis when I get home today!

Go here and you can hear the instruments in the photos:
Paul M Kollar

 

[DirtDog]

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This is my little 6U system! Pretty modest compared to a lot of people's rigs but it's been a lot of fun. It can get really weird with all the modulation from Sloths, Hypster, and Let's Splosh, it's like a little organism of its own. I'm using this to make weird mangled ambient and feedback chaos, mostly - I don't really do drums or metered things very often. I also tend to add some processing with my bass pedalboard since I only have one effects unit.

I'd like to build up to probably 12U 104HP, which seems like a size that would let you do mostly anything without inducing total option paralysis. My biggest concern with doing so is that it's easy to build a collection of modules, but much harder to build an instrument - as modular people will know all too well.



Now THIS is a crazy room. I would love to spend some time with your Serge wall! I've been kicking around the idea of getting a couple panels of Serge for a while now and this isn't helping, lol

Very nice!

I suppose I should disclose that I’m more semi-modular with an unhealthy dose of full modular envy! I have a few slots to fill my humble little rig!

 

[ghiggin1079]

Drums, and e-cussion