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[@blidrob]

You can get a mahogany wood Kalimba on eBay for 8 bucks, if you want to experiment.

[@fabianvanderelst9643]

That's incredible! I might actually buy one for the funzzz when it's so low priced lol

[@kevycoldcuts]

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[@ButlerOfTheC]

Oh my god! We had one of those hammer screwdriver things when I was little. I've literally never seen another one before today. It's weird how many memories can be attached to a little gold hammer.

[@skaterocker666]

Quinn Collins Same here! Although mine was covered in some sort of floral pattern.

[@ThirteenPastMidnight]

I had one too when I was a kid! I had forgotten all about it, but the memories came flooding back. Now, I must find another!

[@ericrankin4165]

I have one! Picked it up when I was a kid at the local flee market where I grew up.

[@kevycoldcuts]

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[@Walton1776]

Make an electric triangle

[@justmyllty]

The way he cut the box open gave me anxiety.

[@sharp_swf]

Time to start a petition to teach Simon to cut away from himself

[@kevycoldcuts]

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[@rileypaterson7117]

Damn dude the music you made with that was perfect to go along with these shrooms 😂

[@stulora3172]

man, it's good to see there is still normal people out there. Thanks for giving me hope!

[@chemicalBR0]

some really nice sounds in this, you convinced me to order a kalimba. I meant to buy one ages ago after seeing heinbach using one but never got round to it (I'm gonna put it through mutable clouds which will no doubt sound great) you can buy them with a pickup already fitted . (and it's not much more expensive than one without the pickup) edit: an update, DON'T buy one with a pickup already fitted :) I took mine apart (because even through an amp at full volume nothing was coming out) the piezo mics in the thing were terrible quality. (3 little things about 1/2 inch across) so In the end I had to DIY it with a better quality mic.

[@injra9929]

Sick af endless possibilities to chop, splice, loop... lush soundscapes. Shit even post eq, iso the high freq’s, gate and get some toned hats type shit🤘

[@foundatlantis]

electric kalimbas sales up 500% on ebay now lol

[@thecallofthevoids]

Amazing the sounds you got out of that thing is incredible. Probably my most favorite one so far !

[@XDFreakLP]

Regarding piezo polarity: you dont have to pay any attention to it since the input of all amplifiers will have a capacitor in series to decouple or block the DC of the signal ;)

[@magicfrog7831]

This guy is literally insane, I love it

[@thejawbreakersbandofficial4243]

Wow this guy and lookmumnocomputer should be best buds. They would make weird music together. And take on the universe.

[@DewtehDew]

Jeffrey Zewen They did do a collaboration video with other youtubers for Thomann, showing off/trying to destroy the roli keys midi controller.

[@rogerbaxter1695]

You are dangerous with that knife. LMAO

[@gastonmacmillan4849]

very fun DIY! Double sided tape (carpet tape) is great for all kinds of stuff.

[@joshuaconnor9012]

So sick you would have no idea That box is making that 🔥!!!

[@VorsichtFalle]

the holes are for some kind of wah-wah effect :)

[@MissRandomComment]

I just can't get enough of the chaotic goodness in these videos

[@vandal214]

love zoning out to your vids man

[@ubsurd0729]

You're supposed to tune it with hammer, by smacking the top of the metal piece

[@karigisla]

this was like his 600th kalimba at the time, he knows.

[@oschea6735]

I dont typically do things like cut my instruments open and try to configure new electrical components into them.. ive been doing it all wrong this whole time smh..... seriously though can you provide a link for where u get your piezo pick ups

[@aerodigital]

Your shirt is fire. Always on point with expression.

[@pythonhd4169]

Ok. Couple o things. a) you posted this on my birthday. b) I am looking for intro/outro/background/dontknowyet music for my channel. c) well.… Thank you, that's so kind! You shouldn't have! Ohhh, you are such a good comrade! Thanks, man!!

[@burntumber]

make a Kalimba out of a small reverb tank with a spring inside.

[@KevinLopez-xc7sl]

This band The Voidz uses a Kalimba in a song Father Electricity, the guitarist mic'd his up tho, and he has it running through a Critter Guitari. Sounds really cool live and in the actual song!

