I found cigar box guitars on youtube one night surfing for blues lessons. Ran across Shane Speal and then Seasick Steve and it's been madness ever since.
My first one:
My second one:
Witchy-Poo - currently on tour with Dave Phillips and Masquerade in FL
My first fretted CBG and my first 4-string
I needed a 3-string with frets, so I built this next:
My mom wanted one. She had an old Dutch Masters box:
Then I built this one to experiment with my homemade single coil that I wound on my homemade pickup winder:
The pickup is hidden under the lid. I used neodynium magnets that were really strong.
Here's the CBG it's hidden in:
Here's what's on my workbench right now: Fretted 4-string:
I also build a few full-sized guitars. This was my summer project this year:
It's true everyone can make an instrument and create music:
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Nice work and nice sound checks too!
Real nice builds Tom!
John Kennedy said:
Nice work and nice sound checks too!
Thanks. That's a pickup I wound on that one, too. It has a ceramic magnet
I noticed the counter on your winder. How does that work?
cool stuff,tom,some nice builds there
John Kennedy said:
I noticed the counter on your winder. How does that work?
Battery powered, magnetic proximity switch. It's rated for 1200 rpm (20/sec), but needs a little time between pulses to be accurate at that speed. About 900-1000 rpms is the working speed of the Shatten winder that Stewart MacDonald sells for $300. That's the reason for the big wheel on one side. It worked out even better than planned, as it also works as a brake and makes starting easier. Here's a link to the photolog of the build and a link to where I bought the counter. It was less than $20 on ebay and arrived in about 2 weeks. Only complaint is there's no off switch to turn off the display. It hasn't needed a battery yet and it's about 6 months old, so that may not be a big deal.
Here's the link for the counter
Here's the link to the photolog
I'll start another thread on how I built it if you'd like. It was actually easier than I thought it would be.
well, I'm impressed!
Tom Drommond said: Here's a link to video of the winder running
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