Wait...You Actually CAN Make a Rubber Band Sound Good???
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (92589)
United States
December 16, 2024 1:14pm CST
It has been a long standing joke with me that if a guy really knows how to play guitar, he could play with rubber bands and make them sound good.
In my references I have mentioned guys like Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and countless others. "Give them a rubber band and I swear they could make them sing like nobody's business."
Of course, to me it was always just that. A joke. Could a guy actually play a rubber band and make it sound good even if he was a great guitar player? Would it ever actually be possible?
Apparently it is. Along comes this guy here in this video and forever solidifies that my joke is not a joke at all, but actually a truth.
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@porwest (92589)
• United States
16 Dec
@TheHorse This reminds me of a video a guy made where an entire Michael Jackson song was recorded using those spring door stopper thingies. Here you go. lol
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Can you play a guitar?@anya12adwi (9849)
• India
18 Dec
@porwest 
Woah!! That's great! You must have been the popular guy in your school or college!
Woah!! That's great! You must have been the popular guy in your school or college!1 person likes this
@porwest (92589)
• United States
11h
@anya12adwi I was never popular in school. I was the dork. I still am. lol That being said, I have shared many of my original songs and covers on here. I am sure I will do that in the future here as well.
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I'm sure you will enjoy it!
@much2say (56049)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Dec
Ha ha - no way! I guess it's possible as long as those rubber bands don't keep stretching to go off key. The guy certainly made it more than just "boing boing" sounding. As a kid, I think I had a teeny small toy guitar with rubber bands . . . sure didn't sound like that!
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@kaylachan (71763)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Dec
I've learned things are rarely impossible. You're just making the rubber band vibrate to produce a sound. To the right person, even that could sound good.
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@kaylachan (71763)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Dec
@porwest It might be tricky at first, but I'm sure you could.
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@porwest (92589)
• United States
18 Dec
@kaylachan I'd like to think I am somewhat talented, but of course I may be plagued with just a slight bit of bias. lol
@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Dec
Well that is one way to use rubber bands if you got nothing better to do,
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@porwest (92589)
• United States
16 Dec
I am SURE he discovered this during Covid. Then again, he has quite a large audience and makes part of his living on YouTube, so I guess he has an incentive to give things like this a go. He actually does quite a few interesting musical experiments. He's quite interesting, and also a rather accomplished musician and guitarist.
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