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DIY Gatari 2600 Handheld Instrument

Jason Freeman — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:57:22 +0000

Create a musical instrument using an old school gaming console. GATARI 2600 is a device created by [cTrix] using an Atari 2600 together with a custom EPROM chip plugged in as a cartridge. This customized chip lets music to be written for the device. A joystick serves as a controller ordering GATARI to generate the desired track. The sounds of the basic track are modified then using three pedals including an equalizer, a flange pedal, and a hold pedal.

This video clip explains how this amazing musical instrument was created.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: http://hackaday.com/2012/01/02/the-gatari-2600-musical-instrument/

Cheap Acoustic Guitar Pickup

diyblogger — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:52:12 +0000

I love this: it’s cheap, effective and pretty simple to do. Basically, you take a 2$ Radio Shack piezoelectric transducer and use it as pickup. One thing bothers me a bit though: you need to drill a hole in the guitar to fit the jack. I’m quite sure there’s a way to go around this. And who cares, I don’t have a guitar ;)

I might build an acoustic bass out of scrap wood I have at home, and that sort of pickup would be perfect for it.

Cheap Acoustic Guitar Pickup [link][via]

Make an Altoids Guitar

diyblogger — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:03:02 +0000

How to make a small guitar from an Altoids tin. It may not be a Stratocaster, but it [almost] fits in your pockets. If I’d make one, I’d add some frets.

Make an Altoids Guitar [link]

Another Instructable shows you how to make a guitar pickup. Now maybe, if you put the two together, that is , if you can make a miniature version of the pickup, you can end up with a mini electric guitar. If you ask me, it’s worth trying.

Make a Guitar Pickup [link]