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Title: Finished my "Little Gem"
Post by: thumposaurus on January 17, 2004, 06:23:08 PM

Just finished wiring up and stiching up my Little Gem, amp thingy, well I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves.

(http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Thumposaurus/bearamp+001.jpg)

(http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Thumposaurus/bearamp-002.jpg)

As an added suprise it appears the little guys eyes fade in and out depending on the signal going through them probably because of how I have them hooked into the circuit but it's a nice effect, I do have one more output jack to add (guess where :twisted: ) and maybe a power jack, I think the LEDs are going to cut down on battery life.

Title: Finished my "Little Gem"
Post by: bobbletrox on January 17, 2004, 06:33:28 PM

lol! That's one possessed teddybear :twisted:

great idea!

Title: Finished my "Little Gem"
Post by: javacody on January 17, 2004, 08:30:11 PM

Where's the speaker? Up its ass? :lol:

Title: Finished my "Little Gem"
Post by: thumposaurus on January 17, 2004, 10:24:44 PM

Quote from: javacodyWhere's the speaker? Up its ass? :lol:

No, the electronis itself is up his ass, the speaker is sewn into the chest on the inside, the bear was origanlly one of those giglin' and wigglin' ones, so it already had a nice little chamber in which to cram the circuit and battery.
(http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Thumposaurus/bearamp3.jpg)
And here's a crappy movie of the eyes, flashing to the guitar signal
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Thumposaurus/bearamp.WMV

Title: Finished my "Little Gem"
Post by: Ansil on January 17, 2004, 11:30:02 PM

tht looks cool,, i thought about a teddy ruxbin cuase he moves his mouth and eye to the beat of the music..

Title: Finished my "Little Gem"
Post by: Marcos - Munky on January 18, 2004, 12:12:20 AM

Cooooollllll!!!!!! Need to build one "bear amp" for me too :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: .

Title: Finished my "Little Gem"
Post by: smoguzbenjamin on January 18, 2004, 05:15:47 AM

And I was proud of making a 386-based amp (not quite little gem) in a silver box :D

Title: Finished my "Little Gem"
Post by: javacody on January 18, 2004, 10:24:43 AM

I wonder if the bear adds a little "fuzz" to your tone? :D

Title: Finished my "Little Gem"
Post by: David on January 19, 2004, 08:09:56 AM

No, it probably adds "growl"!

Sorry, couldn't help it...

Title: Finished my "Little Gem"
Post by: Jim Jones on January 19, 2004, 09:28:45 AM

That's somehow evil. :)

Jim

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Post by: Nasse on January 19, 2004, 09:55:50 AM

I have been planning a Teddy Bear cloth covered Vox AC-30 clone, but this beats it!

Title: Finished my "Little Gem"
Post by: Mark Hammer on January 19, 2004, 10:14:50 AM

Is that one of those Taiwanese "budget thermal enclosures" Steve Daniels told me he would be getting in? :wink:

Man, and I thought my T-tone amp was adorable (hammer.ampage.org). This one makes me want to bring my guitar to bed and snuggle up!

What next, a Lego amp?

Title: Finished my "Little Gem"
Post by: thumposaurus on January 19, 2004, 10:23:29 AM

Thanks for all the great comments guys, every one I've shown this to thinks it's the greatest idea in the world. Oh and Mark funny you should mention the lego thing when I was looking for something to put this into I came across my bag of legos and was contemplating building an enclousre with them, I still may.

Title: Finished my "Little Gem"
Post by: smoguzbenjamin on January 19, 2004, 10:25:09 AM

Lego, eh? :D

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