 The instrument produces a very distinctive bass tone, the sound of which is often described as 'dark' or 'sinister'.The blaster beam was designed by John Lazelle in the early 1970s, and was first widely used by Francisco Lupica who built several out of iron.American child actor turned musician Craig Huxley created his own refined version of the beam out of aluminum which was brought to fame in the soundtrack for "" (1979) in which composer Jerry Goldsmith used the instrument to create the signature V'ger sound.