Cigar Box Guitar Amplifier: How to Craft One with Cohiba
Learn how to build a custom Cigar Box Guitar Amplifier using a Cohiba cigar box. A step-by-step guide with tips for crafting a unique, high-quality amp.
How to Make an Aging Device For Your Guitar?
When Do You Need an Aging Device for Your Guitar? The aging device might be handy if the sound of your acoustic friend doesn’t satisfy you.Here’s it why. It is a well-known fact that with time the acoustic guitar sounds better and better if treated well.There are 3 conditions for that: It’s an instrument of…
Things I Buy on eBay for Making Guitars
It’s been for a while since I’ve started to buy things on eBay for my guitar projects. I can not claim that everything what I look for has the best price over there. For example, some electrical parts: potentiometers, knobs, piezo transducers and other stuff I can find at the local electrical store much cheaper…
Cigar Box Stomp Box Wiring
Every time I check how people find my site on the Internet I always check the most popular keywords. And in most of cases the winner was this one: “wiring for cigar box guitar stomp box”. Or something similar. Funny, but looks like people are mostly interested in building the stomp boxes rather then cigar…
DIY Harp Mic.
Recently I started some sort of cleaning in my basement. I have collected too many electronic devices which are obsolete. Telephones, CD players etc. And TONS of power supplies! Much more then the devices. Because when some device gets broken and I just put it into recycling bin. But I ALWAYS keep the power supply…
Diddley Bow: Unlocking the Secrets of Primitive Blues
Discover the Diddley Bow’s rich history and DIY charm. Learn how this one-string wonder-shaped blues music and build your own with our step-by-step guide.
Cigar Box Ukulele exercise.
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…
“Amigo” Travel Guitar Goes Electric.
It’s been almost a year ago when I claimed that my “Amigo” travel guitar goes on the wall. I was not impressed about its tuning ability and too high action. I still think it has these problems. But recently I have read a small post at some blog that the guy uses it as a…
DIY Guitar Pickup in 4 Easy and Simple Steps.
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…
Mandolin in the woods: Miracles still may happen.
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…
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How To Build Your DIY Magnetic Pickup For Diddley Bow: Part 1
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…
Rockstand 7 guitar stand: a real space saver.
It took me a couple of years to figure out what I’m missing in my basement. The right guitar stand. Imagine you are practicing and want to switch the instrument? Right. You have to go to another corner to find the right bag, to open it, to get another guitar, to put the previous one…