Posted by Scott "SCP" Peer
I like IKEA.
I think they have a great business model, great design strategy, great associates, great plan for world domination.
I like DIY instruments. Anytime someone can go to Home Depot, IKEA, use found materials to create new sounds, I am interested.
Imagine my surprise when over at IKEA Hacker, a site dedicated to using IKEA furniture components in unique ways, they posted a DIY percussion instrument made from an IKEA baby changing table and PVC pipe.
Revel in its awesomeness here.
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Posted by Scott "SCP" Peer
Fascinating Instructable about constructing your own "Stick Bass" using a piezo pickup, a broken easel stand (anyone have one laying around?) and a single bass string.
Seems to me that this may theoretically be closer to the DIY Wash Tub bass, given the single string and no frets, but what do I know.
The interesting part to me is the piezo pickup. I didn't realize that you could coax that much bottom end out of those. I'll need to run some experiments with a washtub bass to test it's effectiveness.
Creating a unique instrument from spare parts - sorta like I created my girlfriend in college - is a pretty cool notion. I dig the audio demos, too.
Hop on on over to Instructables to check it out.
