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Old 03-21-2016, 11:27 PM   Topic Starter
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I couldn't afford an upright bass... so a relative and I built one.
I've been wanting to learn how to play an upright bass but they start around a thousand dollars and that just isn't the kind of jack I keep around the house.

I did some research and decided on a modified "cigar box" build. Wine create for the body, modified basic bass neck, weed whacker strings, piezo pickup to make it electric, and scrounging up materials for the bits and bobs.

You all know my wood working skills are top notch but I still had a relative do the wood working for me. This is what we came up with.
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Old 03-22-2016, 12:01 AM   #2
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Old 03-22-2016, 12:04 AM   #3
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How long did it take you to build?
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How does it sound?
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Old 03-22-2016, 12:13 AM   #4
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How long did it take you to build?
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About 10 hours of actual labor.

$170 in parts.

I can't play for shit so no real good idea but from the little we have plucked sounded pretty good.
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Old 03-22-2016, 03:14 AM   #5
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About 10 hours of actual labor.

$170 in parts.

I can't play for shit so no real good idea but from the little we have plucked sounded pretty good.
but do you play with enthusiasm, and love for the music?


ain't that all that matters
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Old 03-22-2016, 03:26 AM   #6
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but do you play with enthusiasm, and love for the music?


ain't that all that matters
Or does it double as a ramp of some sort?
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Old 03-22-2016, 01:20 PM   #7
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ain't that all that matters
Not if you actually suck......well,it's true
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Old 03-22-2016, 06:04 AM   #8
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About 10 hours of actual labor.

$170 in parts.

I can't play for shit so no real good idea but from the little we have plucked sounded pretty good.
You should take it to Guitar Center and find a 12 year old. They'll show you how it's done.
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Old 03-22-2016, 09:59 AM   #9
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About 10 hours of actual labor.

$170 in parts.

I can't play for shit so no real good idea but from the little we have plucked sounded pretty good.
It looks cool, but I'm not sure I understand your trajectory here. If you wanted to learn to play the bass, you could get an outstanding Ibanez for just under $200. Once you learned on that, you could work toward an upright.

I certainly don't mean to bash the work, as I think it is very cool (although, I would have used regular strings, if you've pickups on it). I just think it might have been worth your time and money to learn on a regular first.
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Old 03-22-2016, 10:11 AM   #10
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It looks cool, but I'm not sure I understand your trajectory here. If you wanted to learn to play the bass, you could get an outstanding Ibanez for just under $200. Once you learned on that, you could work toward an upright.

I certainly don't mean to bash the work, as I think it is very cool (although, I would have used regular strings, if you've pickups on it). I just think it might have been worth your time and money to learn on a regular first.
Excellent point!

There actually is a reason for the upright instead of the regular bass. When I was a kid I broke my wrist playing baseball and it had to be rebroken 3 times. I have very little dexterity in my left wrist and cannot turn my palm over enough to press the strings down.

This up and down angle of the bass let's me play a stringed instrument again.
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About 10 hours of actual labor.

$170 in parts.

I can't play for shit so no real good idea but from the little we have plucked sounded pretty good.
Well get good at in and make some bank by selling them.

There is a top mandolin guy in KC that creates them. Artists from all over I read in the pitch come to buy his instruments.

I always wanted to make a violin.
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