AGP #413 - “$2.20 Scruffy”1 String Fretless Cigar Box Diddley BowScale: 587mm/23⅛ inches. String: .036NW. Tuned C.Another Mystery Cedar Cigar Box from unsure origins, the Neck is recycled Meranti, the Fretboard is recycled Pine, a Piano Tuner Pin was used for the Machine Head, and the .7k Pickup is one of those Wall Wart/Power Adaptors, that was sort of popular a few years back, as the name suggests, no expense was spared in the construction of this Scruffy Little Critter, if nothing else it was an exercise to prove, that you don’t have to spend a lot of money, or make them a thing of beauty, to make a noise.:-D
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Dave, there are quite a few Vid's on Utube, who do a far better job of explaining of what they're all about, than what I could do, if you type in wall wart guitar pickup, you will see some, very similar to the link below.
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Dave, there are quite a few Vid's on Utube, who do a far better job of explaining of what they're all about, than what I could do, if you type in wall wart guitar pickup, you will see some, very similar to the link below.
Easy DIY Magnetic Coil Pickup for you CBG from a "Wallwart" Transfo...
"Thanks Jerry", Yep!, a Rugged Beauty it is ;-D
bea-u-tiful.,