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I am looking into buying a Theremin. Has anyone heard of this instrument? They are really really cool. I could try to explain, but you could just look it up on youtube.

I am thinking about buying a B3 theremin. Does anyone have one/ know someone who has one?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJYho56INKU

I really doubt you'll find many people with one of them

Good starting place. (http://instruments.search.ebay.com/theremin_Musical-Instruments_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQcatrefZC12QQfromZR40QQsacatZ619)

This gets my Badge of Deliberate Pretentiousness award.

That comes with 25 Wily Funbux!  Don't spend it all in one place!

Unless that place is my place.

$500 WFB will get you, and sit down for this, Abominator Brand Haggus Pops.  Of course, you can buy a myrid of other amazing Matrix/Mega Man products with your WFB, but we all know big spenders have the most fun.

This gets my Badge of Deliberate Pretentiousness award.

I love when this side shows.

Me too.

Seems like a pretty useless instrument to me, to be honest. I can't really figure out how it works at all from that video. It looks displaced in time, like an instrument you'd see in an old movie about the distant future of the year 2000 like Demolition Man or Blade Runner.

But whatever cranks your soulja boy, broseph.

It works kind of like a censor light on a toilet, to my understanding, only more complicated and not a light censor.

I bet I could make better musin with a toilet, too.

Only if you like the sound of FLUSH FLUSH *splash* FLUSH et al.

You forgot wet farts.

I was trying to remain relatively tasteful.

On this board?

On topic: I watched that chick from Octopus Project play one of these live once. Those things are very odd, but would be very fun on mushrooms.

What wouldn't be fun on mushrooms?

A bear.

Teddy, real, or just a hairy man?


... It would probably turn out the same either way.

Blade Runner.

Was a good movie though.

But yeah, that instrument seems pretty stupid to me.

I meant bad just 'cause it's one of those distant dystopian futures that never happened, the movie is good yeah.

Ew, electrophones. :[

Just play the tuba.

This is almost worse than buying an ocarina.

I know someone who has an ocarina but he had it before the Zelda game so he's cool. Although since high school I ignore him when I see him on the bus or whatever.

On this board?

On topic: I watched that chick from Octopus Project play one of these live once. Those things are very odd, but would be very fun on mushrooms.

Play with one when you're on enough acid that synesthesia kicks in. THEN you'll have a blast.

I really doubt you'll find many people with one of them

Good starting place. (http://instruments.search.ebay.com/theremin_Musical-Instruments_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQcatrefZC12QQfromZR40QQsacatZ619)

1. 2 of my friends have them.

2. Ebay is a HORRIBLE place for theremins. They are full of instruments that actually don't classify as theremins, because they have 1 antennae. Fake cheap non-musical theramins are easy to make and sell.

Holy crap.
I want one. I watched about 10 videos on it.

Play with one when you're on enough acid that synesthesia kicks in. THEN you'll have a blast.

Never been a big acid fan myself.

Holy crap.
I want one. I watched about 10 videos on it.

It's damn near impossible to play unless you have perfect pitch, be warned.

I don't have much for an ear in music....

Get drunk and wiggle your arms around it. You'll be aight.

I find that that works for most things.

When I first saw the title of the topic I thought it was some kind of new drug.

Maybe it is!

This gets my Badge of Deliberate Pretentiousness award.

This wasn't made to be pretentious. In it's time, it was extremely high tech. It was made in the early 20s.

Most things are made to be pretentious, it turns out that way.

Well I think that is sickeningly cynical and I strongly disagree.

Aren't made to be pretentious*

Ooooooh okay. In that case, I agree with you.