RIC COPY troll bridge update (amp inside guitar)

[nopainkiller]

Actually, it's not a short or anything. Because it works. The chip has an auto shut off to protect itself against heat. I DO need a heatsink. I dunno how hard it'll be to install. Or how small I can get one. Also, the 9V batteries aren't supposed to put out that high voltage for long times. Dammit.

 

[danw]

Well, it's good to know it's not the wiring. And it's a good thing that chip shuts off before it sets your guitar on fire. I have a feeling a heat sink is going to have to be kind of large in order to function -- that's the point, right? I'm thinking it's a big chunk of metal used to dissipate heat.

I'm sure others have made this suggestion, but I'll encourage you again to just make a separate enclosure for the amp, and get it out of the guitar. Firstly, the guitar will likely sound better when it's not stuffed full of all this stuff. Secondly, I don't think it's a good idea to put anything that generates substantial heat inside a wooden guitar that you value. Also, it occurs to me that sitting inside this tight wooden box, you're not getting a lot of ventilation to this thing, so it's going to be quicker to heat up. So far you haven't made any irreversible changes to the guitar, and I'd like to see you continue that. In a separate box, you could put as many holes/vents in the outside as you like and get this thing cooled off.

I've seen these done in fun ways, too. Years and years ago, a buddy of mine made a belt-mountable amp out of a He-man shower radio. I'm sure you could find an interesting box to fit this stuff into.

 

[stevieb]

My first impression was, Why bother?

Then I thought about it a little more, and realized that the reason is to have some fun doing something a little different. Sure, you could have probably just snagged a Danelectro Honeytone and clipped it to your belt (or taken it out of it's case and mounted it in the guitar) but what would you have learned doing that? Almost nothing.

So, have fun.

 

[muttley600]

My first impression was, Why bother?

Then I thought about it a little more, and realized that the reason is to have some fun doing something a little different. Sure, you could have probably just snagged a Danelectro Honeytone and clipped it to your belt (or taken it out of it's case and mounted it in the guitar) but what would you have learned doing that? Almost nothing.

So, have fun.

I guess I never got pas the "why bother" bit.