Motorcycle luthier

Motorcycle luthier

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Ezra Daly doesn’t buy instruments, he makes them out of motorcycle parts. UCBerkley news has a great story about Daly’s desire to create a slap bass and eventually engineering a Moto Guzzi gasoline tank to jam on. His site WreckandRoll.com has more information and some great photos. I want to learn how to play bass just so I would have a reason to buy this one, it even has headlights that flash to the beat.

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  1. 6 Crazy String Instruments — Music | Make: says:

    […] is not a ton of information on how this bass was constructed, but, being shaped similarly to a motorcycle, it’s definitely interesting. In […]

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