Bass zither with springs for strings
Posted 10/28/2021
This strange instrument was inspired by a conversation Kris and I
had about Blixa Bargeld's spring drum.
It uses strat pickups wired in series (was in parallel and hooked
up with alligator clips for the original demo video, wiring was
altered later, there will be an update later) for picking up the
springs.
The springs were some 5" springs I got off the shelf at a local
industrial surplus store. They are wrapped around duplex nails
(double headed nails) at either end, and are tuned by changing the
length of each element at the nail(tension only slightly changes
pitch).
It is very overtoney.