Back in October 2009 I ordered this...thing. It's a plank of wood with strings on it and it makes noise, kind of like them geetars the kids are into. It's a 24-string tapping instrument. It's tuned to a whole tone scale (C, D, E, F#, G#, A#). It also has some interesting tech built into it. The bass and melody strings go through separate built-in pre-amps. When you lift your finger off a string it stops immediately thanks to the per-string mute system. Also, it sustains forever, which is weird.
 
Anyways, a few months into the build they offered to upgrade it from the D1 to the new K24 model they were working on, but that it would add a few extra months to the build. Decline a free upgrade? Hell no! So now, nearly seven months later, it has finally arrived. Yay!  
 

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If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for that?

That thing sounds rad! Nice bass sound on it, too. I can't wait to hear what you do with it. How hard was it to get to grips with initially?

Can you buy me one of those?   :P

  @Axxol said:

" If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for that? "

" That thing sounds rad! Nice bass sound on it, too. I can't wait to hear what you do with it. How hard was it to get to grips with initially? "

Do you take song requests? I wanna hear  Don't Stop believing 

Damn, that makes ocean holograms when you play it?  KICKASS!

Epic beard, bro. Epic beard.

 
The squirrel thing was cool! 
 
The instrument was cool,but not as cool as the squirrel news.

How did you learn how to play something like that you didn't own before? also that's alot of money for some finger tapping instrument. Whatever your pc rigs are often is like the best, you probally are rich or like to spend alot. Still it sounds nice.

" Do you take song requests? I wanna hear  Don't Stop believing  "

" Damn, that makes ocean holograms when you play it?  KICKASS! "

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How did you learn how to play something like that you didn't own before? also that's alot of money for some finger tapping instrument. Whatever your pc rigs are often is like the best, you probally are rich or like to spend alot. Still it sounds nice.

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Squirrels are awesome.
 
Though that thing-a-majig is pretty neat too.
 
Okay, watching the video, it's not just neat, it's way awesome. Also, that thing could totally play most of Christmas Eve/Sarajevo.
 
@Hamst3r said:

"@Shadow said:

" Damn, that makes ocean holograms when you play it?  KICKASS! "

Damn right it does. If I left the video on any longer you would have seen the laser show...and by laser show I mean laser show.  "

The hurdy gurdy is better!

What a strange yet wonderful instrument.