[@spurioustransients]

I had a go at something very similar last year, although my kalimba wasn't as nice as yours, it was a cheap Chinese kit. I ran into the exact same problems that you had: the thickness of the wood where I wanted to mount my output jack (I ended up drilling a wider hole and using a tube style output which filled the gap nicely) and also I had to cut a hole into the back so as to get the pickup inside. On my finished article I found there was far too much handling noise being picked up when amplified. I realise you can turn this to your advantage and use the kalimba percussively, but it wasn't really what I wanted. I really want to experiment with a solidbody kalimba with magnetic guitar pickup(s) beneath the tines, although getting the right kind of pickup (or pickups) of the required dimension to fit neatly beneath the whole width could be a problem. (Might be worth looking at pickups designed for 5 or 6 string bass).

[@JohnDoe-xx8yw]

If you can find them, I'd recommend probably using a blade style pickup made for an extended range guitar or bass. Since the poles of your standard pickups are lain out to correlate with the strings on the instrument, using a pole style pickup won't pick up each tine as evenly. Blade style pickups have a single magnet going from one end of the pickup to the other, used mostly for consistency in bending when it comes to guitars, but I think it could work. Finding an extended range blade pickup may be difficult, though. May just have to use multiple, but I dunno

[@dillipphunbar7924]

that russian doll hammer is brilliant!...love the sound of kalimbas in the morning

[@RC-oj7br]

Drilling into the back of that beautiful instrument made me cringe but it sounded amazing with the effects. I might actually try this.

[@75hilmar]

1:37 HAHAHAAAAAHAHA PRICELESS

[@murraycaithness527]

This shit all sounds like like the start of a Shlohmo song and I like it.

[@artyomdonka]

I'm curios if the standard guitar pick up will work too.

[@artyomdonka]

works :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpDLY6OlgrCCr8k

[@SearchfortheMeaning]

Cool as fuck! I used a guitar pick up to do this but it was a sticky pick up that worked ok but left my making a very dirty with gum form the p/u. I like you Mr Magpie.

[@lunargarden]

Damn, I didn't know that these are this cheap, I found a few even with pick ups installed. I have one made from coconut, so it's a bit harder to get inside of it and it has less keys too (not really stable ones lol). Thanks man, I think it's time to upgrade :)

[@cristosanto815]

Just my personal opinion One of your best diy shit so far! I love your channel Do u play live somewhere?

[@aphexon.]

Super Monte sadly he just play dead.

[@cristosanto815]

@@aphexon. hahaha what do you mean?

[@maxxrosen]

"Registered" trademark

[@chrisliddiard725]

Before anyone tries this, you can already get Electric Kalimbas with built in microphne and an audio jack for output. The real innovation will come with midi Kalimba with reassignable scales and ranges.

[@Casenoodles1]

Minecraft cave noises!

[@escre]

Piezo mic/speakers are the tits. Kalimba might be my favourite instrumental use so far, because it takes an "okay" instrument to a whole new level even without effects really.

[@victorpires3895]

Love your creativity to do music and sounds!!!!

[@tonizamboni7362]

this is nice for a first time DIY piezo experiment

[@hotmeal8531]

Sounds just like music from spore!

[@Shrimpy08]

Very epic

[@kozyg8116]

You might have been able to cut a slit the thickness of the contact mic and slide it in, instead of big hole

[@michaelterry1447]

Very ethereal super kewl!

[@Yourname942]

the delayed sound from 0:02 - 0:04 reminds me of the Water Temple from Ocarina of Time (N64)

[@TristanPSterling]

I have a hammer almost exactly like the screwdriver hammer thing, but mine is a ball peen

[@wqltero5521]

the intro sounds like the spore soundtrack

[@covidcityrockers2146]

Dope visor, where can I get one?

[@philippebackprotips]

Same kind of sounds as LoomII in a way. Love them.

[@DJ_Cthulhu]

The hammer is for tuning it. 🙄

[@SCWood]

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄smh people and their lack of kalimba knowledge🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@vaporwaves6154]

Smh I agree

[@skunklungz]

thanks for letting us sample😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@flaviomangione1752]

Very cool, what specific effects pedals are you using?

