LM386 Amp Circuit

In the spring of 2015 at the The University of Alabama I took a class called "Electricity and Electronics for Entertainment." It wound up being one of the most beneficial classes I would take in grad school. The aim of the course was to address things that we routinely visit in other classes-- Like Ohms law and Power theory, and expand on that knowledge with Circuit Analysis and Electronic components and schematics. 

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At the end of the class we were asked to do some research and design our own circuit with some kind of practical application. 

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I designed this guitar amp with the practical purpose of amplifying an electric guitar to approximately the volume of an acoustic guitar. I added in the functionality of a Masonite top so the amp could also be played as a percussion device, like a cajon.

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The whole thing runs on 9v Batteries so it can be used by buskers.