Tesla coil guitar amp

Posted by John Brownlee, August 6, 2008 10:19 AM | permalink

It may not sound that great, but I'm a big fan of any technology that allows arcs of electricity to shoot between the amplifier and the guitar during a bitching Metallica solo.

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#1 posted by Anonymous , August 6, 2008 10:26 AM

Or you can have the Tesla coil BE the instrument:

http://www.hauntedfrog.com/gt/movies/2007/duckon/SingingTeslaShow.html

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#2 posted by Anonymous , August 6, 2008 10:29 AM

Or you can have the Tesla coil BE the instrument:

http://www.hauntedfrog.com/gt/movies/2007/duckon/SingingTeslaShow.html

Oops, just watched the video...same thing, different controller I guess. Still pretty rad.

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#3 posted by License Farm

, August 6, 2008 11:03 AM

Ride tha muthafuckin' LIGHTNING!

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#4 posted by Gary61 , August 6, 2008 11:33 AM

He's chicken - why didn't he move CLOSER??? I abso-f*ckin-lutely LOVE the smell of fried guitarist in the morning ....

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#5 posted by DeuceMojo , August 6, 2008 12:30 PM

Gary61: Agreed, especially if it's Jack White.

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#6 posted by Gary61 , August 6, 2008 12:47 PM

Jack White 'plays' guitar? Is that what the kids are calling it now?
(and his sister, what's-her-name, 'Off White'??)

I know Jack Black plays guitar ....

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#7 posted by Vinylsaurus , August 6, 2008 2:40 PM

You guys are aware Jack White shows off a Tesla coil in COFFEE AND CIGARETTES? (he doesn't play guitar next to it though).

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#8 posted by Gary61 , August 6, 2008 3:18 PM

I say let's get Jack White and Jack Black to compete in 'Celebrity Air Guitar', we can sell the idea to Fox and make MILLIONS .... millions, I tell ya .....

and I bet Jack Black wins.
Or maybe Jack Gray will win.

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#9 posted by Anonymous , August 6, 2008 6:51 PM

Sounds more like Ministry than Metalica. And I'm still waiting for someone to wire one up to a vocoder, so we can have talking Tesla coils. Steven Hawking would definitely need to upgrade to some sort of lightning throwing monster robot body at that point.