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03-05-2009, 07:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Italy | | | DIY 5 basstand
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don't know if it's the right section but...
look what my girlfriend's father made for me out of spare parts and a little bit of rubber for pipes.... 
nice ha? 
(total cost: 3 euros)  
Last edited by Micolao : 03-05-2009 at 07:37 AM.
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03-05-2009, 07:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Charlotte NC | | | thats awesome! tell him I would be happy to get the next one he makes! |
03-05-2009, 07:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kansas City, MO | | | There is something to be said about having awesome in-laws. Good stuff sir.
The handle on the back looks like it may have come off of a walker |
03-05-2009, 08:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Italy | | | the handle is made with a sun chair (aluminum)
the lower part is the old bed stair of a camper (aluminum)
the white parts and the upper parts (where the neck goes) are made with an iron pipe
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03-05-2009, 08:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: austin tx. | | | I'd like to place my order please. GC wants 70 or 80 dollars for a similar stand.
Wait just saw 3 euros?? Not sure what the current exchange rate is but I could pony up 5 for one. 5 1/2 if he will throw in shipping.
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03-05-2009, 08:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL | | Very cool!! It's easy to build one out of PVC. PVC is cheap and all you need is a saw and some glue......and a bunch of elbows and T's  |
03-05-2009, 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by chokeslam512  The handle on the back looks like it may have come off of a walker | That's the kind of walker I want when I get old! 
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03-05-2009, 11:22 AM
|  | (aka Greg Harman) | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dunbar, West Virginia | | | I notice three empty spots. You know it is a G.A.S. Generator
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03-05-2009, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker Very cool!! It's easy to build one out of PVC. PVC is cheap and all you need is a saw and some glue......and a bunch of elbows and T's | Awesome! Then I suppose as you add more basses to the collection, you could just cut and splice the pipe together! Hmmmm...got me thinking now, I have a bunch of leftover sprinkler pipe in the garage!
Question, do you still pad it with something? Or is the plastic "soft" enough for the bass? |
03-05-2009, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by etoncrow I notice three empty spots. You know it is a G.A.S. Generator | I've got 4 basses now
yamaha bb414 (the white one you see in the pics)
stingray 4 in sparkle black
a chep P bass (Vintage from Wilkinson) whit flats
and a Cort C4h fretless (a luthier is putting epoxy on the fretboard...can't wait to see it)
I guess i need to buy another one 
I will post pics whit all of them 
(the red yamaha it's not mine, I setupped for a friend) |
03-05-2009, 12:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Montville, NJ | | | He must really like you! |
03-05-2009, 12:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia | | Very nice. Except, when I use my multi-stand, I lean the basses so the strings are against the rubber on the pipes that stick out. Make sense?
As you can see in the background: 
Which way is correct, I wonder?
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03-05-2009, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by a1bassguy He must really like you! | yes, and I like him, he's a really nice person...
but ...
to be honest...
I like his daughter better
shouldn't I? http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y23...g?t=1236282732
I know I'm ugly as hell in this pic, but she's gorgeous.
megadan...I don't know...I tend to use it on the other side
at least is the way i've always seen...
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03-05-2009, 01:12 PM
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03-05-2009, 02:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Toledo, OH | | | PVC is nice as well because you can fill bottom tubes with sand or some other weight to make it sturdier.
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03-05-2009, 03:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Los Angeles | | | Nice DIY build.
Suggestions:
1) add a "latch" for each bass so that it would keep the basses from falling out of the stand if it is bumped.
2) Extend the legs of the stand out a bit to make the base of the stand wider to add some stability, especially if holding up to 50 lbs of bass.
3) add some dividers at the bottom so that when a bass is removed or put away, it will be guided into position so at to not bump the bass next to it.
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03-05-2009, 03:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Italy | | it's near a wall in my bedroom so I hope will not be bumped,
extended legs are a good idea, anyway it's pretty stable, and I also can regulate the inclination if I want.  |
03-05-2009, 06:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by yosemitesamiam Awesome! Then I suppose as you add more basses to the collection, you could just cut and splice the pipe together! Hmmmm...got me thinking now, I have a bunch of leftover sprinkler pipe in the garage!
Question, do you still pad it with something? Or is the plastic "soft" enough for the bass? | I would still use the pipe insulation. It's cheap and keeps the basses from slipping and sliding on the stand. I've made two of them from PVC and ended up giving both away. I've cut down my bass collection to 4 and they all hang on the wall.
You can fill the tubing on the bottom with sand to make it more stable. I make all sorts of things out of PVC including a photography light box and tool holders for my shop machinery. |
03-05-2009, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Micolao | Yes you should like her better than the dad, she is very good looking! |
03-05-2009, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by megadan Very nice. Except, when I use my multi-stand, I lean the basses so the strings are against the rubber on the pipes that stick out. Make sense?
As you can see in the background:
Which way is correct, I wonder? | what's the purpose of putting the strings against the rubber? no wear on the neck?? or ??
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