[@corygoff9996]

The future is now

[@JTHelectronics]

get yourself a countersink bit, wouldve been perfect for that jack install

[@brwhyon]

Hey Simon, I recently made contact with my headphones to the stock of my up plugged Jazzmaster and loved the sound, I am thinking of attaching a Piezo pickup on the headstock and running a parallel signal into my volume pedal in front of my signal chain. Thoughts ? If anyone can give me advice on this matter I believe it is you.

[@luca__3044]

think the sound maybe got a little weaker, cuz of the hole in the back xD.. but still verry cool idea!👌 .. that hammer tho 😯

[@portwain]

You could just buy a version with a jack output in the same store.

[@reggiep75]

5:05 - Drilling a glory hole in a kalimba.

[@docnova]

I have two of those Russian doll screwdriver hammers exactly like that. I always thought one of my dads friends had machined them for him. Guess not.

[@reggiep75]

THAT hammer/screwdriver device is something my girlfriend needs cos she can never find the right screwdriver.

[@ThePunkasaurusrex]

what pedals u used in this video?

[@markwhitmoremusic]

When I unboxed my kalimba the first thing I did was hit it the hammer, just like you lol

[@stupidlynamed]

Lit

[@tyler1234321]

I think the "R" is for registered trademark.

[@robotixlab]

What pedals are you using?

[@kev7221]

blue ones a montreal assembly count to 5, middle ones a earthquaker afterneath, one with the pink on it i believe is the dr scientist bitquest

[@w3stoner]

What is the 5th knob on your Count to 5? Did you mod it?

[@luvlylester25]

The R means registered trademark

[@CarpeDiem23]

Is it possible to turn synthesizer into guitar pedal?!?

[@Loestus]

Yo what are the pedals you ran it through??

[@brushee2593]

Loestus I’m curious about that also :o

[@OsbornIOW]

I bought a kalimba with pick up already installed

[@FrancescoCorrias]

Hi Simon, where you buy the piezos?

[@GuitarzanPete]

ya I was just looking for some as well and can't seem to find 50mm piezos

[@absurdistcat]

eBay

[@TheManInMyHead]

Good ol' musical pewdiepie at it again

[@CyberCreeper22]

2:13 sounds like someone spaming the crowbar in halflife or gmod

[@KelBShobra]

Reminds me of pillow talking by lil Dicky or Inebriated by Chris webby

[@MediumHalf]

Reminds me a bit of Lemme Freak (Lil Dicky)

[@n0xin]

I am more interested in that shirt Mr Magpie... Can I has shirt? Will gib u $$

[@sleepingchildhood5640]

weed

[@rickc2102]

oui'd

[@skylarpotter5049]

Lol love it

[@oreo51]

yo magpie, electric santour pls

[@fritzskrivvens8727]

Hmmmm... Got me eyeballing my lyre.........

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

"Tidy" :)

[@thebookishscientist]

Good quality link in description😂

[@emmarossignol4445]

Where do you get your Piezo mics??

[@Lalaland.001]

dhgate, aliexpress, alibaba or ebay.

[@RetroPlus]

You can get them for very very cheap on eBay, I recommend you buy at least 10

[@simangdiaries]

You remind me of general admiral alladin 🤣🤣

[@FunnFoto]

The reason the pick is in the end of the box is so you can lay it flat. Putting it on the back is poor design. you could have just cut it in half and glue it back.

[@YhanuMusic]

Pung

[@TeTe76VTheChiken]

Is not DIY

[@Dev__Z]

Ganduuu choda

[@angelam6066]

Cringe worthy. I wonder if Gecko regrets sending you their Kalimba.

[@kennethjanczak4900]

just go home and stay there.. your trying to imitate sam battle but no succes... so go home and stay there

[@leonard.dicaprio]

Sadece beğeni almak için yaptığın saçma davranışlarına, tahammül edemedim.

[@MiguelAngelMoro]

I've seen and played films and videogames with worse music/ambient track than that...even with shitty youtube audio 🤓🎵🎛🤘