I’m a newbie to the site and was hoping someone could help me get started on my project. First of all I love doing and making things myself. I want to construct a wireless system that works by linking my electric guitar to my amp. I seen some sytems you can buy that are way to expensive. I was wondering can I take a wireless transmitter and receiver and solder the jack connections needed to hook up to the guitar and amp and transmit what I play wireless from guitar to amp. If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it very much.
motley28:
…take a wireless transmitter and receiver and solder the jack connections needed to hook up to the guitar and amp and transmit what I play wireless from guitar to amp. /quote]Sparkfun sells these bluetooth boards
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8952
with audio input and output. The datasheet answers most questions. They’re not exactly cheap in low volumes. Also you’d need a battery and power regulator on each side.
As a (much cheaper) alternative, have you considered a low power FM transmitter such as those used to transmit your ipod output to your car stereo? (from Belkin etc.) Then you’d route an FM radio’s output to your amp input and you;re in business.
However, given the high dynamic range of the guitar signal, without a compressor / decompressor pair you may expect a fair amount of either distortion or noise.
Good luck
E
I'd get a low cost wireless microphone product. Plug in pick-up rather than mic.motley28:
I’m a newbie to the site and was hoping someone could help me get started on my project. First of all I love doing and making things myself. I want to construct a wireless system that works by linking my electric guitar to my amp. I seen some sytems you can buy that are way to expensive. I was wondering can I take a wireless transmitter and receiver and solder the jack connections needed to hook up to the guitar and amp and transmit what I play wireless from guitar to amp. If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it very much.
elevator4:
motley28:
…take a wireless transmitter and receiver and solder the jack connections needed to hook up to the guitar and amp and transmit what I play wireless from guitar to amp. /quote]Sparkfun sells these bluetooth boards
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8952
with audio input and output. The datasheet answers most questions. They’re not exactly cheap in low volumes. Also you’d need a battery and power regulator on each side.
As a (much cheaper) alternative, have you considered a low power FM transmitter such as those used to transmit your ipod output to your car stereo? (from Belkin etc.) Then you’d route an FM radio’s output to your amp input and you;re in business.
However, given the high dynamic range of the guitar signal, without a compressor / decompressor pair you may expect a fair amount of either distortion or noise.
Good luck
E
Yes i did consider using a low power fm transmitter. I have one for my ipod to use in my car. I hooked it up to my guitar and turned on my home stereo, tuned it in and the sound level was weak. So then I hooked my guitar amp up through the head phone jack and the sound was better but would cut out sometimes. I then messed around with the controls on my amp and when I pushed the channel select button and increased the gain(what is normally done to get the heavy metal distortion sound) the sound was terrible. What I would like to accomplish is having a transmitter hooked up to the guitar and a receiver connected to my guitar amp. Basically try and get the same effect and sound from my guitar and amp as if they were connected with a cable. I’m having one of my instructors at school try and help me. He was mentioning something about routing it through my computer and back out. Which is OK but I want the ability to just work with my guitar and amp. Or if I could broadcast through a stereo to have the ability to have a rock and roll distorted sound.Below is my instructor and myself discussing it in an email.
ME:
I have been working on my senior project and have come across a problem that I figured you would be the one who could possibly help. I am making a wireless electric guitar system and am still in the planning stages pretty much. At first I was going to build an FM transmitter and broadcast on a radio and then try and incorporate distortion into transmitter but think im going a different route. Think im going to make a transmitter and receiver on 433MHz frequency, but still researching and testing. Well I have a fm transmitter I use for my ipod touch when Im in the car to broadcast to the car stereo so I decided
Instructor: It won’t have very much range: without FCC licensing, the highest power you are allowed to broadcast is about 50dBm, which isn’t much. You might want to take the approach where you digitize the signal coming out of the guitar, and then treat it like WiFi. Then use a WiFi router on the other end, to receive it and run it through a computer, and then convert it back to analogue.
ME:to hook it up to my guitar, transmit to my home stereo then outputted it to my guitar amp. I was doing this to see what kind of results and possible problems I would run into. When doing this it sounded OK when using a clear channel with a little fuzziness sound here and there, im guessing maybe better signal(antenna) could clear this up. When I switched channels on my amp though and turned up the gain(to get that heavy metal distortion sound) it sounded crappy. What would you suggest when I build my transmitters and receivers to enable me to get a more clear distortion sound? That didn’t sound right but I think you know what I mean. Any other suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated. I’ll send you some pics later of my little testing setup I have now if I can find my damn new ipod touch. Thanx.
Instructor:Well, you just don’t have very much headroom, and the clipping is rich in odd order harmonics. That’s why it sounds so nasty. If you digitize it, you might be better off.
Let me think about an analogue solution as well.
Any other ideas would be great everyone! Thank you.
stevech:
I'd get a low cost wireless microphone product. Plug in pick-up rather than mic.motley28:
I’m a newbie to the site and was hoping someone could help me get started on my project. First of all I love doing and making things myself. I want to construct a wireless system that works by linking my electric guitar to my amp. I seen some sytems you can buy that are way to expensive. I was wondering can I take a wireless transmitter and receiver and solder the jack connections needed to hook up to the guitar and amp and transmit what I play wireless from guitar to amp. If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it very much.
I thought of the same thing and found this
http://www.electronickits.com/kit/compl … nck108.htm
Would this be a good place to start?
motley28:
stevech:
I'd get a low cost wireless microphone product. Plug in pick-up rather than mic.motley28:
I’m a newbie to the site and was hoping someone could help me get started on my project. First of all I love doing and making things myself. I want to construct a wireless system that works by linking my electric guitar to my amp. I seen some sytems you can buy that are way to expensive. I was wondering can I take a wireless transmitter and receiver and solder the jack connections needed to hook up to the guitar and amp and transmit what I play wireless from guitar to amp. If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it very much.I thought of the same thing and found this
http://www.electronickits.com/kit/compl … nck108.htm
Would this be a good place to start?
Yes. There a lots of FM broadcast band transmitters around. Any cost you want to pay.
I guess I could have used the new All DoF but apparently the flux capacitor will not work on it do to lack of plutonium!
Anyway I decided to pick up a cheap FM trans kit at JB Saunders this weekend(wow what a store) and I assembled it as a prototype just to test out theories and other possible additions. I figure I will use this for reference. Could have used a breadboard but I need the practice in soldering and what a grreat excuse to get away from the wife and family on a Saturday to be mesmerized in electronics. there is a mic jack that I will use to put my guitar jack, then a 9 or 12v compartment added on, and also find a good enclosure to put it all in. Attached is a pic of what I got done so far. I willl update as I go, so any suggestions along the way would be great. well couldn’t upload a pic but you can view my pictures at