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Official Cigar Box Bass Club
- Thread starter mc900ftj
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Here's mine. Paid for the whole thing with pocket change. Built with Chinese wholesale hardware and P pup. Frets are made out of nail gun nails glued in the (somewhat) correct fret spots. It's more of a conversation piece then anything. I have played it live though.
Haven't seen a "club" for us owners of cigar box basses...so here goes!
Post a photo of yours and I'll register you!
Here's mine....
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#1 - mc900ftj
What are those strings?
Came cross this a while back...A bit extreme.
www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=2l3ilopap2lpb&test-locale=&exposeKeys=&xg_pw=&xgsi=&groupId=&groupUrl=&xgi=&page=1
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Various guages of weed trimmer line. The weed trimmer line, piezo pickups and fretless-ness give it a thumpy, upright bass sound.
Figured I'd add mine to the mix. My friend Mike Orr at Built2Last guitars built me the fretless and then helped me with the 4 string. I used regular flats on the fretless and lightweight rounds on the 4. Might try and bump up the gauges soon. Here's a link to his page and book: Link Removed and his book http://www.amazon.com/Handmade-Music-Factory-Foot-Stompin-Instruments/dp/1565235592
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I've been wanting to make one for quite a while. In my junk parts I have an old DIY bass kit neck, tuners, cheap P-bass pickups, bridges, pots, etc. I mocked one up the other day and the scale isn't 34'' without having an extension. I would like to have the bridge positioned at the edge of the box rather than hanging out in space. Should I just not worry about scale lenght and rock it?
Also, even though I could make a (3) P bass pickup bass if I wanted I am considering using a piezo (s) without any controls. Would the piezo setup have any low end to it?
Also, even though I could make a (3) P bass pickup bass if I wanted I am considering using a piezo (s) without any controls. Would the piezo setup have any low end to it?
You'll most likely need a buffer/preamp for the piezo, and I'm pretty sure the ones made for basses are designed for the different frequency spread of a bass as opposed to guitar. There are some DIY buffer/preamps mentioned in other threads, and used Fishman controls can be found sometimes.
This thread has me looking at a couple of large cigar boxes I have, and all the parts I need to do something constructive with...
Since I have the electronics I'll just stick a P pickup in it. I haven't had time to try it, but I am going to try using the bridge (with saddles and screws removed) as a tail piece mounted on the end of the cigar box (the short side) with a wooden bridge.
