More Cowbell! Making the World's Most Important Musical Instrument from Scratch

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  • čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
  • In this video knife maker Walter Sorrells takes a break from making sharp pointy things and builds a cowbell from scratch. Okay, so cowbells are not exactly the world's most important musical instrument. But it's a pretty fun project. And when you're done, you can make an amazing amount of noise. Which your neighbors will love.
    Video about making an LP cowbell: • LP | Cowbell Factory Tour
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Komentáře • 92

  • @coady-wp3xf
    @coady-wp3xf Před 4 lety +17

    Grinder and paint make me the welder I ain't !

  • @Aminuts2009
    @Aminuts2009 Před 4 lety +9

    I gotta fever, and the only prescription is more cow bell!

  • @EncikAlee
    @EncikAlee Před 4 lety +7

    Wow. didnt expect that 😁

  • @egbluesuede1220
    @egbluesuede1220 Před 4 lety +2

    Aside from having a little fun making something so different, I appreciated your point about just trying to make something. I think that gets lost on people far too often. Nice job!

  • @TheBcrug
    @TheBcrug Před 8 měsíci

    My kind of welding, the grinder makes me the welder I ain't! Jack of all trades is what I made my living at. Like your videos!

  • @joelaut12
    @joelaut12 Před 4 lety

    Another fine video! What a pleasure! Thanks

  • @chrisj4570g
    @chrisj4570g Před 4 lety +1

    Wait. THIS is what my Patron support is funding? THATS AWESOME!🤣 MORE COWBELL.

  • @joeshmoe7967
    @joeshmoe7967 Před 8 měsíci

    Excellent demo song choice!!!!

  • @williamlivingstone4326
    @williamlivingstone4326 Před 4 lety +1

    Your commentary is hilarious and spot on!!! Nice build and music skill! Really a jack of all trades!

  • @brysonalden5414
    @brysonalden5414 Před 4 lety +1

    You brought a smile to an otherwise rather bleak Friday afternoon! Thank you!

  • @mikestewartakastewie5685

    Walter!!! Dude!!! Excellent!!! What’s kinda funny is I’m a drummer... for a really long time... and started forging and making knives because it’s a really BITCHEN hobby and craft... you were one of the first people I saw on CZcams!!! Now I get to work at Kelly Vella’s shop... I live near her... have become friends with so many makers... Jeremy @ simplelittlelife, and Ekim knives... and so many more great people!!! Thank you so much for sharing!! 2gunstewie

  • @glennwiebe5128
    @glennwiebe5128 Před 4 lety

    A true rock band. In this case a one man rock band. Thanks Walter!

  • @42icee
    @42icee Před 4 lety

    Speechless....love it!!

  • @FarmsteadForge
    @FarmsteadForge Před rokem

    Fun video to watch, thanks Walter!

  • @kenmckittrick7876
    @kenmckittrick7876 Před 4 lety

    Thank you for going where else others phear to go and add MORE COWBELL.

  • @andrewsmith1520
    @andrewsmith1520 Před 4 lety

    Great video! I love when you go off the reservation and apply what you do to something completely not knife related.

  • @treygrubbs2550
    @treygrubbs2550 Před 4 lety +1

    I was really expecting "Don't Fear the Reaper". But the bell came out great.

    • @paulshermet535
      @paulshermet535 Před 4 lety

      Listened to it, Try "Are you Experienced" by Jimmy Hendrix.

    • @treygrubbs2550
      @treygrubbs2550 Před 4 lety

      @@paulshermet535 That's a great song too. But Reaper was the song in the SNL skit.

  • @tylerkrug7719
    @tylerkrug7719 Před 4 lety

    Sweet instruments!

  • @haroldparker2614
    @haroldparker2614 Před 4 lety

    Enjoyed your little jam there . Didn't know you were a musician let alone a multi instrumentalist. Being a retired professional musician of over twenty five years, we are music brothers !

  • @AdamsCoastalKitchen
    @AdamsCoastalKitchen Před 4 lety

    Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for making these videos. I haven't tried to make a knife yet, but you make the information very accessible and it feels so much less daunting to undertake

  • @larrybud
    @larrybud Před 4 lety

    no doubt that paper or whiteboard designs are best for small projects!

  • @bhoiiii
    @bhoiiii Před 4 lety +2

    Hardened steel would likely have more highs. Have you ever dropped a hardened piece of metal and noticed the “ting”?

  • @DIYGene
    @DIYGene Před 4 lety

    That was a really fun video! More cowbell!

  • @wumarNart
    @wumarNart Před 4 lety +1

    We found a new intro music for your videos.

  • @ddn784
    @ddn784 Před 4 lety

    Impressive!

