Instruments

This is a keyboard organ in a suitcase, includes 4 legs which screw in to the bottom and an on/off switch. Turn it on and a fan starts pumping a cool breeze across your fingers and you’re ready to go. It has a great sound – effectively it’s a harmonium without the bellows…

If a single thing could be said to define the ‘sound’ of The Deserters, that thing would surely be the Yobstick. So just what is a yobstick? In short it is a one-man rhythm section on a stick. There are 3 key features which have existed on all variations of the instrument…