The guitar that plays with itself
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Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
What's the difference?
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
Rick Beato will ramble loudly for 45 minutes to tell you why he won't.
MonkeyZero
Mexican Mayonnaise Weiner Sandwich
That's really cool. I could spend hours toying with that thing. No pun intended.
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
this is fun.
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
smurfco
Meatus McPrepuce
Dino DNA!
Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
I have vague memories of a plastic banjo I had in the late 50s or early 60s that had a wheel you would turn with a handle; that would strum the string. I can't find it online anywhere, though.
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
You'd need to be able to program different strum patterns though. That one will get old in under 3 min.
Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
For some reason this morning I suddenly remembered the name of that toy, the Kenner Banjo-Matic!
In 1962, Kenner released a toy musical instrument called the Banjo-Matic. According to ads from the time, the toy allowed a child to “play real banjo music.” And by “play”, Kenner meant that a child could enjoy the Banjo-Matic’s ability to self-play a variety of canned musical numbers.
The ability to experience the joy of automated banjo picking was facilitated through the use of one of 20 plastic “tune-players” that were included in the package. A tune-player is fed into a slot at the top of the Banjo-Matic and moves through the toy when the player turns a handle. As the tune player is read, keys are automatically depressed and notes are generated.
Some of the songs provided with the Banjo-Matic included the following knee-stomping classics: O Susannah, Clementine, Camptown Races, Red River Valley, Home on the Range, Workin’ on the Railroad, and my personal favorite, She’ll be Comin’ Round the Mountain.
If automated music isn’t your thing, the Banjo-Matic will also allow you to channel your inner Earl Scruggs or Alison Brown and generate your own notes and songs by plucking the toy’s single nylon string.
In 1962, Kenner released a toy musical instrument called the Banjo-Matic. According to ads from the time, the toy allowed a child to “play real banjo music.” And by “play”, Kenner meant that a child could enjoy the Banjo-Matic’s ability to self-play a variety of canned musical numbers.
The ability to experience the joy of automated banjo picking was facilitated through the use of one of 20 plastic “tune-players” that were included in the package. A tune-player is fed into a slot at the top of the Banjo-Matic and moves through the toy when the player turns a handle. As the tune player is read, keys are automatically depressed and notes are generated.
Some of the songs provided with the Banjo-Matic included the following knee-stomping classics: O Susannah, Clementine, Camptown Races, Red River Valley, Home on the Range, Workin’ on the Railroad, and my personal favorite, She’ll be Comin’ Round the Mountain.
If automated music isn’t your thing, the Banjo-Matic will also allow you to channel your inner Earl Scruggs or Alison Brown and generate your own notes and songs by plucking the toy’s single nylon string.
Honkridge
UNACCEPTABLE!
Did you ever drop acid, play Dig Dug and start to believe it was really happening?
Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
For some reason this morning I suddenly remembered the name of that toy, the Kenner Banjo-Matic!
In 1962, Kenner released a toy musical instrument called the Banjo-Matic. According to ads from the time, the toy allowed a child to “play real banjo music.” And by “play”, Kenner meant that a child could enjoy the Banjo-Matic’s ability to self-play a variety of canned musical numbers.
The ability to experience the joy of automated banjo picking was facilitated through the use of one of 20 plastic “tune-players” that were included in the package. A tune-player is fed into a slot at the top of the Banjo-Matic and moves through the toy when the player turns a handle. As the tune player is read, keys are automatically depressed and notes are generated.
Some of the songs provided with the Banjo-Matic included the following knee-stomping classics: O Susannah, Clementine, Camptown Races, Red River Valley, Home on the Range, Workin’ on the Railroad, and my personal favorite, She’ll be Comin’ Round the Mountain.
If automated music isn’t your thing, the Banjo-Matic will also allow you to channel your inner Earl Scruggs or Alison Brown and generate your own notes and songs by plucking the toy’s single nylon string.
Plays a bunch of minstrel songs?!? #cancelthebanjomatic
Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
1962 was not PC. I can't believe I got this at age 11. What were my parents thinking?
Guitar Heel
Demented Trick
I've seen the sledge-o-matic in action, IN PERSON.