Made a bass for my son.

[Stinsok]

It is beautiful in it's simplicity. I love it.

 

[Solarmist]

Fantastic! Better get patent before some steels the design.

 

[tomersg]

great!!

 

[darkstorm]

Lol.

 

[bigbasscat1]

Good on you cavscout - thanks for your service.

BBC1 - 18BP, 89D, 18B.

 

[PWRL]

That is very, very cool!

 

[cavscout19d]

Good on you cavscout - thanks for your service.

BBC1 - 18BP, 89D, 18B.

A big thank you for your service as well, we always appreciate the EOD guys!

 

[iJazz]

Thanks for the kind words! Here's a link to a soundclip, although the extremely short scale makes it difficult to intonate with my big hands, it has a nice tone.
Simon's BASS by +SARNoTH+ on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Not only is the whole of it awesome beyond description, the soundclip would make for an excellent film soundtrack.

He's going to cherish that thing til' the day he dies.

iJazz - You and Simon ROCK!

 

[Spleenface92]

Sheesh, your kid manages to look way more bada** than I do when I play bass....
Props!

 

[Rip Topaz]

Any chance you could PM me the dimensions on this? My 7 year old got a bass for Christmas last year but is a bit intimidated by so many strings.

I bet he'd love a two stringer.

 

[syndroam]

This is a great build and your son ROCKS

 

[Turxile]

This is the best thing I have seen on TB!

+1
Awesome

 

[odin70]

Fantastic!

Should we open a thread about flats vs. rounds for that bass?

 

[Ibanez Bassist]

That is awesome, Nice job with it.. Cute Kid.. hope he sticks with it.

 

[cavscout19d]

Any chance you could PM me the dimensions on this? My 7 year old got a bass for Christmas last year but is a bit intimidated by so many strings.

I bet he'd love a two stringer.

Absolutely. I can take some more detailed pics this evening and post them in this thread along with the dimensions/materials and more on how I built it. It is really quite crude. I would do something different for the pickup though ( half a P ), It works but its noisy and no longer a humbucker. OOH! Maybe a soapbar turned 90 degrees? Check back later this evening and I will have more info for you.

 

[cavscout19d]

Sheesh, your kid manages to look way more bada** than I do when I play bass....
Props!

Tell me about it, I had to try and one up him with a dirty wig and a fake beard and still failed. He's quite a character and has more energy than a herd p****d off alpacas ( that is a lot of energy for those who don't know! )
HAHA! Spleenface! Just noticed your name!

 

[CrashCarlisle]

Add me to the list of people who think your work is awesome and if your son is that badass, I can make a fair guess at what dad's like.

Is he going to put stickers on it?

And don't let him sell it! 40 years from now he'd be on talkbass.com posting about how he used to have this two string bass his dad made for him, but he sold it and he wants to buy it back.

 

[Firesalt]

This is fantastic. You, sir, win at dad!
This made my day.

 

[godofthunder59]

Very cool! Your son is lucky !

 

[elavate7]

Nice bass, your an awesome dad. And that 2 string bass looks cool