Members piano39 Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 One of my duties as husband is to accompany my wife on the occasional trip to Wal-Mart. Believe me, I have mixed feelings about this. Anyways, I was killing time looking at their MusicalInstrument shelf- Clarinets, acoustic guitars, etc all with the "First Act" brand name. My local Wal-Mart was blowing out the dulcimers for $20 (regularly $59). I bought one. Definitely worth it. Fairly easy for a keyboard player to grok. Can't wait to mike it and patch it into my Micron, delay pedals, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Umbra Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 occasional trip to Wal-Mart. Believe me, I have mixed feelings about this. Just say no or go somewhere else, that's what I would do anyway. Walmart here is like walking into a trailer park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WhinyLittleRunt Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 Our walmart here doesn't even sell instruments. Target does, though. Our walmart is like crossing the mexican border... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FatBaron Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 Nevermind, wrong thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rylos Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 First Act = Instrument Shaped Objects. If you find the dulcimer is fun, go get a real one as fast as you can. That brand is designed to frustrate the beginning musician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MartinHines Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 Here is their website:http://www.firstact.com/ Their background section states: First Act Inc., based in Boston, MA, is a pioneer and leader in musical products and programs distributed in the mass merchant, toy, and club channels. They even have an online store:http://first-act.stores.yahoo.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crawling Wind Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 I have a dulcimer - really enjoy it. Very nice to have no electricity involved. I tune mine all weird, and try to get beat frequencies happpening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members setAI Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 got a zither from wal-mart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Diametro Posted July 1, 2006 Members Share Posted July 1, 2006 Originally posted by setAI got a zither from wal-mart Then next time, wash your hands and don't touch your face ... ... and hold your lunch! bacillophobia, noun: a fear of microbes, germs Etymology: bacilli `bacterial cells' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FatBaron Posted July 2, 2006 Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 Originally posted by Umbra Just say no or go somewhere else, that's what I would do anyway. Walmart here is like walking into a trailer park. It's kind of hard to not go to Super Wal*Mart when you live right across the street from one and the closest grocery store is 2 miles in each direction (after the one right next to it shut down because of lost business): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members piano39 Posted July 2, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 2, 2006 First Act = Instrument Shaped Objects. oh, boy. First of all,I am a keyboard player. I do not want to become a fulltime dulcimer player. I realize that there are better instruments out there. But for $20??? the whole point of my thread is that this is a real bargain. Some of the best recordings that I ever made include bits of real accordion ($50 ebay), melodeon (free), Casio MT-68 ($25) and a variety of percussion junk (mostly free to $10). You process this stuff with plug-ins and f/x boxes and they can add a lot of real flavor to a song, especially when everything else is electronic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FroggyOne2 Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Originally posted by piano39 oh, boy.First of all,I am a keyboard player. I do not want to become a fulltime dulcimer player. I realize that there are better instruments out there.But for $20??? the whole point of my thread is that this is a real bargain. Some of the best recordings that I ever made include bits of real accordion ($50 ebay), melodeon (free), Casio MT-68 ($25) and a variety of percussion junk (mostly free to $10). You process this stuff with plug-ins and f/x boxes and they can add a lot of real flavor to a song, especially when everything else is electronic. I have to say that he has a point.. when it comes to being original.. sometimes you gotta think out side of the box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShakaCthulu Posted July 4, 2006 Members Share Posted July 4, 2006 Thanks for the 411, I'll be on the lookout as I love this type of stuff. Don't have a dulcimer, but have a bitchin' toy piano, slide flute, Casio sk1/mt/etc, several types of kalimbas, autoharp, dumbek, talking drum, ocarina, much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShakaCthulu Posted July 4, 2006 Members Share Posted July 4, 2006 I also want to get one of those dinky kid's starter drum kits...any recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members electricfish Posted August 6, 2006 Members Share Posted August 6, 2006 I hate shopping at walmart for all the right reasons, but I still do it occasionally. I got one of those dulcimers too. Great fun little instrument. I also got the First Act ME501 solidbody electric guitar. I've got Fenders and Gibsons etc, but I still give props to the 1st Act - especially for the $89 I got it for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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