My Krappy Bass custom build

[JoePasko]

...maybe the Krapmeister once found a busted-up cello in a dumpster, and has been hanging onto the pieces, just waiting for your request...??

 

[The Owl]

OK, I've knocked together a little clip. It's just a basic line-in, so there's no fancy preamps or tone hacking. Just a touch of 'verb for a little color.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pherbig/2760630643/?processed=1&cb=1218672274359

If you can get something to sound that nice with little to no enhancement, you got a keeper! I LIKE!!

Sounds like a panther after a couple martinis

 

[PeteH]

Yeah, it was just Krappy -> line-in -> Audacity -> Windows Photo Story, with a touch of GVerb blended in. It sounded largely similar without the reverb, but I was just playing around and liked how it sounded. No EQ. I'm sure it would sound better with a real properly-buffered preamp and A-to-D.

 

[The Owl]

Holy Krap, next thing ya know I might want to grab one of these things, the more I think about it, it'd be perfect for the praise/worship band I play with periodically.

 

[PeteH]

Yep. And if we used our Krappys at our church gigs, they'd truly be Holy Krap.

 

[JoePasko]

Yep. And if we used our Krappys at our church gigs, they'd truly be Holy Krap.

That's funny!! Now someone HAS to play a Krappy in church... we need a photo for that caption!

 

[JoePasko]

So, are there essentially two approaches to EUB? Those that are true electric bass fiddles (longer scale, arched fingerboard & bridge) ...
and those that are essentially bass guitars turned sideways?

 

[JoePasko]

Holy Krap, next thing ya know I might want to grab one of these things, the more I think about it, it'd be perfect for the praise/worship band I play with periodically.

He could make you one out of an old pew

 

[PeteH]

So, are there essentially two approaches to EUB? Those that are true electric bass fiddles (longer scale, arched fingerboard & bridge) ...
and those that are essentially bass guitars turned sideways?

So as not to bring upon me the wrath of the true double-bassists, I've sorta begun referring to the Twig as a UBG, or upright bass guitar. I've played an old Ampeg and a nice Yamaha, and indeed they have longer scale length, a bit wider spacing at the bridge, and the all-important radius. They also cost more than my car.

But given that, there's a lot of fun that can be had with an UBG.

 

[PeteH]

And to make it official, I played the Twig at church last night. It's now officially Holy Krap.

 

[JoePasko]

excellent!! Three strings: the father, the son, and the Holy "D" ??

 

[tZer]

That's kraptastic!

Makes all the effort I am putting into my build look like serious overkill!

 

[BassmanAd]

Just had a look on the Krappy website. Check out the artists page... Most amusing.

 

[The Owl]

I've been e-mailing The Krapmeister earlier tonight, and dang it, I may well be putting in an order for a 4-string Twiggy, he quoted me $250 plus shipping (and I'll be supplying my own tuners)

 

[jb_kid]

nice one there.. do you have any sound clip ??

 

[PeteH]

I put a clip at the top of page 3 in this thread.

 

[JoePasko]

Krappy Bass 'n' Drums

 

[JoePasko]

rock & roll !!!

 

[The Owl]

That's it, I'm pulling the trigger when I get back from vacation! That clip did it for me!

Who knows, a Krappy Club might be in the offing here.

 

[JoePasko]

pull the trigger BEFORE you leave.... your rod might be done or close to it, by the time you get back from vacation !


Hey, note the small & compact size of my fretless 2; you couldn't really tell from the earlier pic of just the bass itself. But it is 34" scale, w/ two-full-octave neck : big and meaty sound, too