Stylophone thread

[staytuned]

why aren't there clips on youtube of people using it with effect chains?
i want to know if you could make it accually sound more theremin like if you use it with a delay and chorus

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=89mOUDR6zs4

Bowie, using it with delay at least (at the end of the track).

sounds like the delay is coming from the guitar which is playing the same thing

[haesslich]

a guy i know has one of every single model (that includes all color variations) of the stylophone ever produced, including the new reissues you get at ebay. he has kind of noahs ark of stylophones

[Ian]

Eno used to use one a bunch, didn't he?

[spook]

You can get them in virgin music here. They're about 25 euro...

[Brock the Mod]

Eno used to use one a bunch, didn't he?

Yeah I read that at Amoeba music in Berkeley... he bought like 3 of them and used them all for one of his albums.

They sell them there for (I think) 26-30$.

[Pacafeliz]

wow i just bought one last week and am waiting for it to arrive! 
stay tuned!

Pat.

[Max]

I got mine from HMV for £14.99.. Im not great on it I just make up little riffs haha. 

[Gideonian]

I have one of the re-issues and its pretty fun.  Really sharp sounding through an amp but it can be dulled down a bit with the help of some reverb and a small amount of delay.  Definitely a fun toy and with a little practice it can be a usable instrument

[fibreman]

I have mine hooked up to Guitar Rig with a bunch of it's own presets ready to fly.  I find with a bit of processing the lowest of the 3 settings is quite a nice foil for panning hard left/hard right, slight delay, with a dark, dubby bass.  A bit like 'Myxamatosis' from Hail To The Thief.  Or just straight double it.

Also good for drones.

[theworkoffire]

Pulp used one all the time. Notably on Styloroc, funnily enough  http://www.last.fm/music/Pulp/_/Styloro ... +Suburbia)

Used to love seeing them use it live - always sounded amazing. We all made them in our school technology class.

[Max]

I put mine through a wah and then into my amp and sounded great haha Crazy soundz maaan.

[Harvester]

ahhh the stylophone !

dont get me started ...

i have 3 of the things - currently all broken    after years of abuse ... incuding the big ol' french-built ( ? ) one with the photo resistor theremin controls on it and 2 stylii ! ... it never worked but it's all there.

i used to use the little ones thru an echolette and/or deluxe memory man and into my boogie

i once played one thru a big old valve Leslie from a B3 organ in a studio ... huuuge sound and when you have that much gain on them you can sing into the tiny speaker and it works like a distorto microphone ... those were the days ...

or i'd sit it on the travis bean strings and let the sound filter down thru the pickups with heaps of gain on some stomp boxes ... and play a little tune

good clean fun, but you tell that to kids these days ... i dunno

AP

[Stereordinary]

Now I want one.  Thanks guys.  :-\

[northern_dirt]

Now I want one.  Thanks guys.   :-\

Yeah this site is great for that...

[ugly casanova]

why cant someone record a sample of a stylophone with massive delay and some other effects like chorus, phaser, flanger, ...