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Perhaps the terrorism marketing approach now works best when selling a new iPod product. The Pyp Bomb is a unique little amplifier made out of PVC piping and plastic made for either your iPod or guitar. An odd combo, but the Pyp Bomb has bang (pun not intended) for the buck with 18 watts of power. Not too shabby. When something (like an iPod) is plugged into the 3.5mm phono input jack, sound is optimized for clear, crisp audio for music. Plug a guitar into the 1/4" jack though, and you can switch between electric and acoustic channels to rock out Roy Smeck-style. The Pyp Bomb gets days of battery life too via an internal liquid acid battery. It's available now for $150 but don't blame us when the ATF wiretaps your phone for buying it.
PyP-Bomb iPod/guitar amp available [iLounge]
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Careful that crank over at the corrections blog is going to jump all over "internal liquid acid battery" As in "The oldest form of rechargeable battery still in modern usage is the "wet cell" lead-acid battery." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(electricity)
Hmmm....these might go well with speakers made out of the same stuff! We made some rear speakers out of PVC pipes for the Porsche Boxster about a year ago: http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2005/Workshops/Garage/R... Maybe it's time to upgrade the car's amp with a similar project!
RDM: I liked those speakers you made when I saw them way-back. Nice work. No way this thing gets "days of battery life" but otherwise, if it lives up to its claims, it looks like it would make a fine portable guitar amp. I'd probably put my money in a pignose though, since they've been doing this a lot longer. For iPod usage, it's one of the more expensive and useless accessories available, and I suppose that makes it note-worthy.
"Pyp bomb". Nice name. I guess "Home Abortion Kit" was taken.
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