Sunday, October 19, 2008

That 1 Guy is incredible. Look at his instrument!


His name is Mike Silverman (aka That 1 Guy), and he plays a bass instrument called a whamola. It makes a wide variety of sounds ranging from ambient cello to heavy distortion. He calls it "The Magic Pipe," and he plays it along with two other accessories called "The Magic Saw" and "The Magic Boot." Silverman hand crafted all of these, and said in an interview that his whamola is "made of stainless steel pipes, orchestra strings, magnetic pickups, trigger sensors, wires, and duct tape. It's all run through my self-designed routing matrix of sound-shaping gadgets. An elegant beast bowed, plucked, strummed, and slapped, it's played with my hands, feet, and teeth. All with maximum intensity."
I saw him live with Buckethead and it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen!
Here's a video...

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