6 String "No-Body" Electric

N9LO
04/22/17 09:13:31AM
@n9lo

I just finished a 1986 unbuilt dulcimer kit I got on Craig's List for $50.  Winters are long and boring in a Wisconsin apartment. This project started out because of an eBay ad.  It was for a Canjo for $20 with free shipping.  A Canjo has dulcimer fret spacing, one string, and a soup can for a resonator.  I ordered 2 of them with the idea of using one in a goofy project. It had great workmanship so I contacted the seller and asked if he made his own fret boards and could he make one for a crazy idea for a 6 string electric only, boxless, dulcimer.  I do not have enough woodworking equipment in my apartment so I opted for a fret board and parts made to my measurements. After many weeks of emails and a payment using PayPal a box of Cherry parts showed up.  I was going to name him Slim Pickens after an old western movie actor but settled on Ugly Stick because I made an Ugly Amp based on a PAM8610 Stereo amplifier board that I got on eBay for a little over $1.  A piezo disk pickup feeds a Churub GT-6 Tuner, 3 band equalizer preamp with Reverb, Delay, Chorus, and Wide adjustments.  Inside Ugly Amp I built a 7 Minute Fuzz.  Some of you maybe thinking why would I do this.  The first 2 years of retirement were great but now I keep from getting bored by dreaming up goofy projects.  It sounds fantastic. Have you ever heard a dulcimer with reverb or fuzz?

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