Busy Weekend - Day #2

Today I finished the build section of the project! I began by cutting a part of the same plastic box used for the front kaoss pad mount to fill the gap in the kaoss pad body where the touch screen was. I then attached the serial connector to it. This is not ideal as a permanent solution as it renders the LEDs inside the unit useless and so I may replace this with clear perspex or something similar at a later date.

I then used more of the same plastic to make a scratch-plate to replace the yellow one provided with the guitar and cover for the back of the guitar. It's not the most elegant solution but will do for now!

 Finally I glued the nut to the headstock of the guitar and screwed on the truss rod cover.

 I was then able to put strings on the guitar and plug it in to an amp!

Completed guitar & kaoss pad

The guitar circuit works, though the tone pots do not work properly so this will need re-soldering, however for the time being the guitar and kaoss pad are both functioning.

So, the only remaining problems to deal with are:

• Setting the intonation of the guitar
• Fixing the tone pots so that they work correctly
• Finding the source of a slight hum that is only really present when the kaoss pad is turned on (possibly an issue with the lack of shielding between the guitar and touch pad wiring inside the guitar)

Then the purely aesthetic changes I would like to make include:

• Replacing the black plastic with something more durable, particularly the replacement screen on the kaoss pad body.
• Replacing the yellow hardware
• Add the originally planned LED circuit behind the touch pad

I plan to upload a demonstration video of the completed guitar once the intonation is properly set up to make the guitar playable.