I Made A Cassette Player Ukulele

[@Hainbach]

Bravo my friend!

[@tomhardcastle883]

This little triple cross over has made my week. More of this please.

[@Elektronijaenis]

I scrolled down just to see what Hainbach says.

[@Left-Earth]

I'm curious to know what the Magpie would do with the Casio EG-5. 🤔✨

[@MrGeoffashley]

Better crossover than Infinity War!!

[@Monkeyshaman]

To complete the cycle we'll need a banana plug tape deck on our desk by this time next week.

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

The loud click from hitting that record button definitely needs to be sampled and used as a drum sound.

[@4m4z1n-grace8]

Saved to sample playlist

[@spacey4216]

That sound is in every single foley sample pack to ever exist

[@_malfunction]

not too bad... the sound reminds me on chinese instruments... instantly thought of lofi 90´s "shaolin style" hip hop though

[@hammies.]

koto i think it is called :D

[@phillhelbig6924]

Yes ITS called Koto. And i thought about Shaolin Style AS wenn from the First Sound on. One of the best Car porn Songs ever

[@RoemDaug]

@@hammies. koto is Japanese, but it does sound pretty similar. I think it's closest to a shamisen personally, though that's also Japanese. The Chinese instrument you're thinking of is called a Guqin.

[@raavenstark5905]

Real name of this video: How To Boards Of Canada

[@xxxshowxxxstopperxxx]

I was wondering if he was going to mention boards

[@robguitarwizard]

Campfire Headphase!

[@eamoncournane]

NIN vibe too!

[@Aroncare]

How to aphex 😄

[@handssmelloh9173]

or bibio

[@seankelly5469]

Man, that high quality 80's plastic...

[@6or7breadsticks]

everyone else: "I bought..." Simon: "I made...!"

[@musicfromnothing8513]

Not quite everyone else.....

[@whiskyandsynths]

Ha ha yes

[@hugomm1915]

Me making my own wine while playing my own made guitar listening my own made music waiting to chill in my own made wench

[@LouisSerieusement]

I believe that with a 3tape heads cassette player you could hear the result real time !

[@Gmoyer11Tech]

The action is just slightly high

[@yoba6037]

lol

[@user-pi5xz5je4y]

Those are rookie numbers in this racket.

[@zebanon5]

Honestly, the maker was too, probably.

[@moonboogien8908]

He just needs to take it to a good ukedeck tech for a tune up. Lower the action a bit. I've got a guy....

[@iamsushi1056]

@@zebanon5 you must be either very new or an old regular to magpie creations, and I can't tell which.

[@dextrodemon]

me: "ah yes a lonely samurai on a bridge" simon: "ah yes a tv movie from the 90s about a literal dream girl coming to life"

[@stuartyeagley4227]

I always love the processes, but I actually loved the musical output here, too. Kind of enjoying the general format of the video, too. Just showing the process before doing any talking was a good way to draw me in

[@yoboisteven1741]

It smells like a soon to be recommended video in here.

[@DavidPerez-cx7hz]

You already know why I’m here then

[@NicStage]

When I see your name up in discord I try to imagine what you're up to. I'm glad it's stuff like this. Perfect Magpie entry into cassette-tar mini-trend. It really does make sense for a LMNC + Simon + Hainbach cassette-tar track to happen someday...

[@Vectar666]

Cassette player guitar lid next? ;D

[@pillbug2796]

Nice! Good thing about a screw-on neck is that you can shim it to adjust the string height. I'm a bit worried about the plastic case collapsing under the string tension, though.

[@CommanderMouse72]

Ukulele strings have barely any tension on them compared to a guitar

[@heftylad]

There isn't a whole lot of tension in uke strings tbh

[@iamsushi1056]

that ancient plastic is super strong compared with the tension. You could stand on one of those old tape recorders without the plastic collapsing

[@6pin66]

is there space that you could put a small pickup and then mod the tape deck into a tape delay ? probably not room inside for all that , but in a perfect world...... That track you made with it though , that came together wicked .

