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The sound of dental hygiene
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:29 pm
by jrmy
Now, this is probably old news, especially for you drone / noise folks, but manalive am I psyched that I stumbled across this one. Last week, my wife decided we needed new toothbrushes, so she bought us some of those Oral Bs that vibrate. Needless to say, it took me about 30 seconds to want to see how my toothbrush would sound vibrating my bass. I didn't have time to try it until today, but DAMN was that fun. I'm gonna try to incorporate this into one of my band's songs... but here's the whole two minutes for your amusement. There are about six tracks of bass (all droning on low E) on here - they go:
clean (stereo center)
Wolf Computer + Cherry Pop (approx. 30 degrees left)
WC, CP + Flanger Hoax (approx 30 deg. right)
B:assmaster (60 deg. left)
US, CP + EHX Bass Synth (60 deg. right)
EHX POG + Holy Stain (set on hall reverb) (hard left)
POG + EHX BS + HS (hard right)
The trick, I found, was to hold the head of the toothbrush and let the handle vibrate the string. Depending on how tightly I held the bristles and how the handle was angled (the embossed logo on the handle added another variable) greatly affected the vibrations.
Re: The sound of dental hygiene
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:42 pm
by dronemachine
Dude!Oral B drone
I do that same thing on guitar,BUT with that nose hair clippers (or whatever you'd call it) that you get 'free' with the regular mass produced hair cutting stuff package!There's a band from Holland,can't remember their name,and their guitarist uses a effin' dildo...I can't take that seriously,though,it's too funny to watch
But other similar non-musical devices are something I would recommend
P.S.
The track is fuckin' great ! I mean it !!!
It reminds me of my fave German band of all times, Faust...
Re: The sound of dental hygiene
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:49 pm
by Ghost Hip
We need to get this on the next batman soundtrack asap.
Re: The sound of dental hygiene
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:50 pm
by dronemachine
Re: The sound of dental hygiene
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:00 pm
by masked elwood
fun stuff!!!!
elweed
Re: The sound of dental hygiene
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:05 pm
by jrmy
C W Y wrote:Dude!Oral B drone
I do that same thing on guitar,BUT with that nose hair clippers (or whatever you'd call it) that you get 'free' with the regular mass produced hair cutting stuff package!There's a band from Holland,can't remember their name,and their guitarist uses a effin' dildo...I can't take that seriously,though,it's too funny to watch
But other similar non-musical devices are something I would recommend
P.S.
The track is fuckin' great ! I mean it !!!
It reminds me of my fave German band of all times, Faust...
Wow! Thanks! That is high praise indeed - Faust are the real deal! I've only heard bits of their stuff, but it is intense!
This was definitely fun to record, and my first time messing with motorized doohickeys. I know that there are a few people who have used dildos with their guitars - I think Adrian Belew has done that. And I'm pretty sure that Eddie Van Halen used a power drill on a track or two. I was surprised by how well the toothbrush worked right off the bat. I like the idea of using hair clippers, too! There's a women's razor being marketed in the U.S. right now that has clippers built in - I bet those would be a pretty cheap way to get the sound.
PumpkinPieces wrote:We need to get this on the next batman soundtrack asap.
Oh hellz yeah - maybe as the theme for The Scarecrow's return?
Re: The sound of dental hygiene
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:01 pm
by metalmariachi
Great track.
Gotta run off to CVS tonight.
MM
Re: The sound of dental hygiene
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:02 pm
by FuzzHugger
Ever run an electric drill near your pickups?
Something with magnetics or something makes the pickups go all crazy!
Re: The sound of dental hygiene
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:20 pm
by mathias
I've got one of those gillette mach5000 razors, the blades are too damn expensive, so I've got a vibrating handle.. hmm. viola. guitar dronez
Re: The sound of dental hygiene
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:32 pm
by veteransdaypoppy
Groovy, man! Oddly enough, Crank Heart by Xiu Xiu came on right at the end of yer dronin goodness and I thought that it was still your song for a hot second. I was two seconds from having an eargasm.
Re: The sound of dental hygiene
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 9:12 pm
by Chuckchuck
jrmy wrote:Now, this is probably old news, especially for you drone / noise folks, but manalive am I psyched that I stumbled across this one. Last week, my wife decided we needed new toothbrushes, so she bought us some of those Oral Bs that vibrate. Needless to say, it took me about 30 seconds to want to see how my toothbrush would sound vibrating my bass. I didn't have time to try it until today, but DAMN was that fun. I'm gonna try to incorporate this into one of my band's songs... but here's the whole two minutes for your amusement. There are about six tracks of bass (all droning on low E) on here - they go:
clean (stereo center)
Wolf Computer + Cherry Pop (approx. 30 degrees left)
WC, CP + Flanger Hoax (approx 30 deg. right)
B:assmaster (60 deg. left)
US, CP + EHX Bass Synth (60 deg. right)
EHX POG + Holy Stain (set on hall reverb) (hard left)
POG + EHX BS + HS (hard right)
The trick, I found, was to hold the head of the toothbrush and let the handle vibrate the string. Depending on how tightly I held the bristles and how the handle was angled (the embossed logo on the handle added another variable) greatly affected the vibrations.
I love it. Great solution for an alternative to using a vibrator or a drill like Van Halen--who wants to walk around with either of those. And more action than an e-bow.
Re: The sound of dental hygiene
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 9:23 pm
by UglyCasanova
Holy necrobump, Batman!
Re: The sound of dental hygiene
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 9:24 pm
by fcknoise
Don't mind this necro at all because jrmy is awesome and I didn't know about this
Re: The sound of dental hygiene
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 9:35 pm
by Chankgeez
Brandsmannen wrote: jrmy is awesome
