Electric Violin
I finished it. Kinda. Woodwork is all done, need to make a new bridge, and of course the pickups aren’t perfect. Need to laser cut some covers and plates for the electronics as well…
I’m going to get someone to take good looking pictures sometime soon. Time to order a bridge and work on electronics!
I’m now 98% done with my RBBB (Really Bare Bones Board) controlled Midi footswitcher. Need to get another programmer for the board though, my friend went back home from the summer and took his with him.
Anyways, I fabricated an enclosure at the South End Technology Center in Boston, found a rocking footswitch at the MIT Swapfest, and now I’m in business.
Right now the external footswich controls Next and Previous programs – allowing me to cycle through Whammy modes on the fly. The 2 stop buttons on the red enclosure itself will be for 2 Favorite Programs. The 4 LEDs are there to signify when a button was pressed.
More pictures in the gallery, share and enjoy!
Ever since I bought the Whammy effects pedal, I’ve been looking for a good way to change modes on the fly, while playing. The knob on the Whammy is great, but not very accessable mid song. I was thinking of buying a midi stompbox, but those are expensive and I only need basic functionality.
Enter the Arduino! Using the information from this webpage: http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Learning/MidiFoot I was able to build my own Whammy mode switcher. Obviously it’s just a prototype right now, but the code works and it works perfectly with the Whammy. The Arduino processes the momentary buttons and sends midi program change next or previous commands to the whammy. Now I will be able to quickly switch whammy modes on the fly.
Next step is to buy a RBBB and put together a nice small stompbox with everything I need.
