Introduction: Physical phenomenon Cigar Box Guitar

Yet, it would Be a trifle silly to ignore all of the great things that have happened to guitars in the last hundred more or less years. With this in mind, we are going to be delivery this cigar box into the red-brick era by amplifying it with a piezo adjoin getaway and a volume knob.

Step 1: Go Arrest Stuff

You will need:

- 10K-Georg Simon Ohm Sound Check Pot with SPST Switch
- Piezo element
- 1/4" Kissing disease Panel-Mount Audio Jackass
- a cigar package
- 3 feet of 1x2
- 1-1/2" division of half round
- 3" section of half beat
- (x3) 1/4" x 3" centre bolts
- (x3) 1/4" wing nuts
- (x3) 1/4" balmy
- (x3) 1/4" washers
- nylon guitar string section
- 5-minute epoxy

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Ill-trea 2: Beat and Mark

Pioneer your cigar box. On each of the shorter edges, find the center point so quantity 3/4" in each counselling from this point.

Note: This is assuming your 1 x 2 is 1-1/2" wide. Align these measurement for the exact duration of your 1 x 2 if need be.

Abuse 3: Trimmed

Where you own ready-made your marks, perforated down until you have made two honest holes that are prime with the top of the case that are the size of your 1x2.

Step 4: Measure and Stigmatize

On one and only end of your 1 x 2 make 4 sets of lines that are an inch apart, protrusive half an inch from the edge.

On the first line, make a mark 3/8" from the right-minded edge.

Along the second assembly line, make a set 3/8" from the right edge and 3/4" from both edges.

On the ordinal line, make a mark 3/8" from the left edge and 3/4" from both edges.

Happening the last (fourth) line, make a mark 3/8" from the left edge.

Step 5: Drill

Drill six 1/4" holes through and through the 1 x 2 where you had just conspicuous.

Mistreat 6: Measure and Mark Again

At the different oddment of the 1x2, make three Simon Marks that are 3/8" apart (at 0.375", 0.75" and 1.125"), and that are 1/2" from the butt of the transmit.

Step 7: Practice Again

Exercise through the 3 marks that you honorable ready-made with an 1/8" drill bit.

Step 8: Piezo

Carefully nose out off the back out of your Radioshack buzzer.

Break apart the buzzer case without negative or bending the piezo disk to free it.

You should be left with only the piezo disc with 2 wires affiliated.

Stone's throw 9: Audio

Attach a black wire to the ground lug of the audio jack and a cherry-red wire to the signal lug.

Step 10: Wire Information technology Up

With the potentiometer knob cladding upwards and the three lateral pins cladding you, wire the black audio jack telegram to some the pin on the left and the case of the potentiometer. Also wire the black electrify from the piezo disc to this left-wing stick.

Wire the red wire from the piezo platter to the precise personal identification number of the potentiometer.

Finally, wire the shopping mall pin unofficially of the pot, to the closest (movement) stick along the arse of the potentiometer. Cable the red-faced cable from the audio jack to the furthest (back) pin of the potentiometer.

Step 11: Drill

Drill a 1/4" hole 1-1/2" from the bottom left corner of the cigar box for the potentiometer. I also drilled an 1/8" hold just to the leftover of this golf hole for the potentiometer's mounting tab (this helps the potentiometer lay flush with the case and prevents it from shifting).

Flip the cigar box on its edge so the clasp is facing upwards and drill a 3/8" hole for the audio jackfruit near the potentiometer hole. Work sure not to put this hole also some the top or nethermost of the cigar box, or the audio frequency jack won't be able to fit in.

Stair 12: Glue

Epoxy glue your 1x2 to the inside-top split up of the cigar box.

Make a point that the end of the 1x2 with the three small holes is sticking out about one-half an inch from the cigar box unofficially with the potentiometer hole.

Ill-use 13: Glue More

Once the epoxy resin from the last step has lay out and your guitar can be handled, close the case.

Stump some more epoxy.

Glue your 3" section of half round to the look of the cigar box towards the edge with the pot hole.

Gum the 1-1/2 section across the length of the upper side of the 1x2 about an column inch from the holes you drilled there.

Step out 14: Tuners

Thread a crackpot all the style to the bottom of the eye bolt. Put a washer atop this nut. Pass the eye bolt from bottom to top of the single 1/4" hole closest to the edge of the beam. Place another washer onto the eye rigidly and tighten IT all in place with a wing screw.

Replicate this process on the center hole in the second line and the left-most maw in the third base line.

In short, each bolt should have a hole directly in front of information technology once unadulterated.

Step 15: Install

Insert the potentiometer into the cigar box and secure it in place with its mounting Nut.

Next, insert the audio jack and fasten this as comfortably.

Finally, using standard two-sided tape (preferable), attach the monotonic position of the piezo ingredient to the underside of the front of the cigar box guitar. Try to place this about the 3" section of half disklike that is glued atop.

Step 16: Connect

Affiliation a guitar string to one of the small nuts.

Repeat the process with the remaining to hex nuts.

Keep track of which string is which. I highly commend using the high E, B and G strings, as they will add the least amount of tautness.

Step 17: String It Skyward

Pass the high E strand up through the small hole nearest the potentiometer. Pass it along the length of the guitar and past down through the hole out in front of the commensurate hardware tuner. Tie the end of the string to the heart bolt and twist IT until the string is tensioned.

Repeat this in the center for the B string so over again for the G train.

Once all of the strings are tensioned, you can tune them to your liking.

Pace 18: Coating Speck

Fasten a knob to the potentiometer to survive look fin de siecle.

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