Hey guys, I remember seeing a couple of brands making a one string bass. Do u know the name/website of any of them? I want to buy one to expiriment and make funny stuff on stage. 
Thanx in advance.
Thanx in advance.
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One string bass?
- Thread starter Low D.
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Atlansia "Dualist" is soldout.
Krappy Punk basses "WengeWonder Fretless" and "2 str fretless PunkBass" looks kinda sweet...
Krappy Punk basses "WengeWonder Fretless" and "2 str fretless PunkBass" looks kinda sweet...
look around here....about 2 years ago there was a thread with a 1 string.
It had random fret angles, as it only mattered where the fret was directly under the string.
kinda like this
/ \ l / \ \ / / \ / l / / \ / \\//
it was kinda neat, if you find it, post it, I'd love to see it again.
It had random fret angles, as it only mattered where the fret was directly under the string.
kinda like this
/ \ l / \ \ / / \ / l / / \ / \\//
it was kinda neat, if you find it, post it, I'd love to see it again.
I have played a one-string bass made by a finnish luthier. The bass is meant for kids but I used one for a few gigs (just for one song/gig). Attached gig pic and pic from makers web site Link Removed (site only in finnish). The bass sounded great through an Ampeg SVT-AV and 610HLF 
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Don't discount the washtub. I have 2 Ritters and I still use a washtub for some outdoor acoustic situations where I wouldn't take my better carved DB or an amp, a Ritter or the Fender even. My tub, like the one pictured above, has a fingerboard (attached differently) but has a two octave range and can be tuned as well. I built it for less than $50. A fellow who has also made a nine stringer made this one string electric: bass:http://www.bas-extravaganza.nl/?page=bassen&BassenID=26
This is a one-string actually built by Jens Ritter:
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And these can be used very effectively for some music. The first one I saw was made of an old plumbing pipe for the neck, cardboard for the body, a sewing machine bobbin wound with copper for the pickup and one tuner screwed to the end of the pipe. Listening, you'd never know it was only one string.
This is a one-string actually built by Jens Ritter:
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And these can be used very effectively for some music. The first one I saw was made of an old plumbing pipe for the neck, cardboard for the body, a sewing machine bobbin wound with copper for the pickup and one tuner screwed to the end of the pipe. Listening, you'd never know it was only one string.
Les CLaypool has a "Whamola" a one string bass with a whammy. Which if I'm not mistaken the whammy was the only kind of pitch control the instrument offered.
It´s called the Schizo.
Made by http://www.bas-extravaganza.nl/?page=bassen - Silversorcerer posted the link earlier.
