I couldn't believe these ads when I first found them. Mussehl & Westphal first ran these ads around 1924 in Popular Mechanics Magazine. In doing more research, I learned that cigar box uke player, Shelley Rickey wrote a whole blog about them. Rea
Read more…The plans feature a solid 5-string (!) mandolin made from a wooden cigar box. From the lost files of cigar box guitar history, we present these plans which were rediscovered by John "Reddog" McNair of Reddog Guitars. (Thanks again, Reddog!)
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Read more…So many Cigar Box Guitar builders have an affinity for cheap, trashy guitar tones. The snarling sounds of a Teisco Del Rey gold foil pickup, Domino Californian chrome or even the almighty Danelectro lipstick tube.
The guys at Drowning in Guitars w
Read more…I'm thinking how to make steampunk microphone.
I don't wanna use any plastic covers shells etc.
Tea ball mic looks great and steamy. Problem is tha it sound tinny and
high frequencies. Maybe if I make it right it don't sound ? This looks great but t
I bought old analog telephone.
I tried to make microphone from telephone speaker and mic.
Carbon mic was to noisy and quiet.
Speaker worked well untill I realized that open soledring between to cabels is bad.
I tried to fix the problem. Speaker uses
