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    How To Build A Shuitar

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    This document provides instructions for building a homemade percussion instrument called a "shuitar" from an inexpensive acoustic guitar. The instructions include: 1. Drilling holes in the guitar neck and handle of a jingle stick to attach it for cymbal hits. 2. Drilling holes and attaching a wooden bridge riser piece tapped for a bass drum sound. 3. Attaching loose guitar strings under the bridge riser for a hi-hat sound played with the thumb. 4. Various techniques for playing the guitar body as a snare drum, scratching the frets as a washboard, and muting the strings.

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    How To Build A Shuitar

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    This document provides instructions for building a homemade percussion instrument called a "shuitar" from an inexpensive acoustic guitar. The instructions include: 1. Drilling holes in the guitar neck and handle of a jingle stick to attach it for cymbal hits. 2. Drilling holes and attaching a wooden bridge riser piece tapped for a bass drum sound. 3. Attaching loose guitar strings under the bridge riser for a hi-hat sound played with the thumb. 4. Various techniques for playing the guitar body as a snare drum, scratching the frets as a washboard, and muting the strings.

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    This document provides instructions for building a homemade percussion instrument called a "shuitar" from an inexpensive acoustic guitar. The instructions include: 1. Drilling holes in the guitar neck and handle of a jingle stick to attach it for cymbal hits. 2. Drilling holes and attaching a wooden bridge riser piece tapped for a bass drum sound. 3. Attaching loose guitar strings under the bridge riser for a hi-hat sound played with the thumb. 4. Various techniques for playing the guitar body as a snare drum, scratching the frets as a washboard, and muting the strings.

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    How To Build A Shuitar

    Uploaded by

    Fabio Pirozzolo
    This document provides instructions for building a homemade percussion instrument called a "shuitar" from an inexpensive acoustic guitar. The instructions include: 1. Drilling holes in the guitar neck and handle of a jingle stick to attach it for cymbal hits. 2. Drilling holes and attaching a wooden bridge riser piece tapped for a bass drum sound. 3. Attaching loose guitar strings under the bridge riser for a hi-hat sound played with the thumb. 4. Various techniques for playing the guitar body as a snare drum, scratching the frets as a washboard, and muting the strings.

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    Build a Shuitar. Easy.

    1 Get any acoustic guitar. A used one is best. The world


    doesn’t need more junk. Spend $0-50 at most.
    2 Buy any jingle stick online with a flat handle. Drill a 1/4” hole in the end of the handle. Drill a 1/4” hole through
    third fret of the guitar (offset to the right of the neck). Put a 1/4” bolt through the neck. Use a washer on both sides
    of the jingle stick handle, fit over the bolt. Put two nuts on the end of the bolt and tighten them together snugly (two
    wrenches). This allows the jingle stick to swing freely.
    3 Drill a small hole in the side of the guitar near the end of the jingle stick. Cut an
    elastic hair tie. Tie one end to a washer. Put your hand inside the guitar and run
    the loose end of the elastic through the hole you drilled. Tie this loose end to the
    end of the jingle stick. The hair tie should be very taught. Play the jingle stick
    with your left thumb for cymbal hits, open hi-hat, accents.

    4 Cut a rectangle of wood for a bridge riser: 1/4”-1/2” thick, 5-6” long, 1 1/2-2”
    wide. Place the top half of this wood over the guitar bridge. Drill two 1/8” holes
    that pierce the riser and the guitar bridge simultaneously (red dots pictured). Start
    a wood screw in each hole that will reach to the inside of the guitar. (You will finish
    this piece in step 5.) Play the bridge riser with the whole weight of your right 2
    hand. Don’t tap, this is the bass drum.
    5 Bother a guitar shop or a friend for 3-4 used guitar strings (original
    length, not cut). The bottom strings of a guitar or the smaller strings of 7
    a bass work well. You can buy new strings but likely in bulk to get four
    of the same string. Wind the strings around the three or four tuning
    machines on the left of the guitar. Place the loose ends of the strings
    just past the guitar bridge. With the two screws, tighten down the
    bridge riser (step 4) over the strings to secure. The brass circle on the
    guitar string hanging off the bridge edge, under the riser, will keep the
    string in place after you tighten them. Tighten the strings a bit until
    just before you would hear a tone. Play these loose strings with your
    right thumb. This is your hi-hat. Practice hard to gain skill between
    3
    your right thumb and your right fingers (bass drum).
    6 Get a thick ring. Place it on the middle or ring finger of your left
    hand. You will hit the side of the guitar firmly with this ring. The
    ring should hit the middle of the guitar side in the hollow-sounding
    sweet spot. This is your snare drum. 6
    7 Other things: Place a “scrunchie” hair tie or the soft side of a
    string of velcro around the neck to mute the strings. Place a chunk
    of foam inside of the guitar when using a mic on the hole with a PA
    system to stop feedback.
    5
    8 Make a scratch ring (10” long wire coat hanger). With pliers and by
    wrapping around a broomstick, shape into the design below. Wear on
    right index and middle finger together. Play the frets like a washboard.
    4
    middle finger
    index finger
    Nub to scratch metal
    frets, tap shuitar top

    9 Type “Shuitar 1” at Youtube. Hold the shuitar like a cello. Play


    along with records for 100 hours.

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