How To Make A Stomp Box & Electrify Cigar Box Guitars - NightHawkInLight
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- In this video I show how to make a simple electric percussion instrument called a stomp box and how to install a piezoelectric transducer as an audio pickup.
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The electronics I used in this project consist of:
1 Mono Audio Jack (1/4")
1 Piezoelectric Transducer
1 Potentiometer (must use one with a 5 Meg Ohm rating or better)
Other parts and tools required:
Cigar Box (or other wooden box)
Copper Wire
Solder
Soldering Iron
Drill
Wood Glue (and/or hot glue)
You may also want to add some sticky back furniture pads to the bottom corners of the box so it's not sitting directly on the ground. That may or may not matter depending on what surface the box is played on.
This search results link should give you some options for 5 Meg Ohm potentiometers that will work with a piezoelectric pickup (this is an affiliate link): ebay.to/1NPBFck
Here's a link for piezo pickups. You should probably get ones that already have wires soldered onto them (this is an affiliate link): ebay.to/1UsNSVP
Finally, here's a link for mono audio jacks (another affiliate link): ebay.to/1ObvdXK
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Cool project and choice sounds!
Thanks Grant!
Omg hey grant!
I watched it eating Teddy bear toast !
Hey
+Grant Thompson - "The King of Random" Ditto.
Commercially available stomp boxes have an input jack for the guitar, a volume control (that does not affect guitar volume) and output jack. Otherwise if your amp only has one input you can't amplify both the guitar and stomp box. That or you need an audio mixer with multiple inputs between the stomp box/guitar and amp. I haven't been able to find a wiring diagram that shows how to properly do this. From what I've read simply building a y connection in the stomp box may result in signal loss.
I just recently started playing guitar and dayum am I jelly of those skills.
Great video. Adding a stomp box to a cigar box slide guitar sound really enhances it and takes the whole song to another level. Thanks for providing this easy DIY video! Can't wait to build my own now.
Thank you very much for giving great close ups and explaining the electronics so well. Other online electronic projects go so quickly. Thanks for taking the time.
If you add some little rubber stoppers to each corner it might help slip on the wooden floor or any slippery surface you may use it on :)
Nicely done! People pronounce "piezo" so many different ways. You say, "pee-zoh", some say "pie-zoh"(like me), others "pie - ee - zoh".
I can feel the smell at 2:46 ahhh the good times !!
you know it's toxic right ?
It's not useful for me, but at least it's not Teddy Bear Toast
i think u comes from grants videi
+Dudeg6 ???
+Qadees Butt idk I didn't like my reply XD
hahahahhahahahahhaha amazing comment "Healthy"
+Dudeg6 I like toast.
Nice project. I love the variety of sounds!
Regarding to your comment about the potentiometer not being as effective: one thing to consider too (in addition to the resistance) is the taper. There are "linear" and "audio" (logarithmic) tapers. In this case, using a linear pot might yield disappointing results. It's very easy to mistake one for another as the markings are not always the same and sometimes not even present. In my experience, pots marked with a "B" are linear. Just wanted to post this in case someone else is wondering. (really cool project, by the way, I'll give it a shot!)
What kind of socks are you using?
cigar box socks
what foot do you recommend to use
The same ones the Chili Peppers used to hide their junk on stage
lol
Homemade banjo? That would be sick
nighth you lock awesome in this video
You can use a JFET trasistor buffer to decrease the output impedance and then use a pot as low as 100k!
very beautiful project simple too and great music !
Could you make a drum kit with multiple of these, like if you used different materials in the enclosures?
Just to say I have done some expirements using piezo disks, and old speakers. Old speakers work best and give a nice bass thump. Piezo disks are to trebley and high end. . The best one I have was using a subwoofer speaker from an old computer speaker set.
Nice and simple project, thanks for sharing :)
you sure do some very interesting projects. really enjoy the vids.
Nice Blueridge!
been watching your channel for some time like back in the fireworks days and I just learned your name is Ben
What a great project!
add a few resistors in series with the pot?
Truly love your vids mate
Why does the soldering iron glow? Is there some sort of coil that is heated by the current?
I wish this had talked a bit more about electrifying cigar box guitars. I'm having trouble seeing whether piezo or the normal magnetic pickups are better.
Hey man I love your music projects. Maybe you happen to be a Seasick Steve fan? You got few similarities with his guitars
Very nice.
Very nice project...simple and usefull :)
Wish you had showcased how it sounded on the guitar.
Could you theorically amplify a drum kit with those transducers?
what happens if you use many piezo pickups wired together ? is the signal stronger or better, there is also piezo placement which affects tone, you may want to experiment moving it around before gluing it
my father did make something like that and we hawe a band so it is realy cool
In band we have guitars and pianos and some drums
Haha, finally a use for all of my potentiometers!
So if I put a piezo in the resonator of my banjo would the sound quality actually be the same just louder since it's coming out of an amp?
Nice ! I think you could improve it by adding something that grip on the back so it doesn't slide on the floor ;)
Can you please do a video on quantum pinning levitation
Looks and sounds cool, have you seen the new foot stomp, with 300 sounds from, SALGO foot drum plus ?
Where are you from? Your accent makes me think canadian or north midwestern US, but the music makes me think south.
Hey. Could you use two Piezos and wire them up to the one jack?
Do you have the guitar tabs to these songs?? They sound awesome! I play guitar and would love to learn these! Thanks!
