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Frankenstein Experibass Makes Wonderful, Bizarre Music

by Terrence O'Brien on October 3, 2009 at 10:28 AM

Frankenstein Experibass Makes Wonderful, Bizarre Music
If Dr. Frankenstein was a musician, he might have produced -- instead of a creature assembled from corpses and reanimated via electricity -- something more like the patched-together Experibass.

For his unique creation, Diego Stocco, a sound designer and composer who has worked on such films as 'Terminator Salvation,' and 'Transformers,' attached the necks of a violin, cello, and viola to the body of a double bass. He then mic'ed up his monstrosity and played it with just about any object in reach, including bows, a paintbrush, a fork, spoons, a kick drum pedal, a drum stick and "a little device... built with fishing line and hose clamps."

The resulting instrument and generated sounds are nothing short of astounding. Check out the video below to hear a piece that Stocco composed using only his custom creation. [From: Diego Stocco, via swissmiss]


Tags: diy, experibass, music, musical instruments, MusicalInstruments, top, weird

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