Julian Koster

Julian has been seen playing a Vox Phantom in the early days of Neutral Milk Hotel

Julian uses a red fender p-bass usually with fuzz effects on it, and usually plays fingerstyle. The bass has a sticker of a snowflake and a reindeer on it.

Julian plays this red fingerstlye precision bass, ususally with fuzz effects. The bass has a sticker of a snowflake and a reindeer on it.

He also plays this toy piano.

He uses the Magnus Chord Organ on a lot of his songs.

Jeff Mangum – vocals, guitar, organ, floor tom, bowed fuzz bass, tapes, shortwave radio, art direction Jeremy Barnes – drums, organ Julian Koster – Wandering Genie, the singing saw, bowed banjo, accordion, white noise Scott Spillane – trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn, euphonium, horn arrangements Robert Schneider – home organ, air organ, fuzz bass, harmony vocals, one-note piano, horn arrangements Laura Carter – zanzithophone Rick Benjamin – trombone Marisa Bissinger – saxophone, flugelhorn James Guyatt – percussion Michelle Anderson – Uilleann pipes Chris Bilheimer – art direction Brian Dewan – illustrations

recorded with:1930's RCA mic

"I play a Mussehl & Westphal tenor saw... and have found it to be the best sounding saw that offers a full range (2½ octaves or so). I also have some sweet sounding old carpentry saws that all have great distinctive voices, though a more limited range."

One of the banjos he uses.

His current banjo.