My current bass was built by Tom Clement - swamp ash fretless, Ipe fingerboard with Nordstrand reverse-P setup with J-pickup at the bridge. My own preamp (using 2n4416 jfets - got the idea to try them from Fdeck's bass rollloff box. With 18volts, they sound great).
I have built several Greenboy cabs (12 and 15s) - The crossovers have been modified to use a BMS tweeter that I like a lot.
I have built several Greenboy cabs (12 and 15s) - The crossovers have been modified to use a BMS tweeter that I like a lot.
Roland amp with speaker with DIY aluminium foil on loudspeaker cone for more stiffness and less resonances enhancing the sound a lot.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...loudspeaker-sandwich-cone.402917/post-7519835
See also
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...cal-instruments-amps-here.164361/post-7405603
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...loudspeaker-sandwich-cone.402917/post-7519835
See also
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...cal-instruments-amps-here.164361/post-7405603
I figured I'd post some of my DIY stuff. Below is a single-ended EL95 amp with a single ECC8_ / 12A_7 in the preamp. Simple stuff. The tone knob is a bridged-T Framus-style mid control. It is followed by the Volume pot that has a 3-position bright switch tied to it. For the chassis, I used a Hammond 1590DD enclosure.
Something topologically similar to the previous amp I posted: input stage, Framus-style mid control, volume, bright switch, second stage, power valve. 6N2P (6Н2П) in the preamp and an EL91 in the output. This time I used a computer PSU enclosure for the chassis. Also, unlike the previous amp, it has about 6 dB of NFB. I'm still thinking about the right name for this baby.
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Ha! I always wanted to do this by modding a 3/4 size guitar. A baritone uke is also tuned like this- the 4 higher pitched guitar strings. What kind of pickup did you use?
I could make one, but I “cheated” on the full sized guitar I made as I bought a Warmoth neck, and I doubt they make an ultra short scale, 4 string neck!
I could make one, but I “cheated” on the full sized guitar I made as I bought a Warmoth neck, and I doubt they make an ultra short scale, 4 string neck!
It's a 4 string cigar box pickup. it's a single coil with about 5k ohms.
I made the dogear cover using scraps of the pickguard sheet. Glued them together and sanded, rounding if off.
Several coats of black paint later and it looks nice and shiny.
I bought an ukulele neck, but in the end decided to make it a neck-through guitar. Forgot to remove some of the top to get an angle, though. So, now it has no neck angle, which kind of forces you to use a very thin bridge (made from a power supply heatsink).
I made the dogear cover using scraps of the pickguard sheet. Glued them together and sanded, rounding if off.
Several coats of black paint later and it looks nice and shiny.
I bought an ukulele neck, but in the end decided to make it a neck-through guitar. Forgot to remove some of the top to get an angle, though. So, now it has no neck angle, which kind of forces you to use a very thin bridge (made from a power supply heatsink).
Now you have me itching to make one. I have a buddy that is a big ACDC fan and he would love to have that as a wall hanger. I did give him a guitar and amp to hope he picks up playing, not much luck. But with four strings learning might not seem so intimidating.
