Once the guitars are completed, the kids in Paul Rubenstein's Working Playground "Building Music" class make their amplifiers. It's up to each student to create their own enclosure for the circuit, so each amp has it's own distinctive look. The kids solder together the circuits following this schematic from runoffgroove.com. Thanks to Small Bear Electronics for giving us a good deal on parts, and to MWS Wire for the magnet wire for the guitar pickups! The kids make square wave oscillators, too!

Three views of Shakia's flying saucer amplifier.
Shatiya's Box Amplifier		Yujeshwar mixing tracks
Amanda with her two-stringed guitar with movable frets.		David adding the frets
Yujeshwar mixing tracks		Dameon's guitar with whammy bar
Laron with his guitar and amp		Laron's guitar, back view
Brian rocks out		Jamie playing piano
Shawn making a two-stringed guitar		the girls
rock stars
Shawn makes a square wave oscillator		Sudish makes a square wave oscillator
Slide show with audio
Kevin, Laron and Shakia perform "Help Me", a song Shakia wrote, at the Urban Arts Festival.