You've seen bits and pieces of this over the past few months. I won't say it is finished but I've learned to play it enough so I'm not completely embarrassed. Here's the Cello Bo. (Don't worry, I'll tell you what a Cello Bo is after the video.)
The
Read more…I just made my first guitar slide. It turned out way better than I expected.
I used ammonia vapors and salt. My first attempt was off the recipe, I thought I could do better than what the internet said to do. So I made a crusty salt water paste an
Read more…I've found the volume pot, that was tricky since this radio has volume and tone on the same shaft. But by measuring the resistance I could see it change on the "back" pot when I turned the volume knob, without power of course.
I can see 5 taps off th
Read more…I haven't built my first one yet, still waiting for a thing, but I have 3 boxes on my bench and 3 live cigar box auctions on ebay.
Help!!!!!
Read more…I'm working on my first amp and while drilling the 3/8" hole for the amp knob (and one for the effects knob) I split my lid!
I can fix this with glue and clamps, but I'm wondering if this was common and how to prevent it. I know one mistake was drill
Read more…So my parts arrived today, which is really surprising since I only ordered them yesterday, but hey, I live in the same state as CBGitty so it isn't that weird.
I've open the box and spread it out on my workbench, read the printed instructions and Fea
Read more…Hi everybody!
All my parts are ordered and shipped and I'm pretty excited about this. I was watching some videos and I'm wondering if I bought too strong a cigar box. I found this great looking one on ebay, hopefully I've attached the file.
And now I
Read more…Here's what I've come up with.
Notice how I put a nail through the "ball" at the end. I guess most people just drill through the wood and let the ball stop it, but notice how one of the ball is tiny, it was pulling through the wood! When I went to
I read a ton of the old threads about finishing the old boxes. I had just cut a 3" hole out of an old box for the 3" speaker and I thought, hey, I can do the test. Here it is:
The circle has 3 coats of tung oil, applied with a paper towel in proba
I'm building the CBGitty amp and the psycho box and both use 9V batteries for power. I'm not a big fan of that, primarily because I'll need to keep running out to get some.
What about those rechargeable USB bricks? I have tons of them, big and small,
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