TY - BOOK AU - Nelson,David Erik TI - Junkyard jam band: DIY musical instruments and noisemakers SN - 9781593276119 PY - 2016///] CY - San Francisco PB - No Starch Press KW - Musical instruments KW - Construction N1 - The slinkiphone -- The plasti-pickup -- The elephant trumpet -- The CPVC slide whistle -- The scratchbox -- The droid voicebox -- Circuit bending for beginners -- Junkshop percussion -- The playing-card pickup -- The robo-tiki steel-stringed ukulele -- The twang & roar kalimba -- The mud-n-sizzle preamp -- The universal LFO -- The twin-t phaser/wah -- The single-chip space invader synth -- The bleepbox 8-step analog sequencer N2 - "A collection of DIY musical instruments made from everyday materials. Projects include audio effect generators, a sequencer, an electric ukulele, a PVC slide-whistle, and an acoustic-electric thumb piano. Features step-by-step, illustrated instructions, modifications, and a soldering primer. Touches on topics like circuits, harmonics, wind instrument physics, and music theory"-- ER -