Cigar Box Guitar Amp Demo - Complete Song

Here's a Cigar Box Amplifier kit, with the guts of a Danelectro Fab Echo hacked into the circuit. More info at http://cloudyproject.com. I bought my kit from http://www.guitarfuel.com for under $40. It arrived fast, and it was an easy build.

What amazed me was - it ain't really a toy. Sure, it's fun to sit on the deck with friends and jam - the battery lasts & lasts (I'm still on my first one). But stick a good mic right in the speaker, and it sounds "big" - put a compressor on the track, double track it, use an overdrive or tremolo pedal, and you'll get sounds worth keeping. (I can't think of a better way to get that Beatles "revolution" sound - such as the first solo in this video). And slide just sounds HUGE with it. I can't wait to stick a big ribbon mic on the thing.

This is an entire song with every single guitar track recorded through the GuitarFuel cigar box guitar amp, mic'd with a Sure 57 through an Apogee pre into ProTools. Drums are Digidesign Strike, Bass is a Fender USA P-90. Animation was done in Flash, and I also did the lead vocals, with my wife adding a harmony or two. Guitars were a Fender Strat, a Jay Turser Scirocco with a big block trem and Duncan Antiquity pickups, and a Teisco EP-8T hollowbody.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Cigar Box Amp
• Blues
• ProTools
• Dingleberry Brown
• Strike
• Amp Kit
• Amp Mods
• Danelectro Fab Echo
• Teisco EP-8T
• Digidesign Strike
• Cloudy Project
• guitarfuel.com
• cloudyproject.com

[skincrx]

Is the guitar a Teisco ep-7? looks so new

[cloudyproject]

@skincrx - EP-8T. (The T on Teisco's means "tremolo"). It's in nice shape, a little bit of finish crazing - the body is bound so no dings. Thing about these hollow bodies though - they don't have the maple block through the body like a gibson ES. After a lot of years, the string tension starts to collapse the body where it meets the neck, and you have to start shimming. Kind of sad.

[skincrx]

@cloudyproject no wander it felt like feather when I picked it up, the block is missing and I know I've picked up heavier semi hollow guitars before. on your'rs is the string tension high? just curious cause mine has high tension.

[cloudyproject]

@skincrx - yep the thing is truly a "hollow body". Tension feels normal to me, I guess normal tuning on a guitar should feel about the same? When I noticed how much the body was dipping in at the neck, I switched to 8's for this guitar though. I also put new tuners on it, gibson style. The headstock is thicker than a gibson on this one, so the string holes on the tuners are really close to the surface of the stock. But it stays in tune at least! I really love this guitar, it's got some magic.

[jhc58]

Tremendous Michael, very talented. I'd like to sign Dingleberry

[cloudyproject]

Hey, he's already got a video...

[hollandampsguy]

Great job !! that's music is all about ..

[lionblack97]

good data, thinking that he had abandoned, he believed it was a bad and ugly guitar, thanks!

[SameeSkumn]

@lionblack97 - you can learn a lot about the old japanese guitars at vintage axe - vintaxe (dot) c o m

[lionblack97]

Hello, this guitar is amazing, I have an almost equal, I think they are family, varies the shape of the blade as my guitar is brand sekova over time was undergoing some changes for good the very beautiful.

Greetings.

[shutdownthefed]

this is the funniest shit ever

[SudoNimh]

Great playing, hilarious video, nice job.