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Thread #92894 Message #1781015
Posted By: GUEST,elaboration !
11-Jul-06 - 10:13 AM
Thread Name: Tech: A Cardboard Box Upright Bass video
Subject: RE: Tech: A Cardboard Box Upright Bass video
ok, its just a plain light weight singly ply cardboard box... the oak neck is moulding cut in 3 pieces so it doesnt rest directly on the face or the bridge... the strings are weed whacker gauge .095 and .080 the heaviest i could find so i had to tune it to A and D(((did ya ever try to use an A string in the E string position???))) the bridge is just a piece of light-weight wood, i think it may be Balsa Wood! i used 2 drywall screws as a tail piece and i made tuning machine heads out of out-door-water-faucet-knobs with nuts and bolts tighted very tightly... i used "goriilla glue strongest glue on earth" to glue the neck to the body... and importantly, i made a transducer pickup from breaking the casing off of a Radio Shack Science Project Buzzer and placed it inside the body under the bridge using duct tape. there is no nut at the top of the neck.
the box was free (a bathroom shelving) the neck was $6.00 6 screws were 2.00 glue was 4.00 (but i still have a whole bottle left) transducer 2.50 -------------------- 14.50
cheaper wood would be cheaper but the oak was the straightest.