License Plate Guitar

Make this DIY “resonator” guitar with a hand-wound electromagnetic pickup.

Written by Matt Stultz and James Rutter

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Andrew Goodman

MATT STULTZis the leader of the 3D Printing Providence group, founder of HackPittsburgh, and a MakerBot alum, with experience in multimaterial printing and advanced materials.

JAMES RUTTERis the labs manager at AS220 Labs in Providence, R.I. When he’s not fixing machines, he enjoys playing music with his band.

IN MAKE VOLUME 04, ED VOGEL SHOWED US HOW TO MAKE A DIY GUITAR OUT OF A CIGAR BOX AND JUNK FROM THE HARDWARE STORE, AND ELECTRIFY IT WITH A CHEAP PIEZOELECTRIC PICKUP. In Volume 21, Mark Frauenfelder ...

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