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Dan F commented on Dan F's blog post CBG #2"Recently I borrowed it back and installed a piezo on the inside under the bridge. It sounds good plugged in. You wouldn't do this on a lot of CBG for kids but his dad plays acoustic and electric and an amp is handy in the…"
Dan F posted a blog postConvert a speaker to a battery-powered amplifier
This looks good--http://hackaday.com/2012/08/13/convert-a-speaker-to-a-battery-powered-amplifying-party-box/The article at Hack A Day links to www.instructables.com/id/Portable-Retro-Hi-Fi-Speaker/Pertinent details: this speaker encloses a 12v 1.2 mAh sealed lead-acid battery. Also on the board is an amplifier…See More
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Dan F replied to Billy Jackson's discussion Any thoughts on where best to scavenge magnets for pickups?"You might find some useful ideas here: http://vulpestruments.blogspot.com/search/label/Instruments"
Dan F replied to Billy Jackson's discussion Any thoughts on where best to scavenge magnets for pickups?"Would the voice coil of a hard drive or the wire in it be useful to make a pickup?"
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Convert a speaker to a battery-powered amplifier
Posted on August 13, 2012 at 11:37pm 0 Comments 1 Like
This looks good--
http://hackaday.com/2012/08/13/convert-a-speaker-to-a-battery-powered-amplifying-party-box/
The article at Hack A Day links to www.instructables.com/id/Portable-Retro-Hi-Fi-Speaker/
Pertinent details: this speaker encloses a 12v 1.2 mAh sealed lead-acid battery. Also on the…
Continue School Boxes
Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:54am 2 Comments 0 Likes
My second CBG was given to a child and I wasn't too worried about it being "politically incorrect" on account of the smoking connection because his parents are smokers. But, I probably won't do it again. Instead, I'll use a school box like this from Amazon--
This box is manufactured by General Box Company,…
CBG number 1
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:17pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
My first CBG. I didn't have a box handy so I built one about 8 1/2 x 11 x 1 1/2 inches. The top, bottom, and fret board are a…
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- At 8:54pm on April 14, 2012,
Wichita Sam said… Thanks for the comment.... Glad to be your friend. Wichita Sam
- At 12:44pm on April 11, 2012,
Malcolm Wright said… Hey Dan - good to hear from you over there! I'm kinda thinking Medway in Ohio is a bit prettier than Medway in England! We're a very built up densely populated area about 30 miles east of London in the county of Kent. Very historic area - my house is about 120 years old (relatively new by local standards!) but I look out onto a church which is 11th century so people have lived here for a heck of a long time!! Catch up with you soon fella with CBG gossip and news from this side of the pond. All the best, Malc.
- At 4:35am on March 26, 2012,
Phillip Robert said… Welcome Dan....°<[:-) [---]==={
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