homemade synthetiser guitar

[hair force one]

seriously this thing works and sounds!!

[Jason Stout]

DIY or DIE! I love it!!! :twisted:

[travissk]

Looks like a fun project that you can also leave around to attract lots of attention - nice work!

[Tim Escobedo]

Now, this is my kind of instrument.

[hair force one]

Thanks people!

I'm a little proud of it myself, it's just an open box with a piece of wood holding a variable resistor, i shall made some mp3s and a shematic. It sounds very 'analogish' as the copper 'keys' don't have a uniformly conductive surface and there is some other things.

Looks like it can be fun with other oscillators, phasing effects (tried octaver and autowah so far), build-in momentary switches to change octave and build-in effects (there's plenty of room in the guitar shaped casing) right at hand...
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[Marcos - Munky]

COOLLLL!!! I'm waiting for the soundclips and schematic. What about more notes to it?

[hair force one]

ok marcos, i'll post more pictures of it!

[hair force one]

Finally i made some crappy recordings this morning from the synthetiser guitar plugged in my sunn amp and put it into stereo tracks on Qbace...
Listen to my baby buzzing and whistling:
http://partouze.chez.tiscali.fr/stomp/synthar.mp3, this is the synth pure without pedals (only some reverb on theremin track)
Listen with Boss OC2 and Hollis' Zombie Chorus:
http://partouze.chez.tiscali.fr/stomp/synthar-Oc2-ZomBchorus.mp3, and some extra surf-retrosynth-wave http://partouze.chez.tiscali.fr/stomp/Landing%20of%20Zynthar-Oc2-ZB.mp3 (warning those two are loud!!!)

--------------------->right click on link and download into file as...
^)

[thomas2]

MAN!!! This is the coolest thing ever!!! and i thought i was being creative with my wallpaper covered doubleneck..  
you're my idol!

[petemoore]

Very Innovation Minded...
 Well Heyell Yheahhh...
 Too Kool , Too Funny!!!
 It may be just my computer [the guys from cable we're trying for hours to hook up a second internet connection and seemed to be a bit 'virus' happy...'Oh that's probly a Virus"...I'm like "Oh it wasn't doing that one minute ago"...racing around and meessing about in control panel and settings etc. repeatedly downloading etc. ..But when I clicked on the link to the clip the whole page turned to puppy chow  :roll:
 Looks like you've been doing a nice big batch of 'funwork'!!!

[Marcos - Munky]

COOOLLLLL!!! Now I'm waiting for the schematic. Did you tried to add more notes to it?

[Jason Stout]

Those clips hit a soft spot in my heart...beautifull!!

[Narcosynthesis]

that sounds sweet, i want one...

David

[hair force one]

hey marcos, scheme and additional notes by the end of the week!

stef aka H.F.O

[smoguzbenjamin]

Alien sounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Marcos - Munky]

Thanks a lot, I'm waiting.

[hair force one]

Mods: replace key resistors by trimpots for better tuning, add two "detuner/vibrato" pots at the end of the keyboard (one up, one down), add momentary spst that switches more caps in parallel with the octave ones, make faster keys with a stripboad (by filling the gaps into squares and screwing the board on the neck, could customize this way  the old sleeping guitar in the attic or everything else!), solder a skullring ....

comments:" this is only a big stylophone.... with more style!"
               " gonna have to give it a name"

[Nasse]

" gonna have to give it a name"

How about "S-Style-Electro-Caster"

and the magig words under the logo "With synchronized presets"

PS How does hfo always end with piece of art with just some junk parts, and I always end with not so piece of art, though I have junk in my box too?

[Marcos - Munky]

Thanks a lot. Can I use another IC in this circuit?

[Narcosynthesis]

what are considered the best types of components to use?

you get quite a few different types of caps for example... electrolytic, metal film, ceramic, etc... so what are the 'best' to use

same for resisters and any other components

David