Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This is my DIY slide electric guitar out of shovel, and in this tutorial I'll show you how to make it. The design of this guitar is very simple. Two strings - one tuned to the note E, the other to the note B - are like the two thickest strings on the guitar, which immediately sound like E5 (E power chords). I used a door hinge as a nut or zero fret. And instead of a bridge, I used an Ikea's wall anchor. Also I used the cheapest no-name single pickup and two guitar tuners (tuning pegs). This guitar is difficult to play while holding it on your knee like a regular guitar. But if you use a guitar strap, this problem disappears.
By the way, thanks to the shape of the shovel, it can be conveniently held on your lap like a Lap Steel guitar.

00:00 Demonstration of the shovel from which I will make a guitar
00:10 Choosing and installing the nut (or zero fret)
01:19 Attaching the pickup
01:33 Choosing and installing the bridge
02:28 Installing the output jack and connecting it to the pickup
03:27 Preparing and installing guitar tuners (tuning pegs)
05:48 Installing strings
06:43 Installing strap buttons
07:15 Sound demonstration (clear and overdrive)