Cigar Box Guitar Practice Amp FS

[kayt00]

Started building little 9v cigar box practice amps. I've got two built right now one that's strictly running on a 9v battery and another that'll run on a battery as well as a 9v power supply (same as you'd use for a guitar pedal). They are both super basic and rely on the instrument for volume control. Hit me up if there's any interest.

[kayt00]

Started building little 9v cigar box practice amps. I've got two built right now one that's strictly running on a 9v battery and another that'll run on a battery as well as a 9v power supply (same as you'd use for a guitar pedal). They are both super basic and rely on the instrument for volume control. Hit me up if there's any interest.

[Syntyr]

Super nice! I have a small wood amp I built. Next I am using 50 cal ammo can to build one for my bass.

[kayt00]

Super nice! I have a small wood amp I built. Next I am using 50 cal ammo can to build one for my bass.

Thanks.

I ran my bass, a schecter, through the El Jefe. Wasn't half bad and worked pretty decent.

What did you use to build yours?

[Syntyr]

Super nice! I have a small wood amp I built. Next I am using 50 cal ammo can to build one for my bass.

Thanks.

I ran my bass, a schecter, through the El Jefe. Wasn't half bad and worked pretty decent.

What did you use to build yours?

Just a little wood box i found. Breadboarded a simple distortion circuit powered by a 9v battery. A small 2 inch speaker. Works fairly decently. Now I ha e a 50 cal ammo can that I cut two speaker holes in and now working on the electronics for a bass amp.

My current obsession/project is I am trying to figure out how to construct a travel guitar where the fretboard is composed of hollow sections that can retract into the body of the guitar in order to travel. I have a tension bar mechanism prototypesd for the strings. Just trying to figure out the guitar neck.

Don't judge my soldering skills...

[kayt00]

I like that enclosure. The guitar neck thing...uh...that's an ambitious project for sure and I wish you the best of luck on that one. When you pull that off it should be pretty sweet.

[RoyGBiv]

Price?

Pretty nifty. I've got a kid that might like one.
I bet his roommate would buy it for him.

[kayt00]

Price?

Pretty nifty. I've got a kid that might like one.
I bet his roommate would buy it for him.

Whoops, I thought I posted it. Anyway $35 each.

[kayt00]

Super nice! I have a small wood amp I built. Next I am using 50 cal ammo can to build one for my bass.

Thanks.

I ran my bass, a schecter, through the El Jefe. Wasn't half bad and worked pretty decent.

What did you use to build yours?

Just a little wood box i found. Breadboarded a simple distortion circuit powered by a 9v battery. A small 2 inch speaker. Works fairly decently. Now I ha e a 50 cal ammo can that I cut two speaker holes in and now working on the electronics for a bass amp.

My current obsession/project is I am trying to figure out how to construct a travel guitar where the fretboard is composed of hollow sections that can retract into the body of the guitar in order to travel. I have a tension bar mechanism prototypesd for the strings. Just trying to figure out the guitar neck.

Don't judge my soldering skills...

This is how my first one turned out using parts from an old 70's or 80's Realistic alarm clock radio that I picked up from the Salvation Army. The Board I put together using some of those parts. The enclosure is the box from a Sprint wifi hotspot.

[Grayling813]

Nice. Would be interested except I no longer have any electric guitars and my Taylor is acoustic only.

[kayt00]

Nice. Would be interested except I no longer have any electric guitars and my Taylor is acoustic only.

Throw a piezo pickup in the Taylor.