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Post by minimagneto on Apr 6, 2013 21:34:12 GMT -6
Well, this is something a little different which I built...a model car that is also a guitar amplifier!!! This one started off life as an 'Eye Gone Wild' before becoming home to an amplifier circuit which I soldered together in my hobby time. You plug your guitar (or mp3 player) into the grill, turn up the gain and volume and rock and roll! It features power on indicator headlamps and runs off a 9v battery inside the car or a wall adapter. Sounds actually not half bad, pretty loud! Hope you like the pics!      |
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Post by HTBomb on Apr 7, 2013 3:54:49 GMT -6
Too cool.
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Post by customhearse on Apr 7, 2013 7:46:23 GMT -6
Talk about being "wired for sound!"  Nice idea!!! |
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Post by minimagneto on Apr 7, 2013 8:18:32 GMT -6
Wired for sound indeed, thanks guys!
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Post by SgtDRecon on Apr 10, 2013 21:08:21 GMT -6
now that is really cute. you should market those!
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Post by badroadahead on Apr 11, 2013 8:12:22 GMT -6
Very cool and very clever!
Dave
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Post by AL on Apr 12, 2013 3:15:33 GMT -6
?Geez . . . I'm the first one to say this ??
That "ROCKS" man !!! !!! !!!. . . . nice work, !!
. . . . it's "uncanny" .. it's like my two favorite things as one.
?did that can of pabst have something to do with this ?? ( just kidding ) .. i love it.
-AL
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Post by Dennis M on Apr 12, 2013 8:53:32 GMT -6
That is Fantastic & the hd lights work. Great Job.
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Post by wheels on Apr 14, 2013 6:49:47 GMT -6
very clever indeed!!
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Post by minimagneto on Aug 5, 2013 17:58:11 GMT -6
Just thought I'd add this pic of the mini-amp with his box-stock-buddy   I actually get quite a bit of use out of this...sounds great with an mp3 player. Haven't posted in a while...I live in Canada, here winters are brutal. But models makes them fly by! Almost can't wait for summer to end |
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Post by minimagneto on Aug 5, 2013 18:02:16 GMT -6
Oh, and AL...to answer your question...the Pabst might have a little something to do with it...as with a lot of my ideas...some good, and some, er not so good |
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Post by AL on Aug 5, 2013 19:09:15 GMT -6
Oh, and AL...to answer your question...the Pabst might have a little something to do with it...as with a lot of my ideas...some good, and some, er not so good --"inspiration by beer" ..... I Love it. --"See" when you left that can of beer in the picture, You left us a clue, as to "what was really going on !!" ................ hehe, ... Naw!,, jus kidding with ya!!, --Lol !! ......It was a "Rockin" project!! ........... nevermind,, --i think i already said that. -thanks mann, I loved this project !! .......... AL |
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Post by nighthawk on Aug 6, 2013 2:58:12 GMT -6
That's as cool as a cold beer. Which is about ultimately cool.
Adding the "power on headlights" is just the proverbial icing on the cake that makes this project perfect.
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Post by mrtc4w on Aug 6, 2013 4:26:52 GMT -6
That is very KOOL! Great idea and execution.
Now if someone did a model of the Voxmobile.....
Marty
Marysville, OH
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Post by Bert on Aug 23, 2013 9:37:10 GMT -6
Dude! What an awesome idea. Man that is cool! OK, where is my electronic box? This would be a great idea for one of those kits that make you say, "Why did I buy this one" Not that the flying eyeball is one of those.
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Post by minimagneto on Aug 23, 2013 18:02:10 GMT -6
That's as cool as a cold beer. Which is about ultimately cool. Adding the "power on headlights" is just the proverbial icing on the cake that makes this project perfect. Hi Nighthawk, thanks. Glad you like the headlights! I made the headlight bezels out of the ends of a couple dead Sharpies. |
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Post by minimagneto on Aug 23, 2013 18:04:55 GMT -6
That is very KOOL! Great idea and execution. Now if someone did a model of the Voxmobile..... Marty Marysville, OH Thanks Marty! I didn't actually know what the Voxmobile was, so I looked it up. Far out! Future scratch build challenge perhaps? |
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Post by minimagneto on Aug 23, 2013 18:19:53 GMT -6
Dude! What an awesome idea. Man that is cool! OK, where is my electronic box? This would be a great idea for one of those kits that make you say, "Why did I buy this one" Not that the flying eyeball is one of those. Hi Bert, thanks. Haha, yeah Eye Gone Wild was not a 'why did I buy this one' kit. It is a way awesome (though uber basic) kit, we've already seen a few wild takes on it. I will say this as well: this project was inspired by the model itself, not the other way around. This thing is essentially a cigar-box-amp, souped up hot rod style. A buddy who is an electronics hobbyist was making cigar-box amps in clever casings of his own. He came over with one, I was finishing up a box-stock Eye Gone Wild, and that's when I said I bet I could jam an amp into this toy car. He said, 'I'd like to see that' and kindly provided me an amp kit he assembled. It took a year but I did it Cheers Blake |
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Post by Bert on Aug 25, 2013 13:23:46 GMT -6
I'm working on an Eye Gone Wild myself. I hope to improve on some of the simplicity of the kit. The cool factor is way up there for me as well. I plan on looking into this cigar box amp stuff.
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Post by minimagneto on Aug 27, 2013 16:35:04 GMT -6
I'm working on an Eye Gone Wild myself. I hope to improve on some of the simplicity of the kit. The cool factor is way up there for me as well. I plan on looking into this cigar box amp stuff. Have fun goin' wild on Eye Gone Wild! |
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Nice idea!!!
