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The populace of Free Country, USA are quite musically talented, with several of them playing instruments. Marzipan and The Cheat are the most often portrayed as musically skilled, and along with Strong Mad they comprise the band Cool Tapes. In addition to Cool Tapes and Marzipan's solo work with her guitar Carol, Bubs and Strong Sad also have some instrumental skills, as well as the King of Town. Also, many of the King's servants have been seen with instruments in various bands.
Marzipan's Instruments
Guitar
Carol is Marzipan's guitar. In the Powered by The Cheat cartoons, she is called "Carl". She is modeled after a nylon-string classical/Spanish guitar. Carol features a drawing of a "Don't Tread on Me"-style snake from the American revolutionary war. Marzipan plays Carol in the band Cool Tapes with Strong Mad and The Cheat. However, the sound Carol makes in the song "Cool Tapes" is much more like that of an electric guitar with distortion.
Electric Guitar
In different town, Strong Bad wishes that Marzipan would rock, picturing her playing an electric guitar. The guitar resembles a skull, backbone, and several other bones. It is unknown if Marzipan has ever played an electric guitar, however as mentioned above it seems that Carol makes an electric guitar sound in the song "Cool Tapes".
Ukulele
The Ukulele is used by Marzipan to play Hawaiian music for her Luau. This is a more appropriate instrument than "Carol" to accompany Strong Sad's Polynesian prose. This instrument sports the letter "M", standing either for "Marzipan" or as the monogram of the instrument's own name.
Appearances:
- Debut: Audition With Marzipan
- The Luau
The Cheat's Instruments
Keyboard
The Cheat's keyboard is a Casio Sk-1 portable sampling keyboard. The Cheat has played the Strong Badia National Anthem, a background beat for Strong Bad's chart-topping hit "Song About Sibbie," and the acoustics for "Everybody Knows It" on it.
The Cheat's keyboard appears to have an extra key between E and F and two extra keys between B and C.
If Strong Bad had a band, The Cheat would play keyboards.
Appearances:
- Debut: Email flag day
- Email guitar (mentioned)
- Email sibbie
- Everybody Knows It
- Email pop-up
- Happy Hallow-day
DJ Equipment/Mixing
When The Cheat is on tour as DJ Teh C., he uses a set of DJ equipment, which seems to include a pair of single turntables. He most likely also has a mixer board, as he is able to make an Indie-Tronic remix out of The Geddup Noise, as well as a remix of "Not Talkin' 'bout Butter".
Appearances:
- Debut: Email geddup noise
Record Player
The Cheat's Record Player appeared in rampage when he was playing background music for Strong Bad and Coach Z when they were going on a lyrical rampage.
According to the DVD Commentary for rampage, this is based off of the Fisher Price Record Player toy that Matt had when he was a kid, and tried to bring to college. The real record player could play 33 to 45 RPM records and, according to Matt, could only play "slow stuff or jazz" or else "it just couldn't handle it."
Appearances:
- Debut: Email rampage
Drums
The Cheat plays a trap set in the band Cool Tapes. In Cool Things and Weclome Back he plays a drum set with a crash cymbal, hi-hat, floor tom, snare drum and bass drum. He has "Cool Tapes" written on his bass drum head.
Appearances:
- Debut: Cool Things
- Weclome Back
Strong Mad's Instruments
Electric Bass
Strong Mad's bass is an instrument that Strong Mad plays in the band Cool Tapes with Marzipan and The Cheat. The bass is black and has Strong Mad's intitials on the headstock. He uses a blue pick to play.
He was first seen playing the instrument in Cool Things as the band recorded their first Cool Tapes song. He later is seen playing it again in a topiary garden during the band's midwestern tour.
Appearances:
- guitar (mentioned)
- Debut: Cool Things
- Weclome Back
Bubs' Instruments
Keytar
Bubs' Keytar is based on a Yamaha SHS-10 FM digital keyboard, whose most common variation is red and features colored buttons. With low-quality sounds and a $100 price tag, it was practically a toy, but had professional features like MIDI out, pitch-bend, and a two-digit LED display to indicate patch/program changes.
The only significant difference between Bubs' keytar and a real SHS-10 is that Bubs' only has 24 keys, while the real one has 32.
The keytar debuted in the Strong Bad Email "cheatday." Bubs had it behind the couch in Strong Bad's basement so he could help supply the music for "The Date of Birth Song".
Appearances:
- Debut: Email cheatday
Strong Sad's Instruments
Guitar
Strong Sad owns a classical guitar that he plays in the email song for alternate universe. A drawing of Strong Sad playing a twelve-string guitar had previously appeared in the sketchbook. That guitar was held right-handed, and Strong Sad was seen writing right-handed in record book and Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon. Nevertheless, he plays this six-string guitar left-handed.
Appearances:
- Debut: Email alternate universe
The King of Town's Instruments
Guitar
As heard in "Not Talkin' 'bout Butter," and Missing Lappy, the King of Town plays "guitar, apparently!"
Appearances:
The Hornblower's Instruments
Buisine
The Hornblower plays the buisine, including in the K.O.T.H.S. Junior Varsity Marching Band..
Appearances:
- Debut: The King of Town DVD
- King of Town Main Page
- Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True
- Halloween Potion-ma-jig
- Fall Float Parade
Saxophone
The Hornblower plays a saxophone as part of All the King's Men!.
Appearances:
- Debut: Email senior prom
The Poopsmith's Instruments
Cymbals
The Poopsmith plays the cymbals in the K.O.T.H.S. Junior Varsity Marching Band.
Appearances:
- Debut: Fall Float Parade
The Knight's Instruments
Bass Drum
The Knight plays the bass drum in the K.O.T.H.S. Junior Varsity Marching Band.
Appearances:
- Debut: Fall Float Parade
Stand-up Bass
The Knight plays a stand up bass as part of All The King's Men!.
Appearances:
- Debut: Email senior prom
The Blacksmith's Instruments
Drums
The Blacksmith plays a small trap set as part of All The King's Men!. He appears to be left handed, since the snare drum is on the right hand side of the drum set.
Appearances:
- Debut: Email senior prom
Instruments played by Character Variations
Teenage
In the email highschool, the teenage versions of Homestar, Marzipan, Strong Mad, and Strong Bad play in a band. However, Strong Bad's admitted "doodle memory" could mean that these characters were not able to play these instruments.
- Homestar - Guitar (left handed)
- Marzipan - Tambourine
- Strong Mad - Drums
- Strong Bad - Keyboard
Old-Timey
Washboard
The Homestar Runner plays "a mean worshboard" (labeled "worsh it!") that Stinkoman assumes is some kind of robot in 20X6 vs. 1936. A washboard is a homemade instrument that is played with a mallet.
Instruments played by "Created Characters"
Teen Girl Squad
In Issue 8, the girls join a battle of the bands as Kissy Boots. Each of them plays an instrument in the band.
- Cheerleader - guitar
- So and So - keyboard
- What's Her Face - bass (left handed)
- The Ugly One - drums
Saddy Dumpington
Washboard
In A Folky Tale, Saddy Dumpington is seen carrying a mallet and wears a washboard around his neck, although he is never seen playing it.