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aria sinsonido guitars get small for travel

design | strange and wonderful

aria sinsonido travel guitar

Are you and your guitar inseparable? Well even if you are addicted to playing when you’re on the road, there’s no denying it’s a pain in the a$$ to carry a full-size guitar on an airplane or train. Here’s a guitar that breaks down to fit into a compact “gig bag”, so you can take it anywhere…

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July 30th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

firestix led drum sticks: the ultimate rock band add-on

just plain fun | video games

Firestix LED Lexon Drumsticks

After you decked out your Rock Band rig with a light show and smoke machine, I bet you thought you added all the cheap theatrics you’d ever want. But when I saw these light-up drumsticks, I knew there was just a little more you could do to crank your performances up to 11…

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June 7th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

rock band drum kit quieted by crochet covers

geek art & craft | video games

Rock Band Drum Cosies by FunkieFresh

Is your Rock Band drumming keeping the neighbors awake all night long? Are they ready to call the police on you? If that’s the case, look no further than these soft and cozy crocheted covers designed to quiet your percussive emissions…

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April 1st, 2008 5 comments stumble it! author: technabob

circuit bent commodore 64: revenge of the 80s

computing | hacks-mods | retro

Bent64 Commodore 64 Circuit Bending

One of the most popular computers from the 1980s, the Commodore 64, is having a minor renaissance as an electronic musical instrument. The C64’s audio chip is famous for producing an array of warm, familiar 8-bit beats and blips…

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February 16th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

pac-man guitar rocks

just plain fun | strange and wonderful | video games

specimen_pac_man_guitar

Okay, okay, enough about pac-man already, right? Wrong. Check this awesome custom made guitar by Ian Schneller over at Specimen Products. This sweet 25 1/2″ scale instrument is made of ebony, basswood, and maple with mother of pearl accents, and is finished in the happy familiar yellow lacquer of our beloved arcade character…

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November 6th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! author: thescholar

is this weird al’s computer?

hacks-mods | strange and wonderful

Enrico Accordion PC Case Mod

Ready to get your polka on? This unassuming accordion happens to house a complete PC under hidden inside its bellows.

The Enrico accordion case mod project took an old squeezebox, gutted it out and loaded it with a Linux server, designed to store the builders’ digital music collection…

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October 30th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

keyboard folds in half to fit in overhead bins

strange and wonderful

Vax 77 Folding Keyboard

Here’s a unique keyboard for the musician who’s got to take their instrument everywhere they go. The Infinite Response Vax 77 is designed to fold in half so it can fit in the overhead compartment on airplanes…

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October 25th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

yamaha player pianos add internet music streaming

home entertainment

Yamaha Disklavier Player Piano

Yamaha has always been on the cutting edge of piano technology, and has just announced a cool new feature for their Disklavier player pianos. Their already amazing self-playing pianos can now stream content live over the Internet.

The new Disklavier Radio system allows the pianos to play live music broadcasts, including accompaniments to streamed, pre-recorded performances…

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October 15th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

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