Not for the squeamish.

Who do you turn to, when you absolutely, positively need to turn up the bass?

Danley Sound Labs. DSL created the Matterhorn - the most massively powerful sub ever created.

It was born out of a military request and is housed in a 20′ x 8′ x 8′ shipping container. 40 drivers, 40 kwatts of self powered and built-in generator to boot.

Just WTF is the military doing with a massive subwoofer?

Fact Sheet

Here is a partial list of the parts that were used in the construction of the Matternhom:

• 40 - Subwoofers
• 40 - 1,000 Watt amplifiers
• 1 - 20’ x 8’ x 8’ Cargo container
• 53 - Sheets 4′ x 8′ 18mm 13 ply Baltic Birch plywood
• 645′ - 3″ x 3″ 1/4″ angle iron
• 23′ - 4″ x 4″ square steel tubing
• 39′ - 1″ x 1″ X 1/4″ angle iron
• 23 lbs - .030 welding wire
• 95 - Tubes of heavy duty construction adhesive
• 1100’ - 12 Gauge speaker cable
• Approx. 5000 mechanical fasteners (1/4″and 3/8″)
• screws and bolts
• $200 worth drill bits
• Tools that broke down during construction
• 2 drills,1 grinder,1 portable band saw

It’s WTF Friday at Axehole, and you know what that means - we’ve dug up something spectacularly stupid from the world of music to share with you!

Wei-Lieh Lee and Kevin O’Callaghan are the designers behind the dog-jacket iPod dock, a doggy jacket which converts your pup into a mobile boombox. It’s got tiny, underpowered speakers on each side of the jacket, sure to deliver high-frequency torment to your dog, and a remote built into the leash.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals should be all over this. Fortunately for dogs, the dog-jacket iPod dock is still just a design concept….

It’s been a long time since we’ve posted a WTF Friday item at Axehole, but we think this new music gadget deserves it.

iHome has released something we never knew that we needed - an iPod dock for your bike.

Yes - now you can have music shooting out of your sweaty crotch as you enjoy the pristine beauty of nature.

If that sounds like fun to you, here are the specs:

• Listen to your iPod at home or while biking anywhere
• Charges your iPod when connected to AC adaptor(included)
• Works with docking iPod models
• Reson8 technology with passive speaker for full, rich sound
• Mounted wireless RF remote control for safer control while biking
• Comes with mounting bracket and all hardware
• Bike mounted remote control for safe riding
• Tough water and impact-resistant polycarbonate case

It’s Friday, and you know what that means at Axehole - sex, drugs, rock and roll and maybe even some Jesus and air guitar.

This week, we came across a promotional video from the eighties for the Stepp Guitar Synthesizer. The Stepp was a really interesting, powerful MIDI instrument. It had 12 “strings” - 6 neck strings and 6 strum strings. It has a whammy bar, which doesn’t move the strings; instead it sends a Pitch bend controller message. It also has two assignable rotary MIDI controls assignable. It also had two control pedals, and LCD display and programming controls on the guitar body.

Most impressive, though, was that this was a guitar synth that actually worked, doing things that most of todays guitarists still just dream of.

Unfortunately, the Stepp guitar didn’t sell well and disappeared into obscurity. We think this video may be the reason why:

Note: “You’ve even got the freedom to create your own WEIRD sounds!”

If you have any more info on the Stepp guitar, let me know!