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Chiquito Travel Bass

BuenosAiresSoulTrain

BuenosAiresSoulTrain

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Feb 4, 2015
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Hi everyone!

I´m new to this forum and actually, not really a "forum kind of guy" at least till now so I hope I´m not forgetting anything important o violating any rule here.

Truth to be told, I had the urge of sharing my newborn baby bass with every single bass player around the globe and having said that, I guess this is the best place for it :)

Hope you like it!



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A moderator kindly asked me to add photos of the building process.

I knew I might be violating some rule here, sorry for that. As I told before, this is my first "forum experience" :D

Well, since I didn't know I was going to be THAT excited about the results as to create a thread here, I have very little record of the process of this particular bass. But at least, it´s something I guess.

Bass

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And pickup

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Check out my....... "pickup winder" :p
This was actually my first pickup winding attempt and I'm really happy with the results.

Saludos!
 
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Toban.Ivan said:
Hi, what kind of strings you use on it?
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Hi Ivan!
Those are an old set of 45-105 strings I had around. I just cut them to fit the scale. The only issue was on the 4th string, In order to have it locked, I had to open the top part of the tuning peg just a little bit with a screw driver for the string to lock there. The first pic of the thread shows it together with the rust on the strings :roflmao:
 
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Toban.Ivan said:
So regular strings just cutted to lenght. How do you feel them? Are they "floppy" or do they keep a sort of regular tension in comparison with a standard 34"?
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Right, regular strings.

They keep a sort of regular tension compared to a standard 34", not floppy at all.

One thing is weird though, it's my third day with it and for some reason I can't stop playing it, and it's not just because it's new, it's about the scale length, it's a real toy!
 
#13
It's damn interesting for me too.
I owned a 30" but it was a cheap one and it sounded horribly.

Now however I would like to build/convert a very little bass for my son and the 22,5" scale sound perfect.

It's exactly the same scale of a guitar and with some basic mods it wouldn't be so complicated in theory.

I'll have to try
 
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Toban.Ivan said:
It's damn interesting for me too.
I owned a 30" but it was a cheap one and it sounded horribly.

Now however I would like to build/convert a very little bass for my son and the 22,5" scale sound perfect.

It's exactly the same scale of a guitar and with some basic mods it wouldn't be so complicated in theory.

I'll have to try
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Wait, 22.5 it's not actually the standard scale length of a guitar, that would be around 25" I guess.
 
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You're right, the standard scale of a stratocaster (for example) is 25,5".
Worth a try still, with my limited tools collections I can't build anything from scratch. Eventually a body but a neck is out of question.

I will surely try something on a cheap ebaaaay guitar but I like your build. Definitly inspiring.
 

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