[@calvinrichards1663]

Oh my god that would be so cool in an acoustic guitar

[@maks9589]

your song really gave me Flying Lotus adult swim bump vibes, I LOVED IT

[@_dmfd]

I could boardslide up the neck of that thing with the action that high lmao

[@yrackaz8540]

Why do I feel like this guy knows what he’s doing and he’s improvising at the same time?

[@localhost4460]

This reminds me of vintage Beck [i.e. Golden Feelings and the like]. It sounds amazing :)! (Apologies of comparisons with artists an affront; meant purely as praise :) )

[@meatblazestudios3778]

If Beck sampled "Blurry" by A Puddle Of Mudd...

[@thewolfin]

10:54 Simon placing things needlessly close to the edge just to trigger people, love it.

[@DC-jj3pl]

very cool idea!, i love that you three play off of each other! you should record an album like the postal service did back in 2004, each do parts and fragments and send to the next one. then maybe have andrew huang mix it? also i bought a shirt from your store and love it! keep up the great work Simon you inspire a whole community!

[@gillasosaurus]

Skips to playing section: 2 more minutes of talking

[@SimonTheMagpie]

Dammit I’ll fix 😅

[@gillasosaurus]

@@SimonTheMagpie haha you're prompt! Sorry I wasn't trying to be a hater. Great work on the project, you really are talented!

[@gillasosaurus]

@@SimonTheMagpie liked and subscribed:)

[@bohanananza5443]

You should definitely try to figure out how to hook up a peizo to the speaker and have both recording and monitoring. That was awesome

[@VarionJimmy]

This gave me an idea: Tapeheads as guitarpickups!

[@Left-Earth]

🤯🎸

[@EddSjo]

I tried once but couldn't really get it to work. 🤔

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Not far from Les Paul using a record player tone arm (cartridge) as a pickup.

[@axl1555]

more like a lo-fiRe me up with one of this badboys pieces of gear hell yea do drugd

[@kevinr.3542]

Pretty nice! Although taking 30 seconds to tune the strings to actual notes might be worth the effort. Any notes. Just so it matches the keyboards and whatnot.

[@Left-Earth]

*Should we expect anything less from the Magpie Master.* 📼🎸 _I'm hoping_ *Hainbach* _sends that Casio EG-5 his way._

[@facurojas4477]

I love this, that's the highest action I've ever seen on an instrument

[@kinkynikk]

Haha, you must've never seen a badly set up Floyd Rose bridge then 😆

[@facurojas4477]

@@kinkynikk hahahahahahaha that must be high

[@uniworkhorse]

Oof, the plastic strings are a bit of a stretch literally, but I guess weaker strings are needed for the plastic build!

[@RetroPlus]

I see you've been inspired by the CASIO EG-5 that Hainbach and look mom no computer bought, very cool!

[@LibraAudioLaboratory]

Now the D6350 have a objective in his life. Transform it in a tape loop ukulele. P.S. Look out in future, for bad marzapane gear on the cassette transport. Is a common failure, on the Philips mid 80's tape deck / recorder.

[@hardwire666too]

Load in a cassette audio adapter and then connect the 3.4mm to a 6.35mm(1/4 inch) adapter and then plug it into an amp. BOOM! ELECTRIC CASSESTDECK UKE!!! Or plug it into whatever you want.

[@sampeterson11]

That’s fucking awesome!!! 😎 The sound is interstellar, and other worldly!! I LOVE it!! ❤️🌈 Wish I had one... really need to start making my own instruments like you do.

[@FoolishFlock]

i watch your videos all the time & could've sworn i was subscribed to your channel but it said i wasn't well i hit that subscribe button faster that a cheetah chasing it's prey! Lolz!!... 😉❤✌

[@crookedrain771]

Reminds me of the song Chromakey Dreamcoat from Boards Of Canada. 🔥. Love the workflow you got going. Insanely inspiring.

[@jrsronwell]

this is genius, when can i get one? lmao.

