Make a cigar box guitar and amplifier

Submitted by guitar-list on Mon, 2009-04-13 06:05
Cigar box guitar headstock with bolt tuners

This pdf file from Make magazine shows you how to make a three string cigar box guitar and matching amplifier.

sinomusik handcrafted guitar made in China

Submitted by sinomusik on Sun, 2009-04-05 05:07
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Modify a Boss DS-1 distortion pedal

Submitted by guitar-list on Wed, 2009-04-01 15:32
Orange Boss DS-1 distortion pedal

The orange Boss DS-1 distortion pedal has been around since 1978. With one tone knob, one level knob, and a distortion knob, it can produce sounds ranging from a thin, light distortion up to a heavier harsher sound.

License plate guitar

Submitted by guitar-list on Mon, 2009-03-30 14:53
License plate guitar acoustic guitar

This is an acoustic guitar, customised by riveting recycled vintage license plates all over it. It can't be played (the strings are aluminium and the bridge is made out of a harmonica), the idea is to hang it on the wall as an artwork. It costs $500, but custom options are available: you can choose the color or the state of the license plates.

Ubertar Hexaphonic Pickups

Submitted by guitar-list on Mon, 2009-03-30 12:57
Ubertar passive hexaphonic pickup
Paul Rubenstein has suceeded in making a passive hexaphonic pickup that fits into a single coil space. Paul is a guitar player and teacher as well as an inventor (of the alumitar for example). These pickups have a separate coil for each string, allowing you to process each one indidivually.

Effects Pedal Cushions

Submitted by guitar-list on Mon, 2009-03-30 12:48
Big Muff Pi effects pedal Cushion

These guitar effects pedal cushions are made by Gwendolin Tägertof of Soft-Machines. You can buy the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi for 120 Euros or the RAT distortion for 99 Euros.

When Electro-Harmonix found out about these, instead of threatening to sue Ms Tägertof, they offered her a formal license in exchange for an option to buy them at a discount.

GUILD ELECTRIC ARCHTOP X SERIES

Submitted by guitar-list on Thu, 2009-03-12 06:57
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The X series of archtop electric Jazz style guitars runs from the early fifties to the present day.

SIMON LEE GUITARS WEBSTER

Submitted by guitar-list on Mon, 2009-03-09 12:39

CYCLOTRON

Submitted by guitar-list on Mon, 2009-03-09 12:36
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SIMON LEE GUITARS
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The Simon Lee Guitars Cyclotron series, launched around 2008, are hand made, sustainable guitars and basses, using environmentally sound processes and materials where possible.  They employ a three layer plastic-wood-plastic body construction using aesthetically recycled plastics.

SIMON LEE GUITARS

Submitted by guitar-list on Mon, 2009-03-09 12:27
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Guitar maker Simon Lee launched the cyclotron range of guitars in 2008. The cycltons have an innovative sandwich body contstruction. The front and back are aesthetic recycled plastic sheets, bolted together with an inner maple core.