Back in MAKE Volume 04 (2005), we ran a project for making an electric cigar box guitar. In the newest issue of MAKE, Volume 21, our editor in chief Mark Frauenfelder offers a DIY on making a classic cigar box guitar, and we’ve had a few people commenting on the article page and sharing gorgeous […]
Continue ReadingAdam writes to us from Melbourne, Australia: This is seriously cool, open source, too (running Gentoo). Basically it’s a MIDI controller, built into a guitar, with a pressure-sensitive touch screen. Misa
Continue ReadingBuild your own 3-string, electrified cigar box guitar and make some sweet sounds. Thanks go to Ed Vogel for the original article in MAKE, Volume 04. To download The Cigar Box Guitar MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Cigar Box Guitar article in MAKE, Volume 04 “Cigar Box Guitar” and […]
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Build your own 3-string, electrified cigar box guitar and make some sweet sounds. Thanks go to Ed Vogel for the original article in MAKE, Volume 04. View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE Magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
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Legendary Queen guitarist talks about the guitar he made from the mantle of his childhood home.
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[Photo from Feurig on Flickr] [Image from Feurig on Flickr] Photo from Feurig on Flickr Looks like we’ve got a nice BassMod project coming up in the MAKE Flickr pool. Stay tuned for more! Update 5-18-09 Donald writes in: There are two pieces to the current project. The first is to replace all of my […]
Continue ReadingYouTuber Startwave’s SX-150 guitar is rather excellent – a quick and terrible demonstration of my modded sx-150. i replaced the original slide thingy with a softpot from trossen robotics and i added an fsr (force sensitive resistor) to control volume or crazy resonance distortion (if the res is switched on). sounds nice, very expressive and […]
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