C64 Bass Guitar - Cool to be Square Wave?

Jeri shows a bass guitar she build from an old C64. It uses the original sound chip (SID 6581) for keytar and string sounds.

• Category

  People & Blogs

[dtiydr]

I never in my life thought you could cut a piezo like that.. or at all for that sake and it would still work..

[brandex62]

i like it xx :)

[Christoph Ruepprich]

Mind=Blown

[Dave Haynie]

Very cool... I think you not only invented the world's first C64 bass, but maybe the world's lightest bass as well. Not sure I'd care with a bass, but as long as the SID is making the tones, you could some of the other keys for alt tunings and/or virtual capo, like a Variax. Hmm... I'm working on a guitar amp now (a tiny one with huge output), but I do have a few old guitars around that might make for an interesting project...

[mkanix666]

Too fucking cool!!!



[Orvtrebor]

That is awesome :)

[hbuzzi]

Excellent, I love this idea!!! Congrats for making it real!

[Philip Butkiewicz]

I am happy to see a woman being so proficient in this field. :)

[kevpowful]

Hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!

[raymangold22]

Right at 1:21 cheap chinese JAMICON capacitors were used for the amp. I don't mean to be negative, but, if you're designing an audio circuit (or anything really!)-- you'll want to use quality capacitors like Panasonic, ELNA or Rubycon for an audio circuit.

Cheap chinese caps will short, explode, don't match their rated values AT ALL, and make the output flat.

Again, it's not meant to be rude, just sad to see a nice project plagued with low quality components.

[Richard Hawkins]

omg i heard the last bit. THAT'S why!

[Richard Hawkins]

Why? omg why? (love the SID and C64)