Small Objects of Desire

[muninnhuginn]

Not.

Purchased: one electronic head lice comb.

This is, of course, the point at which we discover that these aren't the electronic variety at all but real live flesh and blood!

Electronic head lice, now there's an idea....

Actually, the current not so small object of desire is a theremin (ready made) plus gig bag, plus stand plus practice amp for around £300 lurking on Ebay (that is if we've understood the German correctly).

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[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

So you already have the electronic head?

[muninnhuginn]

Pot head for phrenology, wax skull for freaking visitors out, but no implants... yet!

(Actually, the first, probably unprintable, thoughts coalesced around a line in Leonard Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel #2" and it all descended into vaguely pornographic cyberpunk far too rapidly.)

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Ho, ho :-)

Have you ever had a chance to try playing a theramin? Hmm. It should be possible to find the plans to make one, somewhere on the Web...

[muninnhuginn]

Yup to the first: tried unclechristo's at the filk con (which is what really convinced me I wanted one).

I've just bought, and am waiting to receive, a copy of an article from the 60s written by Moog with details about building one (Moog also produce a kit version of their Etherwave which is what I was intending to get: other makes and kits are smaller and seem more like toys than the Etherwave which has the solidity of a "proper" musical instrument). I would even consider building from scratch: if my abilities don't suffice there are almost too many folk I could get to help!

The Ebay offer is good because it includes an amp. I need an amp. (There have been long discussions, mainly with the electric guitarists I've played in bands with, about what amp to get to satisfy my slightly odd requirements: wind synth, mic-ed flute, mic-ed sax, potentially the theremin, and occasional electric acoustic guitar. They opted for a guitar amp. The consensus on the windsynth group in Yahoo is a keyboard amp for the wind synth. But I reckon an amp designed to go with a theremin (5 octave range) should work with the other things as well.)

Of course buying one doesn't exclude building one too!