Here at DJWORX, we’re all about the scrappy underdog that looks at things differently to the rest of the DJ world. One such person is french DJ Viny Lourd Son, who decided that simply standing in front of his turntables and mixer wasn’t enough. No, for he wanted to walk around the stage, as if playing guitar… and thus the Scratchocaster was born.
But things have move on since the first incarnation of the turntable/mixer/guitar hybrid was shown on DJWORX. And in this video, you can see how things are progressing. The Scratchocaster MK2 is a much sleeker affair, having lost the mixer controls, incorporated more pads, and added something called a thumb fader. And it’s definitely still bang on the fretless fader trend too.
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To show of his new version, Viny Lourd Son has put out a new video. Paying homage to Rage Against The Machine, Viny is scratch-shredding their “Know Your Enemy” track. I hope that once the design is finished that Viny can get a little more animated like Angus Young or Pete Townshend with the Scratchocaster, obviously without the mindless destruction. A message to Viny — if you do go full Pete Townshend, might I suggest a cover of “Won’t Get Fooled Again”? ;)
This guy is amazing. I saw him in the last musikmesse with the old version of the “instrument”, he did not have a sponsor nor his own stand, but he used every corner to perform in front of anyone with a camera.
Thanks man, I really appreciate!
big up!! rock n rolll!!
The platter looks like the Denon SC3900
I think it’s the 3700.
As cool as this is, it really bothers me that pitch goes the opposite direction as a guitar (down the neck pitch should go up instead of down). Other than that really curious how he integrates the NanoPad especially the XY, and how his thumb fader works.
Still an amazing feat of custom gear engineering.
Thanks for your interest! Concerning the neck, that’s totally normal it works the opposite direction as a guitar: the high tones are much distant from eachother than low tones, so the distances between the frets is the opposite as for a guitar ;) + it’s better to have high speeds while your hand is far from the vinyl, a matter of feeling. But I know it could be disturbing when watching!
Glad to see him evolve the concept. Congrats!
Thank you very much for this nice article!
Wow! This concept has come along way from Ton Loc’s video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=0OP5EnaaYjQ
Although it looks kinda heavy he’s not moving freely …keep up the good work one day it might become main stream ready.
That’s when I will purchase one ;)
PS: check out how i converted my IDJPRO from Numark into a stage guitar DJ console.. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YL45TKJ-j6I
It’s ipad well secured? It will be a mesh if it goes flying to the floor!
Yes it’s very secure as long as your not doing any back flips .
But if your worried you can alway add a little piece of black duct tape to the IDJPro door.
sounds horrible