Now that developers are getting a chance to play around with the new Leap Motion, we’re seeing some interesting experiments. Stephane performs a tune where the sounds of instruments are altered using this new motion-based controller.
Learn how to take a guitar or bass with a broken headstock and flip it around. Build a headless guitar!
The “Super Guitar Licks Rock Star Jacket” responds to the frequencies being played on a guitar, and lights itself up with LEDs in real time.
I was able to catch up with Aron Sanchez of the band Buke and Gase and talk about how he makes and modifies his instruments and pedals, his work with Blue Man Group, and much more.
What happens when you want to play two instruments at the same time, but only have two hands? You let electronics do the work for you, of course.
The latest addition to our Weekend Projects series is an Optical Tremolo Box. Inspired by Charles Platt’s article about online DIY guitar stomp-box communities (MAKE Volume 15, page 82, “Stomp Box Basics: Tremolo and Fuzz”), MAKE Technical Editor Sean Ragan took up the challenge of building this project. He used a cadmium sulfide photoresistor as […]
Build an optical guitar using a common LM386 audio amp chip.
