We contacted our friend John Lowebow, who makes cigar box guitars and more. He sent the above list. Most things are available at your local hardware store. The pickup, jack and guitar strings came from a guitar store. A next build will include diy pickups. The screws for to attach the pickup are # 4. The bridge and nut were cut from the smaller piece of wood. Measurements are important. Here, a tape was used to measure the pickup height. On the next one, the pickup was used to mark…
Read MoreDay: April 8, 2021
Luthier Lecturer: Dan Houston
When learning a craft, finding the most knowledgeable people to provide guidance is crucial. Mr. Houston is a local luthier, or stringed instrument maker, who makes guitars and basses for people around the world. He eagerly joined the Tech Wolves in the quest to learn all we can about sound and frequencies through his chosen art. In this video, he introduces everyone to the instrument, the craft, and his philosophies on design and building.
Read MoreClutch is when it is needed most.
A great much has transpired to get to this point where a young man in some raggedy shoes and a car we had to jump afterwards, showed up in the midst of the mist of Hurricane Delta on parking lot at the intersection of Highway 51 and Noncannah Creek to have the chance to ask for his dream. The muses are powerful around here and so in media res we must go to follow some conventions. We left but not until I had to come back and boost Wesley’s car…
Read MoreA trip there and back or two.
A-Tonal Soul (Antonio Hobson) was scheduled to play a little diddy, as advertised on this flyer in social media and around. He’s a joy to watch and listen to. The hope was to pull some good audio with our new sound gear along with some cool video. The day prior, we had left our Mystery Van lunchbox with our camera and audio recorder with Wesley. He’s the one on the right making sparks. “He will be the one dressed to be seen and playing a saxophone.” While Zay and dude…
Read MoreT3 talks sound while Zay arts.
We got our mixer and mic in and wanted to see if it would do and how to do, so Zay and I went over to T3’s studio. Tommie talked and played a little while we figured out which plugs and buttons did what. Super exciting because now can do more on the go and in the ways beyond ways.
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