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Meandering through the internet one day, I stumbled upon something really cool – someone had made an Electric Kalimba and encorporated guitar pedals to give it some built-in reverb effects. The gentleman in question is Lottie Canto, and his Kalimba is called the Colour Palette! Now, as enamored as I was with the idea, I’m neither a serious musician, nor am I made of money – but I did have a Kalimba lying around, so I set out to make one of my own! After gathering my materials, the first step was to saw the poor thing in half, and…
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