Matt Nolan Custom : Bowed Gongs quickie

I'll go into actual detail on how to bow gongs when I finally do my long-promised "Bat-Head Gongs" video. In the mean-time, here's just an exploration of some bowed gong sounds using 3 of my hand-forged gongs.

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[jamalshookup]

Thanks for the video. Those are some awesome sounds you're getting out of your gongs.

The bat-wingged gongs sound gorgeous. They look as if they're paper thin near the edges, just like a real bat's wing. How long does it take for you to hammer a wing that way? And, wouldn't it get more brittle, the thinner you hammer it?

I'm in Seattle, WA; I'll look for your gongs in the States.

[MattNolanCustom]

@jamalshookup They are thin right from the beginning. The most hammering is in forming the spines / ridges.

[mistahmaxi]

How do you lathe you cymbals?

[MattNolanCustom]

@mistahmaxi err, with a cymbal lathe - see my other video...

[toskoramone]

is that a german bass bow?

[MattNolanCustom]

@toskoramone I can't remember. It is a bass bow, not a cello or violin bow.

[Mp5Drummer]

I got chills from this. Could sample those sounds for some dark ambient music!

[AusProM]

@NickyXDrums who gives a flying fuck about a7x

[valerianTriangle]

I want them all. :)

[jamalshookup]

Beautiful and brilliant!

[JohnLRice]

Love your creations!!!!! :-)

[kennydinoboy]

Wow... I should express the use of the bow more frequently in my composition...

[108246]

@AusProM since they make better music than you could imagine some people do give a fuck about them.

[RedeyeSPR]

That is one creepy sounding instrument.

[TheHeeheehaha]

1:50 almost sounds like an electric guitar with reverb or overdrive or somethin' like that. We had to do this in Machu Picchu for our band last year and we couldn't get enough of it!