Hello all, I thought I would post my first build here as it really isn't a cigar box guitar, even though it does have 3 strings tuned Gdg.
I picked up a bit of dry ghost gum that came off a tree with the recent winds and decided it should be a guitar.
I hit the wood with a chainsaw, router and sander, sealed it with linseed oil and made it into a 3 string guitar.
The guitar also sports a homemade pick up and built in valve preamplifier.
A 6GM8 dual triode is used as the bridge on the redgum guitar and also as a switchable preamp tube running from a 6v supply.
The heater and plates of the tube run directly from a 6v lithium camera battery clipped in on the end of the guitar.
I have added in an on-off/ bypass knob also.
The knob turns on the preamp, and when turned off bypasses the circuit so the pick-up can run unboosted.
All the wiring is enamel wire to keep the real DIY look to this thing going, I have used small ceramic caps, which I normally shy away from but used them in this guitar as they seem to add a little extra something to the sound.
The output from the guitar has been boosted dramatically at least 6 fold making it a much more useable instrument and something I will have alot of fun messing around with.
I have posted pics on facebook;
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.228131960645673.51319.1198...
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Hi Mark,
Second that very cool. Do you mind sharing the schematics for the preamp?
Cheers
Peter
Hey Peter, I don't have one I just went off the data sheet and whipped up the most basic of circuits for it. Runs heater and plate from the 6v battery nothing fancy.
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