Cigar Box Amp 3/4 watt LM386-3 As seen at Makezine

I just got a load of parts in, and I built this as my first run to see how great a 4 inch speaker would sound at .75 watts. I also have something that I didn't have before: a 100 ohm potentiometer!!! So now my volume knobs will work in a nice, linear fashion. Yay, upgrades!!!

As usual, you can find me at http://tech-tut.com, and you can find these amps in limited supply at http://etsy.com. Just look for Cigar Box Amps. :) Thanks for viewing.

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Music

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• cigar
• box
• amp
• make
• makezine
• lm386
• guitar
• schematic

[SpeakerFreak95]

what kind of speaker is that?

[techDASHtutDOTcom]

@SpeakerFreak95 Jameco part number 1954818. It's a 4", 6 watt speaker.

[29125me]

Nice amp.. Erm just wanna ask, wad resistor did you use for gain control (10k?) ? (I'm new at amps) TQ

[techDASHtutDOTcom]

@29125me I used a 5k ohm pot between pins 1 and 8. The volume pot is a 100 ohm pot.

[KurtCobinmyhero]

Can you make a video how you made this amp?

[techDASHtutDOTcom]

@KurtCobinmyhero

instructables(dot)com/id/The-P­rocess-of-Building-a-Cigar-Box­-Guitar-Amp-L/



[SitarKnight]

What an awesome tone :D

[TheBulDog7]

Good Work!!! It's really nice!

[pegasomarcelo]

SEE MY AMP:

youtube.com/watch?v=YHfoON7ukS­­c

[LauxHawk]

Wow excellent!

[techDASHtutDOTcom]

@29125me You can use any pot that you'd like. If it doesn't work, removing and replacing it is simple.