OK...I did some searches, but was unable to come up with anything.

Is there any reason why a cigar box amp kit from C.B. Gitty could not be combined with a piezo and a speaker in the same cigar box to have a 9V-powered fully self-contained stomp box?

Thank you CBN!

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  • Elsewhere among these annuals of wisdom I recall some sage remarks about CBG with built-in amps having an awful time with feedback.  The reason Pignose and Goldfish guitars don't is that they are a solid body with mag pups.  No resonance chamber and no 'mic' effects.

    With a CBG, even a mag pup could feedback on a built in amp because the resonance chamber and soundboard can respond to the amp speaker and shake the strings.

    for a stomp-box you could get the same problem, the speaker resonating the interior to the lid where the pizeo is attached. 

    BUT if you put the amp/speaker part in a soundproof partitioned off part of the box that doesn't touch the "stomp" surface you could be on to something.

    something like a very tall box that has room to mount the speaker/amp in the side wall AND allow you to surround it with 3/4" plywood and lined with felt and not touch the lid you are stomping, perhaps a build-your-own box?

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