...And I play very few of them it feels like.
First of, I love my violin. And I'm not going to post a picture of him here, but I have some other pictures of violins that make up for it. One of the things I have recently taking a liking to is electric violins. I play violin in a Jazz Combo (slightly strange, I know) and I had difficulty playing over the brass and the amped guitars. And the school had a few electric violins, so I tried them out- I loved them. They weren't easy to get used to at first, but I eventually caught on. I started off playing a four sting, but due to other people needing it, I discovered a five string. :) Getting it tuned took a while, because it needed an allen wretch. The 5-string electric violin is a Zeta, and they don't make them anymore sadly.
But as for really cool looking electric violins, I found these (Ted Brewer):
These 5-string Vivo's are a more modern looking type; it's electric, so I guess that's modern enough. They are transparent, which is exciting. I think lighting can be involved with these, but I'm not sure how.
This is a crossbow- looks more elegant than the Vivo in my opinion.
I don't believe this is a Ted Brewer violin, and I'm not sure about it's make, but it shows how artistic (or detailed) you can get with customized instruments.
Currently, I share a traditional Chinese violin, called an Erhu, with one of my friends. She is much better at it then I am. We bought it when we where in a China Town, and our room mates for the week had to listen to us play it until 2am one night. This is not our instrument, but it's what it looks like. :)
It's basically an A and a D string. And you play it on your lap with the bow in between the two strings, so doing lifts is almost impossible. I'm pretty sure the first thing we attempted to play on the Erhu, by ear, was Lady Gaga's Bad Romance. There's a guy on Youtube that did a pretty good job of it, and that's where we got the idea.
While I'm on the topic of Chinese instruments, I also really want a GuZheng (Chinese Zither), which is similar to the Japanese Koto, but with more strings. I always thought Kotos where cool, but for some reason, I am now drawn to the GuZheng. Maybe it's the style of music, but I can't be sure.
This one is really gorgeous, and I really like the purple-ish tint. Unfortunately, a Guzheng is a lot more expensive than an Erhu.
As far as Guitars go, I play two acoustics (though one is probably too small for me) and one electric. It's your basic Fender Strat, and it isn't the nicest one either. But, at this moment it works for me.
But if I had to get any guitar, I would want an ESP hands down. Especially after seeing Die's (Dir en Grey) custom guitars, and Kaoru's too. I would be curious to know what the Edward's signature models feel like, and even what the real deal is like, but I doubt that will ever happen. It probably has something to do with Die being my idol that made like this instrument. But I think it's only a part of why. I really looked around in terms of shapes and I came up with little styles that I liked as much. And of course, looks are only part of an instrument. Some would argue differently, but if you're already expressing yourself through the sounds the instrument makes, you may as well add some visuals.
The D-DR-300 is probably my favorite out of all Die's electric guitars. :) I decided to leave my guitar and amp at my dad's house for the summer. Sad Day. But I do have an acoustic here, too!
Last year, we moved out of a house that had a piano. Previously, we didn't pay much for it, because it came with the house. But then it came time for us to move out. We tried to move it, but again we had the same trouble moving it as the last owners did. And we left it for the people who where next in line. Maybe it just didn't want to leave... It was out of tune anyway. I would really like to replace it some day, or buy a keyboard, because of the lack of space in our new house for a piano. Thankfully, the school has pianos if I ever get really desperate.
I tried to pre-order Dir en Grey's Different Sense the other day. I had enough money to get the CD and pay about ten dollars shipping at the most, but shipping was even more than ten dollars. So, unless I wanted to wait a month to get it, I would have to wait until I got payed, after the single comes out. Which is fine. :) Because it came out on the 22nd in Japan, it really came out on the 21st here, in the US. Yes, I have heard it. And Yes, I will buy it! The guitar solo is amazing, and I have already heard a great cover of it as well. I am really looking forward to this album in August!
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