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Upright wastub bass

So I lurk here a lot. I've been wanting to play an upright but won't be forking over the $ to see if I really like it or not. So after looking around and freely stealing ideas off the net. This is what I came up with.

It has a flat fingerboard because I have no desire to bow it. It is made from $132 of hardware store parts. It has weed whacker strings except the E it is plastic coated clothesline. Sounds pretty good, a little quiet. Tuners are friction made from 5/16 thumb screws squeezing the head stock. Neck is maple, pass through is redwood, bridge is maple, nut is some purple heart I had laying around.

I'm going to put geared tuners, real strings and a taiIl piece on it soon.

Ideas stolen from

http://www.dennishavlena.com/db.htm

http://www.banjohangout.org/archive/248860aak

I was going to take lots of picture but got so into building it, I forgot.

If you have questions feel free to contact me on the forum or at. leonardrayrice@gmail.com

My interests change with the weather (sometimes multiple times a day) so I may or may not remember to check for messages on the forums.

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Permalink Reply by Ted Crocker on April 1, 2017 at 12:50pm

WOW Leonard, this is awesome! Lots of details to love. How did you join the two washtubs?

Permalink Reply by Leonard Rice on April 1, 2017 at 3:36pm

I cut and folded tabs on the sides and overlapped the back sheet metal. Then pop riveted it together with silicone between to seal and eliminate rattles. There is a ring rolled into the top. I cut it and tack welded them together.