MOTM

Celeste,

The output of the MOTM is an electrical signal, not a mechanical signal.  So, it
won't vibrate the string (well, not at the voltages from the MOTM; I'm sure Stooge
Larry has some amazing high voltage wire bending stories ;).  What you would want is
the output of a transducer that changes the electrical energy to mechanical energy. 
This would cause the wire to vibrate and yes, it is the basic principle of a spring
reverb.  A guitar pickup translates mechanical energy (a vibrating string) to
electrical energy.

Eric

--- Celeste H <celesteh@...> wrote:
> 
> i was listening to Alvin Lucier's _Music on a Long Thin Wire_ and i got
> the idea that it might be possible to run the output from MOTM modules
> down guitar strings (Solder the tip of a plug to an aligator clip attached
> to the string by the guitar head, solder ground to a aligator clip
> attached to the bridge) and that perharps the fluctuating signal along
> the wire would cause the magnets in the pickups to bounce around and thus
> generate a signal out through the guitar's jack.
> 
> Questions:
> 
> Will this hurt the MOTM?
> Will this hurt the guitar?
> Could this harm somebody holding the guitar?  (i was going to play some
> led zepplin but i got a huge shock when i touched the strings!)
> 
> Should I put a resistor in here someplace?
> 
> Is there a way to electrically seperate the current running down the
> guitar string from the MOTM so that doing something weird like dropping
> the guitar in a bathtub full of saltwater would not hurt the MOTM?  Or
> would it not get hurt anyway?
> 
> Is this how spring reverb works?  (now with string reverb!)
> 
> thanks,
> Celeste
> 
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