This is great. “Hi, my name’s Phil…” – etc, etc. What an opening line to a demonstration video of some guitar japery in ‘Phil’s Epiphone Les Paul Kaoss Pad Mod’. There’s a lot more where that came from, along with a number of fascinating yelps, squeals and strange noises for which there are, in all likelyhood, no names yet assigned. If this guy was to really try to extend his vocubary of noises, then I doubt even a hardened team, hand-picked by Garret himself, could keep up.
I got this link from this article on Ars Technica, which is a great site, full of pearls of wisdom and often some good writing too by fellow geeks.
Incidentally, this link is dedicated to David and to Sean, who are both great fans of making peculiar and frequently loud noises with guitars and other implements (and, damn their talented hides, quite good at it too.) which I enjoy listening to. I’d like to learn how to play guitar myself one day. I have no talent for music, but these things don’t always stop me (even when it would be in the Greater Good for me not to try).
If either of you guys have an opinion on this link or additional information, please comment below!
Haha! Classic. Nicely found sir! I like what that guy’s done – cool.
As a side note, there are all sorts of guitar synths around, too, which you can use to do all sorts of cool stuff with, without having to reach down to grab a handful of x-y controller; which means you can carry on picking and use a foot controller to do manipulations. They also pump out midi data so you can record stuff in a sequencer. The only problem is tracking can be a problem, especially with chords.
And they don’t have huge, blue glowing squares
hey i’d pay Phil Jingles for some guitar lessons!!
kev, i have recently taken an interest in guitar, im terrible and my first song i attempted was Silent Night. Lets hope Jesus was happy with the effort.(God loves a tryer and all)
Wow Dee, I’m impressed; any chance of you demonstrating a few chords any time soon? Mind you, ‘an interest in guitar’ isn’t the same as ‘you could safely listen to me play’. You’re still better than me, I can’t even play the spoons
Sean, you’re describing a set-up there which I believe is popular with many young gibbons on the music scene; the ability to use all of your limbs helps.
Mind you, twenty limbs and any number of glowing objects wouldn’t make James Blunt any more acceptable.
I’m with ya on the James Bland dissing but I’m sure I’d even go watch “Snakes on James Bland” maybe even without ear-plugs, so long as a snake bit his tongue in the first 3-4 seconds.
Th guitar is SHIT Long live HE MAN.
He-Man! And the Masters of the Universe! I am Adam, prince of Eternia, Part time hand model and waiter (although thats not my real job), I came To Eternia to try and break into acting and ended up fighting some guy with Facial anerexia, eat more food Skelitor you look terrible, uhhhhhh.
and defender of the secrets of Castle Grayskull. This is Cringer, my fearless friend. Who used to be addicted to cat nip he has a disease man”
“Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me, the day I held aloft my magic sword and said,
By the Power of Grayskull!”
“I Have The Power best said though a traffic cone.
“Cringer became the mighty Battle Cat, just keep him away from table legs and cat nip. The chesse became Heroin and scroti shrank”
“And I became He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe!”
“Only three others share this secret; our friends the Sorceress,
Man-At-Arms, kevlore defender of personal body space who invented the rubex snake and Orko who has no legs.”
“Together we defend Castle Grayskull from,
the evil forces of Skeletor, property developers, the disney corperation and interiour designers!”
“He-Man!”
The Guitar is SHIT.
Modulok is god,
my dog has the eyes of jesus.
The real history Of Modulok, Member of the Evil horde.
Modulok was sending his own body parts to castle greyskull, I mean you would think that man at arms aka Duncan could asertain who was sending all these body parts but no he couldn’t and thats why he never made it big like Adam did, o.K HE WASDN’T DOING STEROIDS but thats no excuse for lack of ambition.
Modulok was introduced into the Masters of the Universe toy line in 1985, little after the first wave of Evil Horde figures. His figure was an instant hit with buyers due to its uniqueness among others. The figure came packaged in a cardboard case, its 22 pieces encased in a plastic bag within. These pieces included two heads and numerous arms, legs, torsos and tails which could lock together in seemingly endless ways. Some of the body parts were more human-like while others had claws and were more monstrous in appearance. There were even enough pieces to form two separate monsters.
The toy came packaged with the mini-comic “The Treachery of Modulok” which showcased the character and his abilities. He was introduced as a former slave of Skeletor who had escaped Skeletor’s clutches and offered his services to the Evil Horde, knowing of Hordak’s personal hatred of Skeletor. Together with Hordak, he proceeded to concoct a scheme involving his body parts being sent, one by one, to the Royal Palace of Eternia in separate cardboard boxes, labelled as presents to the members of the Heroic Warriors. Confused by the numerous body parts being delivered to the palace, Man-At-Arms suspects the forces of evil may be behind it.
Yeh that or some weird fetish guy.
It has never been clarified as to what extent any version of Skeletor is supposed to have any remaining fleshy matter in his head at all, and thus to what extent Skeletor retains normal biological functions, if any. All versions of Skeletor (apart from the 1987 film) depict him as having clearly empty eye sockets, sometimes with either permanently or intermittently visible glowing points of scarlet energy instead of actual biological eyes. However it has never been clarified whether he has a tongue and thus if he talks by magical means (because while it is possible to speak without lips one still requires a tongue), or whether he even *needs* to eat or drink. The last pilot episode of the MYP series did however depict Skeletor enjoying some manner of warm drink. Although Skeletor can clearly hear, he has never been depicted as having ears, even on the New Adventures toy. He does seem to have a sense of smell though, as he is shown in the 2002 MYP series attempting to block his (nonexistent) nose when Stinkor appears before him to beg a boon, which has some logic as his skull would still have nasal passages permitting him to breathe, if he in fact still needs to.
