I decided to try and build a ruby amp as my first build, but i encountered a problem. In the schematic for the ruby, theres a wire that's labeled "in" that goes to the first pin in the transistor and I thought that meant the positive from the input
Read more…LM317 12v regulated power supply, built in. Wall wart would be easier but would spoil the vintage look. Any foreseeable need for grounding?
Read more…Hi everyone, Just getting started in the world of Cigar Box Guitars and have had a few boxes donated by a friend and I have one that will make a good guitar and possibly one that may make a decent little amp cabinet. Going to start rounding up the
Read more…After building the "One Puff" all tube cigar box combo amp I started thinking about a more compact and powerful design. I came up with a new design called the "Smoke Screen". It is louder, cheaper and easier to build. Since this amp only uses one
Read more…this thing was a nightmare ! metal amp : http://tinyurl.com/4lv6ur5 http://tinyurl.com/494bfju
Read more…episode one , amp one , part one :
part two :
this first one is really long , you may want to pack a lunch .
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Xam amp part one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chMDTjOvOyY
part two :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09fO4fqxMeE
Read more…Hello,
I am going to try and build a keg amp. I have never even thought of making an amp before, so does anybody have any suggestions on material I might need?
Thank you
Read more…I have a 4" speaker I would like to make a nice little TUBE amp out of. But...It's my first amp build. I don't know if tubes will be more difficult than solid state. I'm looking for volume and overdrive as the controls, but tone and reverb would be n
Read more…the chassis is a cigar box , ACID , by Drew Estate , they seem to pretty popular , for an 8 dollar cigar . i guess they have 2 sizes , this is the larger box , i have a few of the smaller box's . i actually offered to give one of these smaller box's
Read more…after i blew up a very small pcb from an old early 80's karoake , i was feelin pretty weepy (see other thread) . so to make myself feel a lil better i slapped this new one together , learning a few things in the process .
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Hey all new here. I just ordered my CBG kit from cb gitty and am gearing up to build the amp. My question is.....is the lm386n-4 really that much better than the n-3 chip? (ie whats the difference between the n-3 @ 12vdc vs the n-4 @12 vdc.) Will the
Read more…yesterday got this pc speaker thing from salvation army for a buck , it was like a flat panel speaker , 12 volt input , line in , speaker / headphone out . did some tests on it and tonight i installed it into my home made cigar box guitar . [img]htt
Read more…Hello, I've begun to build a bass drum out of a suitcase that I'll be using in my one-man band schtick and was wondering if anyone else out there has built a similar instrument.
If so, please share any tips or tricks you may have, and I'll gladly sh
Read more…My Regular Guitar amp doesn't have two inputs so I'm gonna build an amp for my soon to be finished stompbox. I need a schematic for something that is simple. Just and input and volume. But... I need it to have some good bass, mainly because I have a
Read more…i had this karoake machine for 20 years , my lil bro had rescued it from the dumpster . we had used it on this tiny island for around a half a dozen jam sessions .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEIlyhvGU5Q
the volume pot got trashed , prolly in
Read more…I just built 2 ruby like amps, lm386 based. Both are the same. One works fine with any guitar. The other works every time with an electric guitar(mag pickups) and worked at first with my piezo cbgs, now it works with one and not the other, then switc
Read more…found this 8" speaker, it was in a boom-box/subwoofer, just wondering if it will work ok if i use it in an amp i'm going to build, and it's a 2-channel, with 4-connection's to it, do i just jump the lead's from 1 set to the other,
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