instrument-a-day 16: guitar marxophone (marxotar)
February 18th, 2010
As I said before, I love the sound of the obsolete Marxophone, but they're expensive on ebay. I made this guitar-marxophone with hex nuts glued to street-sweeper bristles stapled to a chunk of wood. The marxotar straps to the guitar's tailpiece and strap button with zipties, and can be attached and removed without any damage to the guitar.
Despite my unpracticed fumbling with the guitar marxophone and Open D tuning, I think this thing has a lot of promise. Hey manufacturers! You can have the idea, but I want credit and some free product! (Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if someone else has already had the same idea.)
A new handmade instrument each day in February 2010 photoblog
2 Comments Add your own
1. Max | December 4th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Hey! I want to make a Banjo version of this, think you could help me out?
2. k | April 24th, 2011 at 6:41 pm
Hey just saw Fleet Foxes on Jools Holland with your marxotar attachment!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b010q1pd/Later…_with_Jools_Holland_Series_38_Episode_3/
you see it on their second song.
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