OK guys. I need a bit of mad experiment know how and ideas..
Has anyone made any bowed instruments?
I would like to make a cello type instrument and about the only thing I know about all this is that at the basic level the string curvature is quite
Read more…Normally I wire a piezo to a 1/4inch jack and canjo is electrified. now I'm trying to figure a way to amplify a spring inside a canjo with a piezo to create a reverb effect. Is a piezo a microphone? I believe it's a vibration or contact microphone so
Read more…I've been trying figure out how to simulate distortion effect FOR MY ACOUSTIC CIGAR BOX GUITAR--without electrifying it! Any thoughts, beyond creating cracks in the wood?
Read more…Got a cool looking old wooden box and attempted to make it into a stompbox. I experimented with a piezo taped underneath the top and amped it up. Sounded crap. Just a short hard tapping sound. I'm wondering how I can get it to sound deeper and with s
Read more…Any body have a clue why I get this loud squealing feedback through the amp when I try to turn up the volume? It is not corrected by moving further from the amp. This is a piezo pickup mounted to the underside of the lid.
Read more…I got to play with a Floyd rose the other day and it was incredible. I need to be able to build some kind of tremolo bridges. I know I could buy them, but I know I don't have to explain why I want a way to make them. I've seen a few whammy bars on b
Read more…First off about the only thing I really know about electronics is Ohm's Law. I was sick as hell yesterday, fever dreams and the whole bit, people who go out in public when sick with stuff like that should be publicly flogged. But in one of those drea
Read more…Hello friends! I have finished my newest build, but am running into grounding issues. It's a basic setup with vol and tone pots with a hot wound (12 ohm) humbucker in the neck position. I have resoldered it three times using two different jacks and t
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Here's an archive of various Schematics and Wiring diagrams helpful to builders of homemade instruments. Don't see what you need? Just ask.
This section might not be up to date, check my album Wiring Diagrams & Schematics where every diagram I've
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Here ya go, let me know if I missed anything. Have questions? Just ask!
CB Gitty Crafter Supplies: Fretting supplies and fretting guide
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Harbor Freight Flush Cut Saw $8.99, great for fret slo
Read more…For nut and saddle slotting I first start the slot with an Exacto Saw ($3.79)
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Read more…anyone ever try this ? you get an old telephone pick-up , the one with the suction cup , or you could use a mag guitar PU as well . then you hook that up to a recording device . when you place the "mic" on various electronic devices , odd sounds are
Read more…I was just wondering. 1/4 jacks are kinda pricey? And would it be cool to make your own pick up and wire it to a outlet plug in the box, and then have a 2 prong plug go to your cbg to your amp. This would be kinda cool for a diddley bow or something
Read more…just built a four string lap steel cos i cant find a box yet for my cbg,22 1/2in from bridge to nut using four middle strings and pick up from an old strat copy any body got any tips for tuning the dam thing
Read more…I once saw someone with a stick loosely covered in beer bottle caps that rattled when they banged it on the floor. I'm thinking of building a stomp box and want to include something that gives a loud rattle when I stomp my foot. Wondering how I could
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