Take your creations beyond the workshop and onto the stage with diy music instruments! Let us show you how these creations range from simple, basic setups that produce beautiful sounds to more complex projects that require a greater level of engineering knowledge. With these tutorials and examples, we’ll guide you on this journey to make your own musical instrument for experimental, artistic or everyday use – so whether you’re starting out new or a seasoned sound creator, come explore the wonderful world of making your own music.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Member Aud1073cH writes – My DIY low frequency speaker microphone, inspired by the Yamaha Subkick. I feel this one is much better with a dual coil woofer allowing for coil selection, damping, and input modes. Also has its own DI circuit for use as a DI and speaker, and a […]
Wow, another very creative and eye-catching piece. Steve used a coconut shell as an amplifier enclosure. A ukulele amp to be more precise – a perfect match! Dig that speaker grill. –Link From the pages of MAKE: Project: The $5 Cracker Box Amplifier. Small box, big sound. Read this article in MAKE: 09: Fringe, Page […]
Dare I say – the most METAL guitar solo ever. To quote its creator, Scopeboy – I use my Tesla coil as a guitar amp. 250,000 volts of distortion! Simply put. That is one very electric guitar. Tesla guitar on YouTube –Link Scopeboy.com –Link Related: Tesla coil super mario duet –Link
Kalimba hacker Yapruder, whose work we’ve blogged about before, continues to push the thumb piano envelope with this teeny-weeny number made with sewing needle tines and a shard of plastic-chrome from a car accident (“Makes sound but very difficult to hold.”). Piniature Kalimba scale shot [Thanks, Patti!] – Link Related: Altoid tin pocket thumb piano […]
A guitar capo is one of those items you look at in the store and think – “I could make one of those, why should I buy one?”. Well in case you haven’t gotten around to it yet, here’s a couple how-tos to show you, um . . . how-to. The simple approach – pencil […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Care for a cup of BZZZZZT? Witness the “Teapotus Noisus”, another good one from pool member Whereisthecavern: Noise, lights and tea. I need nothing more. It has a pickup installed and you can plug it into an amp and hit it and it makes all sounds of noises. It also […]
Peter writes – I got a chance to talk to sound designer Bill Milbrodt, who led the team that created musical instruments from parts of a Ford Focus. He talked about how his Car Music Project has constructed new instruments out of first an Accord (quintet) and now a 31-piece orchestra made from a Ford. […]
