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Flaming Lips Guitar Hero mod
Flaming Lips Guitar Hero mod
Here’s a fun little suprise that showed up in a recent Flaming Lips interview. Frontman Wayne Coyne built this custom guitar rig out of a double-necked Epiphone. It has a neck from a Guitar Hero controller, which triggers a built in KORG Kaossilator touchpad synthesizer. Checkout the video ...
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Flaming Lips 'Chime In' for NBC | Music,  Television,  TV Biz | Hollywood Insider
Flaming Lips 'Chime In' for NBC | Music, Television, TV Biz | Hollywood Insider
hollywoodinsider.ew.com — Flaming_lips_chimes_l You may not know that the notes to NBC's famous chimes are G, E, and C,... but chances are you'd recognize the Peacock jingle in an instant. With that in mind, executives at the network decided to have some fun with their famous ... (more) Flaming Lips 'Chime In' for NBC | Music, Television,  ...
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The Flaming Lips' double-necked Guitar Hero guitar
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... comes in... Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne has built a Guitar Hero controller right into his double-necked guitar, using the five brightly colored buttons to control a built-in Korg Kaossilator synthesizer. You'll have to get through a rather sloppy vanity piece on some NBC jingle promotion to see it in action, but if you can get to 1:55 in this Entertainment Weekly piece, it's terribly neat. Wayne Coyne's Guitar Hero guitar [Hollywood Insider via Hack-A-Day]

Afternoon Linkage for October 28th, 2008
GEARFUSE — Afternoon Linkage for October 28th, 2008 By Vince Veneziani October 28, 2008 Comments (0) Filed under: Features I’m trying to think of a way to incorporate my Arduino into my Halloween costume. If you have any ideas, let me know in the comments! London is getting a 43 acre mall Turn your iPhone into a Game Boy The human chess piece That moon looks kind of angry… 2009 LEGO Pirates A fish blimp Check out this double-neck guitar that The Flaming Lips use Sidekick to G1 conversion Honey, can you get the ...

Wayne Coyne's guitar hero mash-up axe
MAKE Magazine — ... @ EW.com . His musical hardware mashup combines a Guitar Hero controller's neck and a KORG Kaossilator pad on a double-neck Epiphone electric body. As inspiration, he cites the game controller's acceptance as by today's kids as "how you play guitar now". Well if they watch this thing in use they're sure to be confused ;) [via Hack a Day] ...

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