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Aluminum Can Guitar Amp

Build yourself a trendy, portable guitar amp!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/aluminum-can-guitar-amp • Posted by Rachel J.

I had an old pocket guitar amp that worked fine, but the plastic casing was broken. I went through my recycling and found an old iced-tea aluminum can and cut off both the top and the very bottom of the can, along with a small hole in the side where the input for the guitar would go. I then carefully removed everything out of pocket amp and soldered/glued it inside the can. I then lined the bottom of the can with insulation and glued the bottom back on. It's a bit tedious to explain electronics, but if anyone is interested to know exactly how I did this I'd love to walk them through it!

You will need

Project Budget
Free

Time

3 h 00

Difficulty

Pretty Tough
Medium guitar amp 1320959398 Medium guitar amp 1 1320959430

Description

I had an old pocket guitar amp that worked fine, but the plastic casing was broken. I went through my recycling and found an old iced-tea aluminum can and cut off both the top and the very bottom of the can, along with a small hole in the side where the input for the guitar would go. I then carefully removed everything out of pocket amp and soldered/glued it inside the can. I then lined the bottom of the can with insulation and glued the bottom back on. It's a bit tedious to explain electronics, but if anyone is interested to know exactly how I did this I'd love to walk them through it!

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