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Bleacher Bass

#25
Maynjo said:
Man that thang is ugly! I do like the back plate though, almost wish it was the front plate. Anyways, none of that matters.. that thing sounds killer! I think you managed to make an acoustic bass that's actually audible.
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Aluminium can be anodized many colors now. Can look like hot chrome headers with the blue fade thing happening.
With the piezos and any small amp it can easily keep up with any accoustic. My phone was in direct contact with it ...basicly like the piezos are. Thats why it was loud. It is very auditable by itself, though i think a acoustic guitar would dround it out Side by side. I can play it while watching tv and hear it with no prob. Its been a pet pieve of mine to hear sound clips of bass on my phone and could not hear anything really. So I fixed that by taping my phone to it ....that worked! Lol . Thanks for listening !
 
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Bleacherbass said:
This is a 2 day build out of stuff I had laying around. The neck was a new neck I ordered that didnt work out , a blank paddle tilt back from carvin and the paddle part was too narrow for my project ( grabber replacement)
The body is a piece of extruded aluminium bleacher seat that i salvaged a few years ago from work and its aircraft grade T6. Very rigid with channels inside
The pickup is a Select by EMG that came off a yard sale strat copy ( the purple one next to it that has crazy good action, that I refinished and upgraded to what you see)....its a 6 string pickup ! Had no idea if it would work for a bass or not. It does ! The bridge plate was from a Squier I upgraded to a better bridge and custom cut a one piece brass saddle for.
Made a neck block to adapt the neck to the body. The block stops at the P bass position so basiclly this is a aluminum hollow body . I added a Schaller oyster double piezo and attached it to the back under the pickup. With its own jack and added a branch wire to tie it into the vol tone blend pots when they get here. So i have a option on outputs .
I had no idea any of this would even work, but the tone is great. Resonater cigar box- ish and has sustain for ever. As an example of what it can do. The bell intro into Hells Bells AcDc ... I can nail that bell with harmonics. The action is perfect for me. And this thing is so light weight its freaky. Its quickly becoming my favorite bass it just sounds so earthy, even if it looks weard. Build on !View attachment 3165939
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“Hey Bo Diddley!”

Cool project.
 
#30
Welcome to TB! Great intro for your first thread! Love the bass/project!
If you need a passive speaker for you phone try setting it in any smaller “box”, instant enclosure! I like setting my phone inside an empty clay pot when I’m sitting in the garden. It instantly “amplifys” your phone. It’s the difference between having your speakers sitting raw on the table and putting them in a box.
 
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I'm toying around with an idea. I'm really on the fence on this one. Thing is, if I mount it its easy to remove with just 4 screws, and its not invasive to the original build. It just a
" what if. " thing right now. Bleacherbacker ....???
 
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