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Permalink Reply by David L. on April 24, 2013 at 3:18am

Hi Dan,

I did this a few times - here is an old link with some of the info

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/build-amp-in-cbg?comment...

A small 9V amp is never going to be super loud compared to a mains amp but it does give a nice electric guitar sound with magnetic pickups so the last couple of times I did this I put the speaker on the side so when playing the player gets the volume.

 

Regards,

David

Permalink Reply by Dan Trommater on April 24, 2013 at 5:44am

That's great David.  Thanks so much.  So, now at least I know that it's possible.  My first thought was to have two sound holes - one for acoustic and one backed with a speaker.  I had also feared the feedback loop with a piezo.  I think I'll actually try to wind my own pickup.  

Any thoughts on that anyone?

Permalink Reply by David L. on April 24, 2013 at 6:51am

Hi Dan,
If you want to give it a try then great - here are a couple of links where people have discussed this
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/pick-up-help?id=2592684%...
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/building-a-magnetic-pup-...
And there is a group http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/skeesixcbgpickups

I never bothered as I found these cheap blade type of mini humbuckers on eBay which work with any string spacing and can be coil tapped for series,single coil,parallel wiring.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dual-Hot-Humbucker-Rail-Electric-Guitar-N...
Or for 4 string CBGs you can cut a set of bass pickups and get 2 pickups
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-String-Noiseless-Pickup-Set-For-Precisi...
Costwise I couldn't source the copper wire and magnets for less than these cost.

I have kept the copper wire Coils from a broken hair dryer but haven't got around to trying to make a pickup with it yet - too many ideas and not enough time to try them all :0)

Permalink Reply by Ron Page on April 24, 2013 at 9:47am

There's a similar thread at:

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/amps/forum/topics/building-an-a...

Permalink Reply by Dan Trommater on April 24, 2013 at 11:43pm

Thanks Ron! I'll look into that.