Gmoon wrote a hefty(22-step!) how-to for constructing your own sweet-sounding tube based guitar amp. Even if you’re not planning on specifically building this project, there’s a lot of really helpful details told from the maker’s perspective (even some informative regrets) – No project is without lessons learned. In this case, I wish I had: –Used […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Smadin made use of an old liquor bottle tube as an amplifier enclosure for the Ruby circuit – BalvenAmp on Flickr Related: Coconut amp From the pages of MAKE: Cracker Box Amplifier – MAKE: 09: Fringe, Page 104.
Jovial_cynic continues exploring the possibilities of instrument amplification with this simple yet toneful “Tin Can Amp” built using the Little Gem circuit. You may recall his prior work with the baby-monitor/wireless amp Related: Speaker cans Speaker in a Can HOW TO – Turn a baby monitor into a wireless amp
Ah, the sweet sounds of the doppler effect – The rotating Leslie speaker design has a unique way of giving sounds a sort of warm temporal quality. There are many electronic simulations attempted but designing and building actual mechanical effects is plain awesome. Update: As a commenter pointed out – the above video doesn’t reflect […]
What a great way to recycle that old computer equipment you have lying around your house. This Instructable has lots of pictures along with detailed descriptions of each step of the build. I really liked Jeff’s idea of creating a mock-up in a Tupperware container. This could keep you from drilling any unnecessary holes, and […]
