Some kinda Noise Box project

GK · Joined: Sep 04, 2008 Posts: 11 Location: Florida

Hello all, this is my first post on the forums. I usually go by Zerker, but GK or Zerker works for me.

I have a small wooden 1/2" thick tea box with a sliding lid I planned on using for a project. I also have a 18 pick-up guitar (6 on each strip) with 3 knobs (volume, tone, and another tone knob), a 5 setting light distortion switch (as far as I can tell it's light distortion), and an output/amp jack). I'm pretty sure I know what to do with them now.

Now, the problem. I plan on using the pick ups as body contacts, the knobs for what they're supposed to do, the output jack for an amp or my Atari controller bent reverb box (and then into a speaker or an amp), and the 5 setting switch for whatever it will do. Is this a viable/workable project?

If it is, I'll take the guitar apart, make sure it will fit in the box, then post pictures of the whatever it is I find.

-Zerk

stolenfat · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject:

well, in my experiences of playing the guitar, some 14+ years now even though i now HATE guitars and their associated IMAGE, picks wouldnt really work to well as body contacts.

They do work really well for like strange pitch variations. I put one into a circuit bent toy once and when you dragged a magnet across it the pick up would make these crazy pitch bends.

If you did intend to use them as body contact you'd have to wire to each magnet to the circuit board im pretty sure. If you just use the two outgoing wires from the pick up i dont think it will work for body contacts.

Also, your post was kinda vague, what exactly are you trying to do/create?

GK · Joined: Sep 04, 2008 Posts: 11 Location: Florida

To be honest, now that I think of it, I have no clue. I was really hoping to just get some weird noise out of it.. Arg. I already gutted the guitar; all parts are sitting in the project box right now. I guess I could just invent a magnet glove..

Hmm, sounds more reasonable than my original project.

-Zerk

stolenfat · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject:

well those are good parts to have around.
You can also use the guitar pick ups with circuit bends, and those guitar knobs are fresh, plus the pots themselves are prolly 250k which is fender standard and those are hard to find.

I would suggest making a noise guitar.
I've always had this idea. Lemme dump it on ya (but try to keep it a secret)

Bend up a circuit that reacts real well with the guitar pick ups. Then rehouse the circuit inside the guitar body (you might need to make some room in there some how) but get this, if the circuit reacts to the guitar pick ups with magnets, then when you strum chords and play notes on the guitar neck it will freak out the circuit and prolly sound pitchy bendy or ringy mody.
Then you can even bend in the guitar pots and then reconnect the guitar jack to the bent circuit.

It would be totally sick if you pulled this off.

Mikmo · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject:

You can make a really cool sounding instrument with a guitar pickup and some rotating metallic objects.

I had the plaesure to play around with Gijs Gieskes (really cool guy) tone wheel instrument last year at the pixel festival in Bergen

http://gieskes.nl/?sub=TONEWHEEL

Its really simple a motor drives a shaft with a set of different sised cog wheels in fromt of a guitar pickup. motor speed is variable.