Recent content by janmaat

Hi uttermike, that's cool, good to see how the idea spreads. Don't forget to make us some sound recordings available! - and a construction drawing of some sort would be cool too. Am I right that your string does not even touch the buckets?

Very happy with my Minimark as it's super portable and surprisingly loud. Reacts really fast and sounds great for both instruments - all problems solved just at once. Cool with the line out to PA. Works for pretty much everything that's an intimate gig until you'd play large venues or have...

dangerous game! you can of course try, - as for the ball end, you'll need pliers and make sort of a knot... maybe around a nut of some type. now the real problem is that you won't be sure what's the thickness of the string - so what's the tension you'll apply to your instrument when tuning it...

Hi, I've got a Minimark with which I am more than happy for the obvious reasons. Now as gigs get bigger I need more volume and would love to more some more air. Does anyone have experiences with extensions for the Minimark? I'm playing odd stuff through it, a DB, a WTB (wash tub bass -...

Plastic tubs are completely cool... much more light-weight and very common in continental europe, for instance, in france where they call it contrebassine... again see bucketbass.com for a drawing

Been playing home made washtub bass for years and all sorts of setups, came up with an improved design that I only recommend to anyone interested in that sort of stuff. You just have to add a pedal, a fingerboard, and a peg / machine head. Amazing. I've set up a website that's bucketbass.com...