The Improvised Instruments Thread (Cigar Box, etc.)

[JamesM]

Some of you may have seen my cigar box guitar.

Featured here.

Improvised building is fucking awesome, and if you haven't done it. Do so. I've built bag-pipes, tin-whistles (a brutal low D one), cigar box guitars, aeolian harps... The list goes on. It is just so much fun to spend virtually no money and do something awesome with it.

You go, "Fuck. I need 'this.' But I don't wanna buy 'this.' THIS DOOR HINGE SHOULD WORK!" It's amazing.

Well, post your fancy lil builds here! I know I'm not alone.

Check the thread for a video. I haven't recorded a video with me actually playing music yet. I probably should. LIke, around $3.00 total investment. Sweet.

Let's see em!

 

[highlordmugfug]

Everything is still in the planning stages for me.

 

[JamesM]

No planning! That ruins it. I'm hardly an impulsive individual, but impulse building is fun.

 

[highlordmugfug]

I'm impulsive as hell. I've got to plan or I'll end up with $10,000 worth of worthless stuff with so many ideas for builds I wouldn't know where to start.

 

[Randy]

Today's build:

EDIT: Oh, forgot to mention. Mine cost me ~$25 but I had to blow a bunch extra on the resonator stuff and also, I had to buy screws and crap.

 

[highlordmugfug]

^How does it sound?

 

[JamesM]

I'm impulsive as hell. I've got to plan or I'll end up with $10,000 worth of worthless stuff with so many ideas for builds I wouldn't know where to start.

At least you'd be productive!



Randy, that looks super sick. Still super envious of that awesome tailpiece. Can't wait to hear it.

 

[Randy]

^How does it sound?

Randy, that looks super sick. Still super envious of that awesome tailpiece. Can't wait to hear it.

 

[JamesM]

Schwing! Sounds verrrry iconic. Nice Randy.

EDIT:
Piezo transducer, a.s.a.p.

 

[Randy]

Thanks, bro. I originally was going to stick a Strat. pickup up where the cutting board handle is, until I ended up having to mod the design and stick the neck down in there. I think the piezo is the way to go now.

 

[highlordmugfug]

Fantastically shitty. I dig it.

 

[Randy]

Danka. I need to get a back put on it and add an extra sound hole up near the front, but that's all stuff I can do with it assembled. Gotta dig through my scrap pile and find some 1/8" ply to use.

 

[highlordmugfug]

I'll have to put something together soon as to not be the one shithead in this thread with no sweet self-made abominations.

 

[Randy]

Random side note: The strings on this thing came from George Lynch.

 

[JamesM]

Badass! Story?

 

[SirMyghin]

You nut is a bolt... you broke the universe

 

[scherzo1928]

Around christmas, when we go buy a pine, I seat in the rear and play stuff on the cord they use to tie the tree to the car (they pass it through the cabin and tighten the shit out of it). Does that count?

You nut is a bolt... you broke the universe

I see what you did there.

 

[JamesM]

Yes Scherzo, it does count.

 

[highlordmugfug]

Yes Scherzo, it does count.

In that case, I'm going to cover a song by The Residents soon using this:

as an instrument.

I FIT IN, fuck yeah!

 

[scherzo1928]

Yes Scherzo, it does count.

haha, sweet. I play the hall of the mountain king all the way home every single year. It's the only reason I'm game with going to buy a pine...