The Most Obscure Instrument(s) You Own

[givemeasmile]

I was tinkering about on my sitar the other night when I got a text from a friend to tell me he had finished building his cigar box guitar that he had been working on over the past few weeks. He said that it sounded great and that he was going to try and make another one in the near future. It then occurred to me that between the two of us we own a couple of instruments that are certainly not the most conventional that you are likely to find in the North East of Scotland.

 

It got me thinking that there must been an array of weird and wonderful musical instruments owned by the people on this forum. So post about your obscure instruments in this thread (pictures are obviously encouraged!).

 

Apologies if this thread or something similar already exists, I know there's a 'your gear' thread but thought this topic would merit it's own.

 

I'll post pics of my sitar later on; she's a beauty. My flatmate used to have an old hammond organ that I played a fair bit, and I have an accordian from the 1940's lying around in my loft somewhere.

[ca_gere]

I've always wanted a sitar. They just look so cool.

Sorry, nothing else to add. Had a fife once (like a shit flute).

[Chris]

I don't own many obscure instruments (doubt a glockenspiel counts).  Probably the most obscure would be my ESP LTD Hybrid-300. Don't think anyone else bought one!

 

Not pointy enough for ESP's core demographic I think, they stopped making them after a year or two.

[Lemonade]

Nothing too weird. Ukulele, banjo, recorder. I had a trumpet for a while, took a few lessons but never got very far with it. Sold it to kybosh eventually.

There's a guy in Dublin who busks playing a cimbalom. It's so fucking cool. I really want a go on it. I've always fancied a shottie on the steel drum too.

[Lemonade]

I seem to have misspelled Poland in that post. Apologies.

[scottyboy]

I don't own any (yet...), but was tempted by various trad string instruments in Poland.

[The Milner]

I've been meaning to learn the accordian for years, my old man has a very good one, but thats about as out there as i can think of for myself. 

[colb]

I've got a Tenori-On, they're pretty bitchin'

 

And i'd like to try some of the Central Asian instruments like the Doshpuluur.

Edited July 4, 2014 by colb

[Teabags]

I want a didgeridoo and a hang. But I don't own any yet.

[Old Gold]

Aside from my sweeeeeet custom amp, my most obscure bit of gear is probably my tiny red Guyatone fuzz pedal which is almost entirely unmusical.

[Moose]

I own and array of sexual torture instruments. 

[Alan Cynic]

I often use a phono fiddle live (one string, with a brass horn)

Sometimes play a ukelin (32 string US depression-era thing)

Various zithers and autoharps (bugger to tune)

Dulcimer (gets a live outing on occasion)

Psaltery (as above)

Lute guitar (scalloped frets)

Bell harp (12 string instrument which you swing while you play...used it a couple of times with'mickel mass')

Cuattro

12 string mandolin

VL-Tone & PT20 keyboards

Clarsach

French horn

etc

[DavetheRave]

These days I stick to a few unusual pedals like the EHX POG2. But I've owned some obscure guitar synths over the years, including this one...

 

[Chris]

I kept meaning to buy a shruti box. But bot a synth instead. Now loads of people use shruti boxes and it's not so weird and exotic anymore.

[robkevertson]

Love my stylophone, used it on a couple of tunes iv recorded! Great sound

[Scootray]

A djembe.

[Chris]

Love my stylophone, used it on a couple of tunes iv recorded! Great sound