DIY Guitar
You can never have enough guitars
Introduction Prerequisites. This is the continuation of the other post, “Happiness Does Exist! An Easy Way to Make a Magnetic Pickup“. Now it’s about the implementation of the idea of the DIY pickup from the transformer. Charger In the previous post, I said “spare transformer” to use, but I forgot to say where you can…
Introduction The Gretch Deltoluxe Pickup since released was quite an intriguing novelty to me. I always thought that the piezo transducer is the only right choice for the blues guitar. You just have no alternative when you have to preserve the acoustic sound of the instrument carefully. Which is considered an authentic blues sound. And…
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This is about another “leftover” project. Time by time, while shopping for the cigar boxes I collect the small boxes if they are nice looking and free (my favourite price). I also had 3 tuning pegs and a 2′ poplar plank which left from the 6′ plank used in P-Bass Cigar Box Project It’s not…
Here is my way to make Cigar Box Guitar DIY guitar pickup. What makes pickup a pickup? The copper coil winded around a strong enough magnet. That’s all. 1. Get a sewing bobbin For Your DIY Guitar Pickup. You are lucky if you have a sewing machine at home.That means that you should have plenty…
It was my already quite old dream: to have and try a mandolin. As a common hobby player collector I could not let myself to buy a brand new instrument just to give it a try. So, I started to dig the CraigList and Kijiji in a hope that someone may want to get rid…
Introduction: Did you know you can build a DIY magnetic pickup for your CBG or Diddley Bow for next to nothing? Magnetic pickups offer a warmer tone and higher output compared to piezo pickups, which are commonly used in these instruments. Materials: Broken headphones (free from friends or electronics stores) Magnet (from the headphones) Copper…
This is my second Cigar Box. I call it P-Bass Cigar Box Guitar. The First One was made few years ago. And all this time I was hoping to find some time for another better version. This time I wanted to get real fat and nasty sound from it. So I decided to try the…
Finally I’ve got some time to describe how this “telecaster” guitar project is going so far. I didn’t expect that everything will go smoothly. Well and I was right! It is always a challenge when you are trying to put together some random parts from different projects. Which were just collecting the dust in your…
Why Cigar Box Guitar (CBG)? Tired of churning out endless Fender clones? You’re not alone.Hi there. I’m starting another project. This time it will be CBG – Cigar Box guitar.Building a cigar box guitar is a fantastic way to unleash your creativity and craft a truly unique instrument. But when it comes to the neck,…
Happy New Year to all! The new year demands new moves to the new projects. So I have pushed myself to work on the new Telecaster Clone project. I have named it “Blood Red” just because I could find the body of that colour made by the local luthier. As I stated in my previous…
Hi. Some time ago I wanted to make a (friendly) joke on the Tele guitars. I had TOO many leftovers from the Tele project. So I decided to make the “RedNeck Tele” project. Which meant some sort of mixture between the famous “Tele” thing and sort of the Cigar Box Guitar. And it was almost…
