Junkyard Jam Band: DIY Musical Instruments and Noisemakers
JUNKYARD JAM BAND DIY Musical Instruments and Noisemakers DAVID ERIK NELSON no starch press
About the Author David Erik Nelson is an essayist freelance writer and award-winning science fiction author whose stories have appeared in Asimov’s and The Magazine of Fantasy Science Fiction among others He is the author of Snip Burn Solder Shred No Starch Press He lives in Ann Arbor Michigan with his lovely wife tolerable children and aging poodle
Brief Contents Acknowledgments xix Introduction xxi Part I Quick Projects and Tinkering 1 Project 1 The Slinkiphone 3 Project 2 The Plasti-Pickup 15 Project 3 The Elephant Trumpet 27 Project 4 The CPVC Slide Whistle 37 Project 5 The Scratchbox 57 Project 6 The Droid Voicebox 71 Project 7 Circuit Bending for Beginners 95 Project 8 Junkshop Percussion 115 Part II Weekend Projects 129 Project 9 The Playing-Card Pickup 131 Project 10 The Robo-Tiki Steel-Stringed Ukulele 143 Project 11 The Twang Roar Kalimba 169 Project 12 The Mud-n-Sizzle Preamp 197 Project 13 The Universal LFO 219 Project 14 The Twin-T Phaser Wah 241 Project 15 The Single-Chip Space Invader Synth 265 Project 16 The Bleepbox 8-Step Analog Sequencer 289 Appendix A Electronic Components Tools and Skills 323 Appendix B Extra Circuits 357 Appendix C Music Theory Crash Course 369
