Video: A guitar made out of an armadillo
I've made a brand new video that's all about my latest thrift store acquisition: a Charango from South America. As usual, I don't want to give away too much information here, because I think it will be much more fun to watch it as a video. Enjoy!
– Dave
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This video inspired me to go to several thrift stores in my area for some cheap instruments to sample. I'm trying to change careers from Software Dev to become a film/game composer, so anything to make things fun while I gain different skills. I ended up finding an intermediate student level violin for $40 with the bridge, and bow included. Do I know how to play violin? Nah. Am I going to add to sample it with Kontkt? I'm going to try. I also found a Ukulele with bass strings for $300. I bet I can find a cheap Ukulele and some nylon bass strings for it.
Nice!!! Venus Theory proved with his Volitions library that you don’t actually need to know how to play the Violin or Viola in order to make a great sample library out of it.
I have other Churrango libraries but yours sounds more organic and musical. Thanks for all the amazing and inspiring instruments you create. I dig the tune also.
ah, so glad you’ve been enjoying it!
Oooo fun! Churrango has been on my instrument wish list for a while now, but my wife would probably kill me if I brought home an instrument made from a dead animal like that. Funny enough, much like yourself I love going to random second hand stores, antique shops, etc. That's how I got my Turkish oud and Venezuelan cuatro.
I love the sound of the Oud! I wonder how close the Venezuelan Cuatro is to the Puerto Rican Cuatro. One of my biggest flea market regrets was passing up a $60 Puerto Rican Cuatro because I didn’t know what it was…
I used to write musical plays for children, and was always looking for stories from other countries, especially if they have animals or music in them. I came across a story about the armadillo who wanted to sing. I’m not sure if it’s authentic or not. But the Armadillo loved music, and always wanted to sing. So a god (I forget) turns him into a Charrango. Once I realized, I knew there was NO WAY I was going to put that in a kid’s show. It’s so nice to learn more about the instrument. Here’s a version https://worldstories.org.uk/reader/the-song-of-the-armadillo/english/369
That’s really cool that there’s a folk story about it! I had no idea