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OT or not? Wal-mart dulcimers $20


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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.

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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.

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Originally posted by setAI

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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):

 

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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