Whether he even still possesses a biological brain inside his skull is also unknown.
Hmmm, I think Garrett has taken the thread too far away from its origin for my comments to be of any interest… but hey…
Yeah, technically interesting mod and a job well done, however it’s quite limited in that you essentially lose a hand in order to use it. There’s a reason pedals exist you know.
Also, being aware of the capabilities of the Kaoss pad, that guy has no idea what to do with it! Oh wow, a phaser, a pitch shifter, a blah blah blah. For a mod he’s obviously chuffed with, his imagination in how to use it leaves a lot to be desired.
Always the technician, never the musician.
The sad life of the guitar nerd.
Good post though Kev. Thanks!
stick yer Kaos Pad up yer jam roll.
Well, gentlemen:
I like James Blunt, he is a wonderful troubador :-). It is clear to me God does not reward trying but only Absolute Victory. Skeletor does not see through his eyes. He does not need to eat or drink, either. He is a good friend of Davros, they play golf together. poo-hah. Guitar nerds are glorious! Long live the guitar nerds. And the evil horde and James Blunt.
Little known fact: Mordulok plays the guitar for Motorhead.
Cheerio chums,
May the George Lucas Cash-in be with you,
Geoffrey the wonderhorse.
Zarjaz!
Right, I personally found this very therapeutic and helped me get through the day with a spring in my step and a smile on my face.
Its nice to be nice and hey its free!
So here goes this is the secret of my sucess both in the office the pitch and in the bedroom, pass it on and brighten up that special someones life.
1) Get some quiet time when no one is in the house even if this means getting up extra early before the wife and kids.
2) Make sure you are ALONE, very important and then undress…totally naked…totally.
3) Use some black electrical tape and wrap it around your crotch, buttocks and around your shoulders then around your chest. You can stick metal studs on the tape for added effect. The reason for this is to save money!
Wrap some of remaining tape around your forehead.
3) Locate a full length mirror even if this means buying one.
4) Find a tennis racket, hockey stick, cricket bat, bamboo rod ect that may be lying around the house. For the sake of demonstration we shall say tennis racket.
5) Timing here is important, eat half a tube of toothpaste and a whole packet of effervescent high strength vitamin C. The only reason for doing this is to produce a large amount of foam around the mouth area, eventually you will recoup your initial costs as the foam will produce itself naturally.
6) Stand in front of the mirror holding the tennis racket above your head and begin the chant.
-BY THE POWER OF GREYSKULL,
-I HAVE THE POWER,
-HE-MAN,
-I HAVE THE POWER,
-HE -MAN,
Good now beat the tennis racket against the ground and begin the mantra, think of your boss, local priest, heck even your kids anyone who really annoys you.
MANTRA
Moss man Moss man du nun duuun
Modulok Modulok du nun duuuun
Hordak Hordak du nun duuuun
Stinkor Stinkor du nun duuuuun
Merman Merman du nun duuuuuuuuun
Grisslor Grisslor du nun duuuuuun
Mosquitor Mosquitor du nun duuuuuuun
Ninjor Ninjor du nun duuuuuuuun
Leech man Leech man du nun duuuuuuun
Good you feel great right! Really good, ok SLOWLY not to fast uncleanch your Buttocks roll your shoulders and wash your face, depart for work a new you, go get em and remember you have the power!
I… Uh… I…
Garret has taken the words from my mouth. I leave the site out of sight for a week and the war starts. Oh dear.
David and Sean: Yes, I wondered about that mod, in that I was wondering how you carry on playing if you need an extra hand to operate this device; guitar-playing is an essentially human activity designed for two-handed humans with a high degree of dexterity, no more and no less. It’s part of it’s beauty and eternal attraction to people. The pedal is to get around this limitation of course, as you’ve both remarked. That’s one of the reasons that Iwas hoping to hear from both of you about it.
Hearing from Garret about He-man and all sorts of other stuff was a not-entirely unexpected ‘bonus’.
That Guy who invented the Kaos Pad yeh, is he the same guy who invented the bike that you have to pedal with your hands or the or the electric whisk that is foot friendly.
That guy should go and break dance in front of the pope. He is the kind of bloke who drinks a can of lilt at a childrens party and gets sick all over the birthday cake, noodles of vomit coming out of his nose.
I mean what a useless invention, what next a karma sutra for pandas – tosser bollock chin.
Hahahah! That’s the funniest thing I’ve read in ages Garrett. What can I say! There are a few people who don’t carry out similar ceremonies everyday, but I thought it was common practice, particularly amongst 30+ males. It is He-Man’s favoured demographic after all.
Behold: http://ecampus.typepad.com/ecampuscomau_blog/2006/09/teaching_englis.html
Personally I like the mod. Haven’t you lot heard of style? It’s glowing square in the middle of your guitar. That’s a Good Thing in my opinion. Who cares if it’s useless!
Doing useful things constitutes work, and work isn’t much fun. Useless inventions are more fun — because you can’t do anything useful with them. So the hand pedalled panda kama sutra lilt dispenser with bonus whisk sounds like a cracking idea :-). And I believe they use it in bordellos in Holland.
In a useless way.
Perhaps.
(No, I haven’t been to one, I just know about it second hand from one of my He-Man ritual friends).
On a seperate note, everyone should check out a film called “the Ninth configeration”.
Laser has it!
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