electric kalimba

this sounds so good

sick, how much was it?

samples

it was $110, shipping included. very much worth it. I'll record some samples.

here it is... with some delay and reverb on it

brianellis_kalimba.mp3Fetching info...

That's awesome

Thats hillarious,I was just jamming in a store the other day with one of these and a Celtic/Irish Door Harp thingie.

I love it

  brianellis said:

here it is... with some delay and reverb on it

 

brianellis_kalimba.mp3Fetching info...

pretty

does it have much of a sound unamplified?

he just brought that shit over here and it sounds bright and clear unamplified, really sounds great. tripped me the fuck out.

i'm jealous

i've been craving some real instruments to play with

they are cheaper than i thought from looking online, maybe i'll birthday gift me one of these

didn't see one with a pickup like that though

sweet

Electric!?!

It doesn't even have MIDI, how the hell do you make music with that thing it sounds like hippies?

  277: 930-933 said:

Electric!?!

It doesn't even have MIDI, how the hell do you make music with that thing it sounds like hippies?

dumb

very cool

why not just get a cheap kalimba (approx £10- £20 from just about anywhere) and mike it up???

  ieafs said:

you should just make one yourself, there are plans in loads of books and probably all over the net for them. you can get cheap (but kind of tacky ones) at places like trade aid... not sure if you have those in the UK etc but just one of those stores which sell "ethnic" type stuff like those peruvian hats and tingshas

 

they're actually louder than you might think too so simply mic-ing them up is easy... or just use an old guitar pick-up or something.

my roommate is a percussionist. in college, he took a course with this guy that went to africa and studied how to make kalimbas. the first half of the course was building your own from scratch, and the second half was learning to play it/writing a piece for it .

it sounds amazing, and he can play it like a motherfucker.

Im digging your mp3

  locum76 said:

why not just get a cheap kalimba (approx £10- £20 from just about anywhere) and mike it up???

i wanted to be able to hook it up to pedals easily, and keep it more feedback free. this was quick and easy, and really wasn't that expensive. it sounds so amazing hooked up to a electro harmonix memory man... it's well worth it.

  Kcinsu said:

  ieafs said:

you should just make one yourself, there are plans in loads of books and probably all over the net for them. you can get cheap (but kind of tacky ones) at places like trade aid... not sure if you have those in the UK etc but just one of those stores which sell "ethnic" type stuff like those peruvian hats and tingshas

 

they're actually louder than you might think too so simply mic-ing them up is easy... or just use an old guitar pick-up or something.

 

my roommate is a percussionist. in college, he took a course with this guy that went to africa and studied how to make kalimbas. the first half of the course was building your own from scratch, and the second half was learning to play it/writing a piece for it .

 

it sounds amazing, and he can play it like a motherfucker.

 

Im digging your mp3

thanks... and that's awesome... i'd love to take that course

  skytree said:

I've got one of these, but it's been detuned for the past 7 years! Does that book o' yourn have a tuning guide? I've been looking for one for ages, but never had any luck.

 

Congrats on the new kit.

yes, it does have a tuning guide...check page 5

http://www.kalimbamagic.com/learnhow/learn..._book_intro.pdf

i want an electric kalimba. delay and reverb is good for to use on the an electric kalimaba

sounding great man.