Get My Gourd -- song for Gourdtar, a DIY gourd lap steel

on cd: http://michael.futreal.com/devil

Many moons ago, with the help of one of my grad school professors and his well-equipped shop, I built the gourdtar from a gigantic gourd I found at the NC Farmer's Market. It's a 3 string lap steel guitar, basically -- usually tuned CGc.

Recently, I added a pickup. Here's what it sounds like, in full arrangement.

The other odd guitar sound, particularly noticeable in the 2nd half of the song, is a Mellotron guitar via the MTron VST. The organ sound comes from the excellent freeware ZR-3 VSTi.

See a few more pics and hear a few more gourdtar samples at http://michael.futreal.com/gourdtar

Category:

Music

Tags:

• gourdtar
• lap
• steel
• blues
• diy
• instrument
• homemade
• mellotron

[actron]

You play it quite well. I was expecting something too avant or something, but this seems to be something anyone could listen to and enjoy.

[BuckoFutreal]

Thanks, actron! This one's on the new cd, Devil's Stomping Ground, along with another piece that features the gourdtar: "How the Horses Do Fly."

[nanjingdu29]

yeahh super ça sonne très Texas!! 5 *****

[BuckoFutreal]

Merci!

[Lazaro3140]

SO AMAZINGGGGGGGGG



[Guitarbque]

VERY COOL !!!!!!!

[DrummerCoCa]

That's incredible, I love the sound and look of it.

I want to make some kind of small guitar-like instrument soon.

Great job!

[sdabestani]

this is art

[BuckoFutreal]

Thanks a lot, Robert!

[RobertSHilton]

I should have read your write-up first. I see that you did make it.

Great job.