One String Electric Guitar #3 : Completing the Prototype

RE: One String Electric Guitar #3 : Completing the Prototype

aptbartmess — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 23:23:38 GMT

Hi Dubbie,

I've been working on something similar and I regret not seeing your project until now. Well done! I've been trying to figure out how to make coils of magnet wire into effective transducers and only very lately did I realize that I was essentially making guitar pickups. I could have picked up some helpful ideas from your documentation.

Great project!

Patrick

RE: One String Electric Guitar #3 : Completing the Prototype

kiri-ll — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 19:44:21 GMT

I am positively surprised, that it works [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-0abe17af-86db-449c-aae5-20ae5257a886/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16] I mean, without a plan for the electric part, you made something functional - that's impressive!

AFAIK, the output signal for real pickups is around 200 mV, so you achieved not that bad signal-to-noise ratio!

Also, I wouldn't worry about the 440 Hz tuning: your value is still a real note. Just play the music with notes not lower then your 452 Hz [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-0abe17af-86db-449c-aae5-20ae5257a886/contentimage_5F00_1.png:16:16] (I also don't know the note names associated to the frequencies). Anyway, you will not be able to play precise notes without position markers - so, no need in the precise tuning

RE: One String Electric Guitar #3 : Completing the Prototype

genebren — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 16:01:27 GMT

Very nice job. You really did build this from scratch. Nicely done!

Gene

RE: One String Electric Guitar #3 : Completing the Prototype

jw0752 — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:17:59 GMT

Hi Dubbie,

Nice project, Now we are all waiting for the concert. If you switch your scope to vector mode it should connect the dots and make your waveforms look more conventional.

John