Single coil pickup cigar box kalimba
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I like the bass notes it hits. Would make a great reggae dub instrument because it would bring back a little of reggae's mento based pedigree in an up to date way.
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Very cool....I made a midi compatible one, with little robot "fingers" that would play it according to the Midi Notes.....also I modded an E-bow, so that it would vibrate each individual 'key' with the press of a button, giving it a less intense, more organic, 'cello' sort of sound...it was really cool! Plus with the e-bow mod I had unlimited sustain...It was amazing! .....OK I did none of those things..... I did once build a model airplane!........no I didnt....My dad built it for me :(
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great ! really great....
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Thank you so much! 5*.
I have one, but without any pickup.
How did you tune it?...
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AWESOME!!!
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Very nice design and video. Thank you for sharing this!
Nice! What did you use for the tines?
myfriendscallmenikko 2 years ago
Thanks. It's called fish tape. You can get it at the hardware store in the electrical section.
rudeog 2 years ago
Have you experimented with pickups or pickup locations? You might get better tone with the pickup closer to the bridge. You also might try using a piezoelectric pickup.
greybluemist 2 years ago
Before I built it, I mounted the tines on a vice and played around with pickup locations. Either end it came out very bassy. I'm not sure what could be done short of rolling off the lows with EQ.
rudeog 2 years ago