Adding USB output to an electric guitar
Bill Machrone, former editor of PC Magazine, has an excellent write-up about how to add a USB port to an electric guitar.
Why would you want to add a USB port? Well, say you want to record your shreds through your PC, but still have the option of hooking up to an amp or headphones without having to deal with that lag you get through the computer or the bad quality you get from recording through a splitter. The sound is captured right at the source, so the data your computer gets is high quality and you still have your out jack.
Machrone has a nice step-by-step build with some wonderful tips about such things as how to fix the frets on that cheap guitar you bought and where to place your router while doing the work.
The final product is very clean and professional, and he even adds some logo inlays on the cheap.
It’s projects like this that make me wish I had the patience and skill to more than simple hacks.
Tags: guitar, mods