Hey guys. Just finished my first resonator and I'm not happy with the sound.
1-it is very tin-y sounding... too much
2-Any abrasion or tap on the body is picked up... even my voice if I talk at the body or pickup.
The body is hand made with poplar
Read more…So I mentioned a while back I was going to work on a CBG with a built in amp/speaker.... and now it is DONE!
Bought a Fender 38w amp off craigslist a week back and it has some noise/buzz...
Amp on without a cord plugged in = silent as a mouse
Amp on with a cord plugged into it, but not into a guitar = low buzz noise. If I touch the ground on the cord it
Read more…I soldered up 2 "Little Gem" 1 watt amps and both have strange volume pots... I used all the components required and followed schematics exactly... I've made these before. This time the volume works fine at full volume, but when I turn it down a li
Read more…Hey all. I'm thinking of making a Humbucker pickup. Do I split the # of windings between the two separate pickeups? In other words, if I normally do 3000 windings, would I put 1500 on one of the humbucker pickups and 1500 on the other? So, for 4
Read more…Hey guys. Just finished my newest guitar and took some video while making it... turned it into a few "How To" videos I just put onto YouTube.
How to put together your electric components
I hope it
Read more…Just finished this one up for a coworker. We're in Richmond, Va and I happened to find a Richmond Va box. Neck and fret board are oak. Frewt markers on side of neck are used .22 shells.
Read more…I'm considering an electric guitar build with a built in amp and speaker right in the guitar. There will be no need to plug in... It will be a small 9-volt amp (about 1 watt). I'm thinking of 2 small speakers where sound holes would normally go...
Read more…Starting my next guitar. Will use the pickup I just made in this one.
I think the box is really nice....
I successfully peeled the inside paper off the lid. Guess what's going on the headstock...
Oak fret board in the works...
Thinking of using
Read more…Making another pickup... Below is my setup. The Fiskars hand drill is 3.5 to 1 ratio so 100 turns of the handle = 350 turns of the pickup.
I'm using nails for the metal part of the magnetic pickup and a flat rare earth magnet that will be glued to
Read more…Hi all. Been lurking here for some time. Lots of good info here, good discussion and good people. So thanks!
I've been building for about 9 months no. Have about a dozen or so under my belt. I started with the license plate guitar on Make dot
Read more…I read once (don't recall where) that the strings should be grounded on an electric guitar... why? and how?
Read more…Anyone do this? ...use an Altoid cover for a pickup cover?
I plan to ground the cover and put a flat pickup underneath it. Should allow me to keep the neck-thru as thick as possible... see below for photo of the flat pickup.
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