Stringed

  • Published Collections6

Collected by
Josh Spurling

The Ektara

The Ektara is one of the oldest Indian stringed instruments. The physical instrument has a limited range so it is used as a drone instrument by the folk singers of India.

  • Decent Sampler

Ornamental African Banjo

This pack endeavours to create a musical instrument out of a decorative piece that purports to be an instrument.

  • Decent Sampler

The Viking Log Lyre

The last and only log lyre in the world.

  • Decent Sampler

The Rubberband Box

I needed some big rubber bands one day. Noticed a suitable wood box I was in need of for my studio on the same trip to the store. Of course the kid in me raised his head and said these need to be combined. So it’s a box with a rubber band around it. I […]

  • Decent Sampler
  • Kontakt
  • SFZ

Deep Orient

A hybrid ethnic guitar instrument

  • Decent Sampler

Ukulele of Doom

If you play staccatos it is nice and clean... if you hold the notes it brings chaos!

  • Decent Sampler

Angelic Dobro

A Dobro guitar offering both sustains and plucks.

  • Decent Sampler
  • Kontakt

Lite Hammered Dulcimer

I sampled my 17/16 hammered dulcimer which I built.

  • Decent Sampler
  • Kontakt

Baritone Guitar

A Danelectro baritone guitar recorded in three different varieties.

  • Decent Sampler
  • Kontakt

Tsouras (Bouzouki)

A hand made baby bouzouki from Greece!

  • Decent Sampler
  • EXS24

Leolani Ukulele

Plucked strings sample from my Leolani Ukulele. This was recorded DI with no amp or effects added.

  • Decent Sampler

Zither

Several sets of a picked, plucked and hit zither.. and some extra's

  • Decent Sampler
  • EXS24

Toy Guitar

The sound of a very small toy guitar

  • Decent Sampler

The Kickstarter Risk – Hanago

A simple string instrument from Korea but with a twist, A Fretboard.

  • Decent Sampler

Gusli Perepyolochka

An original folk stringed musical instrument made in the USSR. It is called Gusli "Perepyolochka" (Dulcimer "Quail" in English interpretation).

  • Decent Sampler

Mexican Guitarron

Sounds of a Mexican Guitarron

  • Decent Sampler

Cymbalon

A sampled lap harp with 5 round robins and 4 velocity layers.

  • Decent Sampler

Banjo Ukulele (Banjolele)

An amazing "banjo ukulele" from a flea-market in Philly.

  • Decent Sampler
  • Kontakt
  • SFZ

Trembling Radiator

A Godin Radiator guitar very lightly sampled through a tremolo effect

  • Decent Sampler
  • Kontakt

Plucked Irish Banjo

This was a small project I did right after my neighbor lent me his 4 string banjo. I put it in Irish tuning and plucked the strings in 2-3 dynamic layers and 2 RRs about every minor 3rd. Have fun with it!

  • Decent Sampler
  • EXS24

The Vintage Japanese Mandolin

A Mandolin forgotten in an old antique store originating from Japan.

  • Decent Sampler

Dobro Slide

A vintage Gretsch Dobro.

  • Decent Sampler

Three Strings Domra

Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian folk string instrument

  • Decent Sampler

Cuatro Puertoriqueno

A handmade Puertorican folk Cuatro

  • Decent Sampler
  • EXS24

Cedar Box Instrument

Built entirely from scratch, an idiosyncratic stringed instrument, with a percussive, plucked sound...

  • Decent Sampler

The E-Ukulele

A small soprano ukulele was built from a cigar box

  • Decent Sampler
  • Kontakt

Dynamic Overtone Guitar

An acoustic guitar sample library that reacts to MIDI velocity by stacking harmonic overtones

  • Decent Sampler

Sufjanwho

A Canadian dulcimer through a reel to reel

  • Decent Sampler
  • Kontakt

Rare Hurdy Gurdy

Sampler realizado con dos simples sonidos de un Hurdy Gurdy

  • Decent Sampler

Slinky Violin

A violin recorded through a slinky for a hauntingly beautiful reverb.

  • Decent Sampler
  • Kontakt
  • SFZ