A rather unconventional bass with bungee cords

[juggahnaught]

"Nut width?"

(I actually like the sound, it's pretty cool. I also noticed that he tuned to D Dorian, not D minor.)

 

[Honkey tonk]

All About The Beam, Baby! | 2015-06-26 | News - Mickey Hart

 

[iiipopes]

Seriously - that is a bass version of a hammered dulcimer.
Beginner's Guide to Hammered Dulcimers (dustystrings.com)

 

[mrperkolator]

It's worth checking out his other videos. He has made lots of instruments out of things like scrap wood and PVC pipes. Wind instruments and so forth. Not my kind of music maybe, but I love his inventiveness and he has a fair bit of musical talent.

Yeah I've ran across him before. His stuff usually is interesting.

 

[ezstep]

I don't really like the headstock.

 

[wncBass]

Finding a hard shell case will be difficult.

You can just strap it to the roof of your car with....bungee cords.

 

[HaphAsSard]

You can just strap it to the roof of your car with....bungee cords.

I would use double bass weedwacker strings for that.
(Now, what to use for a lawn-mower? Hmm...)

 

[el jeffe bass]

That was cool. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[Recon1342]

Can you imagine what Smooth Criminal would sound like on that beast?

 

[Spectrum]

Can you imagine what Smooth Criminal would sound like on that beast?

It does have a sort of synth tone to it, come to think of it.