Mbira mounted to Guitar

i found this guitar in a trash can several years ago and finally after seeing this insturctable i was inspired

i purchased the parts for this project from music kitsbecause i couldn't find the metal to make the keys. since it was bundled nicely in a pack i just purchased it as a whole.

Step 1 Making the bridge

not included in the kit when i purchased it was a bridge, so i took some molding left over from another poject and cut it down to size with my radial arm saw, making sure to leave a notch for my metal rod where the keys lay.

Comments

[deedeedee9]

call me stupid, but whats a mbira? is it supposed to be like an additional instrument on the side of the guitar? great find btw

[NEED HELP sorta]

What is the label inside the guitar? I certainly wouldn't have thrown it away, then again I wouldn't have cut a big whole for electronics I guess. LOL Nice trash find though. :)

[abadfart]

very nice i bet this will work with a pizo pickup

[Erfunden]

I like this idea. Maybe there should be a thumb piano somewhere out of the way, like the headstock, with keys correlating to the string's pitches to help in tuning the guitar.

[lemonie]

Your guitar has a hole in the back? The modification is really neat, except that there's an ugly hole in the back. Difficult to repair I suppose? Do you know why the previous owner made this hole? L

[jeremyfarrell]

my guess was that it was meant to be part of a pickup at some point, i have installed this pickup, but it is ugly, i have made a nice little white duct tape patch for it, but again as you say, it is ugly

[CarolineTigeress]

You say you've got a pickup in it? How does the mirimba sound with the pickup?