[@vladislavkin]

Люблю видео, где Саймон просто молча ковыряет говно, а в конце получается что то прикольное

[@M3_000]

Как Ваганыч но только с большим размахом идей и возможностей)0)

[@vladislavkin]

@@M3_000 я называю его шведским ваганычем

[@rtyprty]

this man just added that half time gross beat preset to his uke

[@wostmusic8482]

LMAO

[@greenerror9481]

THE CHOWSEN OANE !!!

[@mikeb4073]

Now all's you need to make is a cardboard box into a slick gig bag hard case for it. Couple latches and fabric. Maybe some thin plywood. Adjust the intonation, (move the bridge .. hint hint test at 12 n zero). Voltage kill or drop button on relay switch.

[@deviatedseptum748]

The distorted slowed down clips kinda sounded like something from an old PS1-styled horror game, or maybe a COD zombies lobby or something

[@visje1996]

Dude put [ASMR] in the titel and get twice the views!

[@Pauluz_The_Web_Gnome]

Putting your hand in an operating blender will create a new fresh sound to! Nah....that would be stupid! Really?

[@MrAdamGC]

Put the tape deck in record/pause mode and patch your amp into the headphone jack. You'll find that the live audio from the internal mike will now output through the headphone jack (but not the built-in speaker). Virtually all tape recorders do this trick, it's called 'monitor' mode. Now you have an electric uke.

[@kenbutler541]

Nice but not the first ...My good friend Bill Will from Portland made a small guitar from a cassette player in the early 80’s. I can find a photo if you’re interested....

[@facum1353]

How do you make it play in a loop in the same cassette player?

[@benjaminfowler4513]

Just a really short piece of tape probably

[@webmonkees]

Nice CPU.. Mayhaps next variation use a stereo cassette recorder and use the extra channel for circuit bending or a motor vibrating the tape.. or take 2 monos and you can guess the rest :P

[@MrNamaikisaru]

Ooooo you said it! Shots fired!

[@treil7276]

Claim your here before 10k ticket

[@doriansanders6748]

3:53 borat noises

[@alexjones4219]

Very nice!

[@plantedinpr886]

That thingy is nice and has a good sound. I would suggest taking it further and adding a second mic, a small amp and a small external speaker somewhere on the other side so you can hear it amplified while recording.

[@aden4921]

hey man i love your vids and your personality but if you add music in the background when your just talking about things. it would complete the video no hate just a suggestion❤️

[@KeksosDerGrosse]

cassette player kalimba would, actually, be a fantastic idea. provided that the record/rewind buttons are like shoulder pads on a gamepad - so you can keep on playing while using the rest of your hands to control the looping.

[@blahblahsen1142]

kinda sounds like one of those Japanese 3-string "banjos" only if it was depressed and the Quaaludes were just kicking in.

[@EXKRS00]

that "that was my solo..." sounded so depressing lmao 10:04

[@guerrillaradio9953]

Now put it on etsy for €5000, and I guarantee some rich hipster will buy it.

[@multi.instrumentalist]

“Watch our Casio, here I come!” lol

[@mingpowman76]

Early Black Moth Super Rainbow vibe

[@sigilvii]

Very cool! If there's any room inside, you could add a pick-up and wire it to the tape head. Then you'd have an electric uke that uses the tape player as a pre-amp and a mini amp.

[@GizzyDillespee]

10:55 you don't know what to do? Go back to 10:42 and loop it and rap like Beck maybe? It would be something to do, anyway...

[@DavidSGrop]

Ola Englund collab when tho?

[@kenny6920]

Sounds like when Les Claypool tried out for Metallica

[@DavidSGrop]

@@_DeadEnd_ Won't know until you try!

[@Linuxxl]

What if you used a pickup from an old electric guitar? Wire it to the input for recording and/or to the cassette player's speaker for direct output...

[@arghyadipojha5917]

Sounds like a cheap shamisen!! I am getting a nice Japanese lofi shamisen vibe!!!

