Motor Guitar

From the punk movies of the fifties, it became evident that the electric guitar and motorcycle were first cousins!

As a teenager in the late 60's the first eight chords of "Born to be Wild" were a bugle call to roar off on your chopper, preferably with your axe strapped on your back.

This guitar was designed around these concepts, plus the similarity of the shape of a chopper without the forks and front wheel. to offset electric guitar bodies. (Further proof that the guitar and bike are related).

Building this instrument was pure fun, especially getting the circuit working for the engine sounds. With separate control buttons for REV and IDLE on the crankcase (pickguard cover), every song sounds like you're playing while roaring away on your bike.

The MotorGuitar starts by pulling down the vibrato arm (machined like a kick starter), and pressing the rev button. Output jacks are at the ends of the exhaust pipes, one for the guitar circuit, the other for the engine sounds. Balance is adjusted with the guitar output volume. With 2 jacks, you can get stereo sounds and if the guitar is put through effect boxes, the engine sounds aren't changed. There's a disc brake on the wheel, but it won't stop the music.

Rock on!