All Videos Tagged distortion (Cigar Box Nation) - Cigar Box Nation

CBG 2 I built

2017-01-26T05:55:20.822Z

This one I installed a piezo disc pick up.

Distortion test with new licence plate guitar

2014-05-26T14:17:06.434Z

Testing out my new license plate guitar in EBE tuning; metal riffing with some pretty heavy distortion. Hand wound single coil pickup, Line6 Spider II 120w on INSANE setting :)

Man on the Silver Mountain - CBG cover

2014-01-25T15:43:57.007Z

Still messing about with my first handwound pickup and some synthetic tube distortion.

Elmar Flatpup sound test - on 4 string Cigar Box Guitar

2012-07-09T13:14:37.067Z

Check out Elmar's pick ups here!! http://www.original-flatpup.com/index.php

First Act MA104 Amp with LED Distortion Mod

2012-01-14T21:51:28.842Z

Here's the second round of mods to my thrift store MA104 amp. The previous mods were to add an external speaker jack and make a pigtail to run it off a 9v battery. In this mod I added a DPDT switch and two red LEDs for clipping diodes. The switch lets me choose between the original clipping diodes and the red LEDs. The red LEDs give a much louder sound and better distortion with a lot less sizzle than the originals. In the video I play first with original distortion and regular speaker. Next is the LED distortion with regular speaker. Third is original distortion into external speaker (jumpered into the Peavey speaker). And last is the LED distortion. I took the 4558 IC out, soldered in a socket and replaced the 4558 with a TL082 IC. The amps seems quieter and more responsive with the TL082, but that could be imagination. With the LEDs switched in and the gain turned down, the volume is better and cleaner on the clean sound. It was another worthwhile round of mods on the little amp. Now I'm eyeballing my Crate GX-15...