Electrostrat

Rotary potentiometer (generic)

Soldering iron (generic)

Pushbutton Switch, Momentary

Arduino UNO

Arduino IDE

Rotary Switch, 12 Position

Toggle Switch, Toggle

Multitool, Screwdriver

<p ><br ></br></p><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5GXha6HV8xU" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe></figure></div><p >I built the Electrostrat project to experiment with the idea of having on-board effect built in to a guitar.  I had an old strat type guitar laying around, and had been looking at the DIY projects on the Electrosmash website, when I realized that an Arduino UNO fits exactly perfectly into the tremolo spring cavity on the back of most strats.  From there, I built a custom shield based on the Electrosmash Pedalshield UNO schematics, and modified my guitar to make room for all the new hardware.  I added an effect selector switch, kill switch, on/off switch, and auxiliary knob to the front on the pickguard.  I had to do some routing on the guitar body to fit all those parts.  The end result is a guitar with 6 built-in effects.  Pretty fun!</p>

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Github

Electrostrat

Use an Arduino to add digital effects on-board your guitar!