Hacked instruments compete

posted Mar 23rd 2009 11:54am by Caleb Kraft
filed under: misc hacks

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The first annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition proved to be a very interesting place to be as hacked musical instruments competed for $10,000 in prizes. 60 people applied and 25 were chosen to show off their hacked together, strange, and whimsical instruments. There were all kinds of creations, from keyboard controlled motor cycle engines to tongue controlled synthesizers. We can’t imagine trying to pick some kind of a winner from the bunch this diverse.

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Posted at 1:43 pm on Mar 23rd, 2009 by n00bert

Why write that? I like the motorcycle engine keyboard awesome. Wish there was video.

Posted at 1:55 pm on Mar 23rd, 2009 by ho0d0o

Follow the link to the wired article for videos. Several of the instruments have a video and an audio clip. look toward the right hand edge of the screen, below the description.

Posted at 2:33 pm on Mar 23rd, 2009 by Caleb Kraft

almost all of them sound like crap but they are pretty neat

Posted at 3:22 pm on Mar 23rd, 2009 by drew

The 4 string guitar was good.

Posted at 5:16 pm on Mar 23rd, 2009 by BigD145