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David Mar Group: Members Posts: 457 Joined: Oct. 2001 Posted: Jan. 05 2006, 06:03 Mike Frye plays a vibro-slap in 'Incantations' - it's most famous use is when Blackadder had a cunning plan! There are a couple of good shots of Mike Frye playing it! Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Jan. 05 2006, 09:04 Is it the instrument heard hear in the sound sample: http://www.wonko.info/wOnKoBU....lap.wav ? -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

stevenmd779 Group: Members Posts: 248 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Jan. 05 2006, 16:05 Oh, that's one of those cogzjuckers. I've heard and seen those before; they're considered a precussion instrument. I've never known what they're called though. -------------- "A people who would sacrifice liberty for security will lose both, and deserve neither." Ben Franklin Boogs is fo' da chode man. Back to top

David Mar Group: Members Posts: 457 Joined: Oct. 2001 Posted: Jan. 06 2006, 05:47 Yes, that's the sound! You can see him using it in the DVD! Back to top

David Mar Group: Members Posts: 457 Joined: Oct. 2001 Posted: Jan. 06 2006, 05:49 I know this because info. because Chris Evans used to use the sound on his Radio 1 show and he said what it was!! Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Jan. 06 2006, 14:31 Yes, I know what this is... I didn't know, however, that it was a patented instrument by Latin Percussion. Oh well. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Jan. 06 2006, 15:04 From their site: " As with many other LP products, the Vibra-Slap was conceived as a dependable replacement for the original delicate rattling horse jawbone." Ah, for the good old days before the Vibra-Slap, when musicians would have to have a real live horse standing on the stage and have someone punch the horse in the jaw just right in order to get the needed sound effect. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

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