  • @Donorcyclist
    @Donorcyclist Před 4 lety

    That welding made my heart hurt. Think of the children, Walter! Hahaha! Thanks for another great video!

  • @BCVS777
    @BCVS777 Před 4 lety

    I had no idea that is what you wanted a cowbell for. Who knew?!

  • @Keith_the_knife_freak
    @Keith_the_knife_freak Před 4 lety +1

    Wow. When you going on tour ?? 🤣🤣

  • @jamesbarisitz4794
    @jamesbarisitz4794 Před 4 lety

    Great skills in all departments Walter 👍

  • @thebrainard
    @thebrainard Před 4 lety

    heard it live .. great sounding cowbell ... i want more

  • @wandervanhoucke4331
    @wandervanhoucke4331 Před 4 lety

    Nice montage at the end:)

  • @64t120r
    @64t120r Před 4 lety

    Tactical cowbells! Hahaha! Good one.

  • @zekezeka2397
    @zekezeka2397 Před 4 lety

    You're a lotta fun, dude👍 I love these videos😃

  • @davidmcaninch4714
    @davidmcaninch4714 Před 7 měsíci

    *GUESS WHAT?!?!?!?! I GOT A FEVER AND THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION IS MORE COWBELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

  • @maxprophet2401
    @maxprophet2401 Před 4 lety

    Now Your Messin' With A Cowbell/Bladesmith

  • @timreid9556
    @timreid9556 Před 4 lety

    This was a great non knife video

  • @veteranironoutdoors8320

    Don’t know if it’s already been said, but flux core needs to be run DC negative on the electrode.

  • @jimmelnyk7506
    @jimmelnyk7506 Před 4 lety

    Preview for the latest release from the "Knife's Edge" band.

  • @jaydubya7012
    @jaydubya7012 Před 4 lety

    Hail state !!!

  • @tedmattingly7564
    @tedmattingly7564 Před 4 lety

    I know you said you really don't weld, but good gosh, those welds make me want to make you a cowbell just so you won't have to look at those welds anymore LOL

  • @guffe46
    @guffe46 Před 4 lety

    This was awesome! Love it

  • @jmiles25
    @jmiles25 Před 4 lety

    Loved it!

  • @David-dq2hu
    @David-dq2hu Před 4 lety +4

    Does it rain everyday where you live. i have been watching your videos for 2 years and almost every video has rain in the background. :)

    • @XtremeKremaTor
      @XtremeKremaTor Před 4 lety

      Must be not so great Britain if it rains constantly

    • @tylerkrug7719
      @tylerkrug7719 Před 4 lety

      @@XtremeKremaTor I live in wa state, it rains just about every day, except for 2 months during the summer, lol

    • @kassiog.6595
      @kassiog.6595 Před 4 lety

      @@XtremeKremaTor Since when rain is bad? Where i live, the happiness of many is the rain on their crops

  • @maknifeandrods7701
    @maknifeandrods7701 Před 4 lety

    for the life of me I could not figure out why such a large hanger. I forgot about using it on a drum set. is there anything else you can do we need to know about.

  • @shawnmatthewpyper
    @shawnmatthewpyper Před 4 lety +1

    Walter says AAAH a band of me!!

  • @johnviera3884
    @johnviera3884 Před 3 lety

    Look up JCR Percussion Bronx New York. The Platinum Standard of cowbells.

  • @ahvavee
    @ahvavee Před 4 lety

    The samurai sword of cowbells as far as im concerned. 🤘

  • @thereallevel27
    @thereallevel27 Před 4 lety

    Nice chops Walt

  • @chadhutchins646
    @chadhutchins646 Před 4 lety

    🤘🏻🤘🏻 “Now you’re messing with a”

  • @Adam-b8i
    @Adam-b8i Před 4 lety

    Love the song selection at the end. Lol.

  • @poppopscarvinshop
    @poppopscarvinshop Před 4 lety

    Welcome My Brother to The Family of Drummers!!
    My Band Director at North Cobb called us Percussionists, "The Concussionists" or "The Dummers".
    Take a listen to " Thomas Lang" here on CZcams. WOW!
    I've been playing since 1974 and it's been a Wonderful, Life Long Companion!
    Super Job on The Cowbell!
    Thanks Much!

  • @MrRogsmart
    @MrRogsmart Před 4 lety

    Love it Walter. : )

  • @ionlyownone1911
    @ionlyownone1911 Před 4 lety

    Walter , by far the most entertaining video . But question , I wonder if you made the exact same cowbell out of carbon steel and hardened it if it would produce a different sound ?

