26 Portable amplified acuoustic guitar pickup (paagp)

When I looked into getting a paagp, I found that prices start at about $100US. I wondered if I could do better for less. This is what I came up with for a lot less.

Cigar box guitar electronics package	Cigar box guitar electronics		Instructions page 1		Instructions page 2
Plastic over-door hanger		In vise for cutting		Saw to cut
Filing to smooth cut		Jack hole locating		Jack hole marking
Potentiometer hole marking		Drill for holes		Heating iron for smoothing holes
Potentiometer hole		Jack hole		Jack hole
Another view of jack hole		Another view of potentiometer hole		Drill bits used for making the holes
File for smoothing holes		Here is the potentiometer		Tighten the potentiometer nut with a 1/2" open end wrench
Test position pick-up base		Mark upper piezo place		Upper piezo place marking
Hot glue gun		Soldering gun and solder		Apply hot glue to piezo back
Glue dot on piezo back		Upper piezo in place		Piezos in place with ground wire positioned to upper piezo
Hot wire positioned on upper piezo		Upper piezo hot wire soldered in position		Potentiometer positioned
Lower piezo hot-glued into position		Heat-shrink tubing pieces to cover piezos and wires		Lower piezo under heat-shrink tubing piece
Jack to potentiometer hot wire		Soldered in place		Potentiometer hot wire to jack
Piezo Ground wire to back of potentiometer		Piezo ground and hot wires ready to solder to places		Solder piezo hot wires to outer potentiometer terminal and jack hot wire to center potentiometer terminal
Solder jack end of potentiometer center terminal hot wire to jack hot terminal		Solder piezo ground wires to back of potentiometer		Solder ground wire to jack ground terminal
Solder ground wire to potentiometer body		Solder a hot wire from hot jack terminal to hot potentiometer terminal		Solder jack ground wire to potentiometer body
Heat-shrink tubing covering and retaining lower piezo and its wires		Heat the shrink tubing with convenient media		Heat-shrink tubing covering piezos and wires
Slip piece of rubber tubing over covered piezos		Install knob on potentiometer shaft		The pick-up is ready to use