[@tinfoilcat]

Put a switch on the erase head (or remove it if it is a permanent magnet) so you can do some sound-on-sound :O

[@czarrilla8153]

Black moth super rainbow my friend or tobacco have a listen to the album drippers or seefu lilac

[@ianhively1]

If you are doing tape based projects, turning them into distortion pedals/little amps is super easy.

[@GUMMYITALIAN]

Anyway you could wire an electric pickup to the sound input of the cassette player????

[@NoirEater]

I wanted to stay.. :c

[@raz_van__]

those first strings you plucked...straight wu-tang

[@h2o1969]

Once again, I did not think I was going to like this video, but you did something really cool.

[@SirMildredPierce]

Lol, Simon saw Mum's latest video and was like, OH YEAH, LOOK AT THIS MUM NO KOMPUTOR.

[@SirMildredPierce]

Oh wait, you said that in the video description.

[@michaelswiggart5673]

the distorted bass midi didn't really suit the vibe but the rest was gr8. Amazing build

[@ksln]

Ju crejzy swiid. Nevver stopp. :D

[@secretdegenerate]

I love it! Every vid I watch leaves me with so many questions! Keep up the great content!!

[@lilmoeszyslak2491]

Could you put the loop sample from the casettulele on your discord? I habe plans for that XD

[@ozohermozo]

Pretty cool but the string height seems borderline unplayable

[@BlitzieKun1292]

Never been first before.... but oh well, feels good man. Love the vids btw Simon.

[@xoxollin]

if i didnt know any better i might think this is some recently discovered bootleg boards of canada track lol

[@Lilmazzo]

this reminds me of the bunyip song from dot and the kangaroo. anyone know that film?

[@dutoitar]

'The Tallest Man on Earth' wants to know your location

[@astrobdw]

That particular model Philips cassette recorder is actually really nice, and fairly sought after - I have two of them. BUT: they are right now at the age where the plastic of those yellow gears is expiring; in both of mine the gears basically just disintegrated. Looking for a source for new ones. It was pretty painful to watch you mutilate a working one. :( But super cool anyway. :)

[@SimonTheMagpie]

Sorry 😅 I actually didnt consider it at all since it showed up in the trash. So someone made a big mistake then, haha. It still very much functions as intended and if I remove the uke it will just have a few holes which is just a cosmetic thing anyways. So its not thaaat bad 😆

[@Lilmazzo]

you should so try this with a guitar. i actually might try to replicate something similar to this if you don't mind

[@LeagueOfGaming1000]

The beat that you put together at 9 mins reminds me of Indy moguls builds for some reason

[@telumatramenti7250]

This was hilarious. I loved it. Subscribed.

[@spektrum8740]

Never gonna give you up

[@CaraAntimateria]

Lofilele

[@ralphhayward4713]

blur - 13 / beck odelay vibes, wicked!!

[@danfelmusic447]

SERCH FOR "EL EPITAFIO DE AIKILOS" YOUR MIND WILL BE BLOWN

[@everythingability]

Reminds me of avant garde 60s spy stuff...

[@JarlHJ]

I mean.. I would totally buy a casette player kalimba

[@chubbypapaya]

That action must be Oregonian because it's high as fuck

[@LifeInSpacePodcast]

This is something I think we all need 😉awesome stuff!

[@eli.muskett8645]

I subscribed and I’m getting a real pizza

[@Harry76_62]

Great video man! You could add more cassette cassette players to add more loops !

[@HelamanGile]

That snare just makes it sound steampunk XD

[@TomMilleyMusic]

At first I was like, the hell is the point of that? And now I want one

[@dionphil9479]

So I just found this channel so are you just the Casey neistat of musicians?

[@ThreePlyChord]

6:15 has the sound of old bluegrass era like O Brother where art thou. It honestly sounded better without all of the drum and bass tracks. I’d like to hear a whole song. Good job tho, new sub.

[@RootinrPootine]

It sounds even better recorded out of the speaker on the tape recorder.

[@jaderene]

This was an awesome video!!!!🤯🔥🙌🏽❤