    • @CraigLYoung
      @CraigLYoung Před 4 lety

      ionlyownone1911 : That's a good question!

  • @MrBucidart
    @MrBucidart Před 4 lety

    Dang it!!!! Now I need to find my 8 track player and the Nazareth tape.

  • @riversdudley4650
    @riversdudley4650 Před 4 lety

    More cowbell!!

  • @jackreeves3001
    @jackreeves3001 Před 4 lety

    If you can't have fun every once in a while you may as well have an office job!

  • @ECL88
    @ECL88 Před 3 lety

    Hello friend, could you tell me the thickness of the sheet or sheet? thanks greetings from Argentina

  • @arondennis4810
    @arondennis4810 Před 4 lety

    Nazareth. ....good choice!

  • @mbraun777
    @mbraun777 Před 4 lety

    The song sounds great but it needs more cowbell! Maybe give Will Ferrell a call.

  • @aslob9321
    @aslob9321 Před 4 lety

    Sorry but this is one of your funniest videos Ever!

  • @RAkers-tu1ey
    @RAkers-tu1ey Před 4 lety

    ... next, Walter forges a mixing console out of bailing wire, a 1968 Philco television set....

  • @ChatBot1337
    @ChatBot1337 Před 4 lety

    Just fill it with water 'til you get that Mississippi Queen pitch. 😁🤔🙄

  • @BrunoWiebelt
    @BrunoWiebelt Před 4 lety

    that was friday fun!

  • @spellenerrer6648
    @spellenerrer6648 Před 4 lety

    This guy can make anything. Very impressive channel. Walter do you read the comments?

  • @paulshermet535
    @paulshermet535 Před 4 lety

    Jimmy Hendrix "Are You Experienced" has a wicked cow bell. No, I never took drugs back then cause reality is for those who couldn't handle drugs. Love Blues/Metal songs. Led Zeppelin also,

  • @chartle1
    @chartle1 Před 4 lety +1

    2:10 for half a second I thought this was the Alec Steele Channel. :)

    • @shawnmatthewpyper
      @shawnmatthewpyper Před 4 lety +2

      nope it didn't come in 97 million parts

    • @chartle1
      @chartle1 Před 4 lety +1

      @@shawnmatthewpyper like a damascus steel cowbell. :)

    • @shawnmatthewpyper
      @shawnmatthewpyper Před 4 lety

      @@chartle1 forge welded pattern steel lol Alec gets it wrong all the time I don't blame you lol But yes I know what you mean. He would make something like that, with stones set in it.

    • @chartle1
      @chartle1 Před 4 lety

      @@shawnmatthewpyper note I only watch forging I do not do it.
      But yes everything that Alec does is "Damascus Steel"* but also I picked that point because Alec also sort of blunders into projects.
      Oh and the stone thing he started when he loved to the US. :)
      * Doesn't Walter have a video on this "naming" issue?

    • @shawnmatthewpyper
      @shawnmatthewpyper Před 4 lety

      @@chartle1 I was pointing out that Damascus steel is a special steel that comes from Damascus. He makes forge welded pattern steel. I am a knife maker.
      With an exception to that I like his stuff.

  • @nicjgoss7069
    @nicjgoss7069 Před 4 lety

    you should watch rdavidr if your into building drum stuff

  • @myownspiritlevel
    @myownspiritlevel Před 4 lety

    There's really no excuse for you to be as bad a welder as you are. Watch some videos from welding dot com. Make cursive letter e's and drag that molten pool of metal along the seam. It just takes some practice. I do thank you for bringing to mind a rock group from the '70s that lay dormant in my memory banks for 45 years.

  • @thebridgeninja
    @thebridgeninja Před 4 lety

    That was fun! Btw you have too many guitars

  • @Alanbataar
    @Alanbataar Před 4 lety

    Somebody has a guitar problem. :)
    Also, pat yourself on the back for winding up with two "C" shapes, not a "C" and and "S".

  • @wild_willy_from_twin_city4526

    Thought this was going to be a Mississippi State thingie,.....

    • @WalterSorrellsBlades
      @WalterSorrellsBlades  Před 4 lety

      Well, if it's any consolation, my son actually attends Mississippi State.

  • @agentcovert
    @agentcovert Před 4 lety

    Lol

  • @nopal87
    @nopal87 Před 4 lety

    Watching this on aprils fools...

  • @MrActiveDown
    @MrActiveDown Před 4 lety

    Guys, how much do you think his wife hates him now?

  • @maxprophet2401
    @maxprophet2401 Před 4 lety

    last

  • @mbraun777
    @mbraun777 Před 4 lety

    The song sounds great but it needs more cowbell! Maybe give Will Ferrell a call.