Amigo Guitar Goes Electric: A New Sound for Travelers
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Introduction
Almost a year ago, I claimed that my Amigo guitar was going on the wall.
Well, now I decided to give it anoter chance. I was thinking of electrifying it. And that’s not the whole deal. Here’s the story.
The Idea Using the Amigo Guitar for Lap-Stile Playing
I was not impressed with the Amigo guitar tuning ability and too high action.
I still think it has these problems.
But recently I read a small post on some blog that the guy uses it as a lap-style guitar and it worked for him pretty well.
The Minuses of Amigo Guitar Turned Pluses
Moreover, the high action turns from minus to plus in this case.
All you need for lap-style is a high enough action. So, that the strings would not touch the frets easily.
This Amigo guitar comes with a flat fretboard. This fact also adds the value for the lap-style playing.
Well, I tried and it worked for me!
Electrifying the Amigo Guitar.
But I always want more. 🙂
I decided to make the Amigo guitar electric.
Just because this is the only possibility to achieve really “swampy” slide guitar sound, and, as you probably know, that the most ugly sound comes with a cheap piezo pickup.
Therefore my choice was very predictable.
And I’ve found one on eBay just for $4, free shipping from Hong Kong.
This pickup is built with the idea to avoid any alterations to the guitar.
You just stick it by its self-adhesive surface to your guitar deck and put the attached input jack on a strap pin.
Voila! You are good to go!
Mmm, not my case.
I don’t want it on the top.
And the strap pin is not big enough for something else but the strap.
Remember, the is an extra small travel guitar.
Therefore, I decided to cut the original input jack and replace it with the regular one.
This way I could not avoid to drill my guitar.
But it will look way more professional comparing to mounting the pickup and all the wiring upon the guitar body.
