Take your creations beyond the workshop and onto the stage with diy music instruments! Let us show you how these creations range from simple, basic setups that produce beautiful sounds to more complex projects that require a greater level of engineering knowledge. With these tutorials and examples, we’ll guide you on this journey to make your own musical instrument for experimental, artistic or everyday use – so whether you’re starting out new or a seasoned sound creator, come explore the wonderful world of making your own music.
MAKE Flick photo pool member Hatchibombotar made a really nice cigar – “It’s not perfect (I went a little nuts with the epoxy; some of the hardware is a little too large; many of the holes are a little ragged) but it looks OK, and it works. Next step: install the pickup to make it […]
Adam writes – “Turn your acoustic guitar into an acoustic/electric! This is a simple and inexpensive design you can make at home to get that special one-of-a-kind sound you’ve been looking for.” – Link.
Tom sent in this great guitar mod – “Street musician Cesar Lopez was playing in front of a Bogota country club destroyed by a guerrilla car bomb when he noticed an army guard carrying his rifle the same way López plays his guitar. ”I saw that our body movements were the same,” Lppez said. “He […]
Troy writes – “Assemble a switch box to switch from listening to music on head phones to listening to answering your phone with your left ear, while music continues in the right.” Link.
Realta writes – “Do you want to play the conga drum and are held back because of the stiff introductory purchase price attached to a commercially made “professional” conga? If you can build a bird house then you can make a conga drum–satisfaction guaranteed.” [via] Link. Related: Home-Made Cajon – Link. History of the Cajon […]
Like iTunes, but don’t have an iPod? Now you can use just about any MP3 with iTunes with this app (Win) called iTunes agent – [via] Link. Pictured here, my non-iPod, the PEZMP3 player – Link.
Master over at LoFi turned this old Gameboy case into a 6 oscillator synth, check out the pictures, info and video – Link.
