Box-ulele Bass build

[josiah goldfish]

Hello!

About a month ago was my birthday, and I went to London. Whilst in London, I tried out a Kala U-Bass and I LOVED it! So I decided to build one! I used a crappy art box that wasn't getting used for art. This rubbish box was awful as an art box, but very resonant and certainly good enough for a uke-bass! So, here it is!

47mm nut.
19" scale.
18mm string spacing.

Uhm, that is all. Enjoy!

All the best,
Joe

 

[Shedua511]

I have only one word for you my friend, and that is BRILLIANT!!!

 

[josiah goldfish]

Thank you, built it in the evenings after school over 3 weeks in my 8ft shed too

 

[noiseguy]

Nice. What did you use for strings?

 

[josiah goldfish]

Aquila Thunderguts. A lot of people say they're sticky, but I guess I'm one of those lucky few who don't have acid-sweat

 

[TheJoshinator]

Nice! I spy a 1/4" jack... Piezo pickup, I presume? How's the acoustic volume (if any)?

 

[josiah goldfish]

Piezo rod under the saddles. Acoustic volume is like the kala, it needs plugging in! Will hopefully wire up and record a sound-test this evening.

 

[Polfuste]

Awesome !

 

[josiah goldfish]

As promised, sound clip! The rattling is stuff being shook off the desk by some DEEP notes

 

[1stnamebassist]

Very nice! You built the neck from scratch? What wood did you use?

 

[josiah goldfish]

Hello again,
Sorry for the late reply. Yes, this was my 1st and a half neck (I had to hurriedly carve one in woodshop within an hour, so I don't count that one). The wood's cedrela: the same stuff as used in classical guitars.
Thanks,
Joe

 

[HaMMerHeD]

(Cedrela is spanish cedar, for anyone wondering.)

Really cool project, Josiah. I've been wanting to make one of these.

 

[MattS]

F***ING AWESOME!!! beautiful!!!