+Clayton Mann Learn the Johnny Cash covers of Aint No Grave and Wayfaring Stranger. What I played was improvised but similar to those songs. Also Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
NightHawkInLight Thanks! Keep up the good work!
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Thanks for it ! please tell me what size of piezo give more bass sound ? I have saw 3 different size and I believe maybe bigger sound more bassy, am I right ?
Why don't you use this method to make compact drums or sth like this???
Thanks for this, going to give this a go :)
nice! thanks
It's basically like an electric cajon for your feet.
great idea. Did you get some chip out when drilling the audio jack?
+scyther1 I did. I tried drilling at first without clamping it properly.
that's to bad :/ then again you keep it on the floor so you'll barely notice.
Does anyone know the first song he played, I wouldn't mind learning it, sounded great!
Is there a certain amount of glue you use to attach the piezo?
What genre of music are you playing here and your other guitar videos? I've heard that twangy sound before, and for some reason I associate it with Borderlands a lot.
+SkullCollectorD5 I'm not the one playing during the instructional part of the video, but what you're looking for is slide guitar.
Thanks a million! Off to find decent performers and tutorials.
A tone control would be good, perhaps more useful than volume, just need to add a capacitor
very nice brother
which drill bit u use
that's a great lookin soldering gun, what make is it?
Are you from New Hampshire?
Hey, in the first bit of music on this video, were you playing "O Marie" by Daniel Lanois? Good job.
excellent music taste Sir :-) ..\/
unintentional asmr at 3:30
Great idea! Could you tell me, whats the genre of music youre playin in this vid and some good artists that play it? Thank you very much (y)
+lordhelmchen100 It's a mix of blues and maybe rockabilly. Chris Thomas King and Johnny Cash are a good place to start.
This has been on my to-do list for ages. Great vid!
If I don't use the potentiometer, can I input directly in the sound card of my pc, and control the volume from Audacity?
I wouldn't. Who knows what the piezo's max voltage may be and if it could damage a computer.
NightHawkInLight Thanks man, I'm in the process of making a cigar box guitar myself, I'm going to post a video soon, thanks again!
04:25 thats for baking xD
make a hossack motor(square cylinder motor) please!
What is the type of music that he is playing in the intro?
Wow
would what you played be considered delta blues?
+Sebi Sebi Yeah more or less
did you put the transducer on the bottom or the top of the box?
+Matt's Music & Tutorials On the underside of the top
+NightHawkInLight Thanks.
+NightHawkInLight Can you please make videos of you playing guitaur. Maybe on a secondary channel?
Hey! Wat song did you use at 0:52??
Sick
I need the tabs for the opening guitar licks so I can properly test out my stomp box.
Please give us the tabs
same, what song is that I like it!
+KristoriaL13 it's "hey brother" by avicci
cool
Great video, nice, simple, and informative, definately going to try this out!
Is there a name for the song/s you were playing? They sounded great and I'd love to look them up
+Gentleman Jack Improvised, but based on a mix of Johnny Cash and Skip James/Chris Thomas King
+NightHawkInLight Was it based on any specific songs? and was it tuned to DADGAD? it sounded very bass-ey
+Gentleman Jack Just drop D. Similar to Aint No Grave and Wayfaring Stranger
+NightHawkInLight Alright thank you very much, I'll give it a go at trying to make something similar, have a nice day ^-^
+NightHawkInLigh is it possible to connect multiple piezo pickups to the same jack to build a sort of drum kit made from different sized and shaped boxes and with only one output jack?? maybe with separated potentiometers. i don't know if connecting them directly to the jack will cause a short or something like that
+Leovitt I believe that would be possible as long as they were wired in parallel.
+NightHawkInLight thank you! really appreciate your videos
nice
what soldering iron are you using? I want it!
+Bendele Tech I think it is a gas powerd iron
+Bendele Tech A cheap butane one
Nice music!!, ever considered making a channel for playing guitars and country music?. :D
I can't find the Audio Socket you used, please help me :)
+TheFistRZ Have you checked the links in the video description?
Yes, and i can't find the one you used
+TheFistRZ You don't need the exact one I used. Just a mono 1/4" female audio jack. You might also find one called a guitar audio jack.
Okey! Thanks!
You should post a video that's just you playing guitar
pretty amazing how this small piece of electronis hardly bigger than a coin can pick up sound.
what was that song
in the beginning
pie-ee-zoh
Still waiting for a comment by Heather Feather...
PEE-A-ZOE
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what kind of music do you play? I like it haha
very beautiful project simple too and great music !
I gotta try this!
You’re such a jack of all trades! So impressive
It's a good thing Ashton makes sturdy boxes lol
I enjoy watching your reviews but was not expecting to see you here lol
I am surprised at how well the Piezoelectric Transducer picks up the sound of the wood, at first i thougt it would just act like a trigger and just create a tap-sound out of any kind of vibration but the scratching sounds were very cool!
+Victor Bruynseels I was just as surprised the first time I used one. They're very sensitive.
Nice socks :D
I use a Pre Amp and 3 Piezo's. Pretty Amp has volume and 3 Band EQ. Pizo's sound great with Pre Amp
Mmm..... sounds like....a heartbeat, no.... The heartbeat....... of music itself.....
Nice
Whats the song you played at the beginning, would like to learn it
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Amazing.... I play Harmonica and Guitar. Now i want play Harmonica, Guitar and Stomp together