Winter Build Off 2023 - Let Your Nerd Flag Fly

[Beej]

I now have to build TWO basses? I'll need six months then.

The idea of the twin build was to incorporate twinning of something in the build process. So someone could build two basses, or just build one bass with two pickups. The concept would need to be fleshed out more, but that's the gist of it. It goes back a while.

 

[Crawforde]

That’s actually kind of cool in a super symmetrical nerdy kind of anything goes happy summer sci fi kind of way.

 

[WRM]

The idea of the twin build was to incorporate twinning of something in the build process. So someone could build two basses, or just build one bass with two pickups. The concept would need to be fleshed out more, but that's the gist of it. It goes back a while.

I like it! One blue, one red, in different tunings - for sure I'll finish my SBO22/WBO23 assembly builds before the SBO23 deadline!...

 

[mapleglo]

Since the Nerd build went so well maybe a branching out that may pull more of us out into the open.
A Sci-Fi build, or Cyberpunk, or Steampunk or some other aesthetic that could lead to more interesting choices and stories.

I'd be all in for a Sci-Fi or Steampunk build off!

 

[Will_White]

It would be interesting to see what people do with a steampunk theme, or could just make the theme 'punk that would leave room for the widest interpretation.

 

[Jon Clegg]

Start planning those scroll heads.

 

[Flamingo21]

The idea of the twin build was to incorporate twinning of something in the build process. So someone could build two basses, or just build one bass with two pickups. The concept would need to be fleshed out more, but that's the gist of it. It goes back a while.

A bass with exchangeable headstocks?

 

[Jon Clegg]

It would be interesting to see what people do with a steampunk theme, or could just make the theme 'punk that would leave room for the widest interpretation.

Well I've done Steampunk and Cyberpunk... What's next? Dieselpunk? White punks on dope?

 

[Reedt2000]

Well I've done Steampunk and Cyberpunk... What's next? Dieselpunk? White punks on dope?

According to Google there are plenty of varieties of punk left to riff on:

 

[postalflunkie]

Emos!

Don't conform to all the social norms...

 

[Mickey666]

According to Google there are plenty of varieties of punk left to riff on:

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I'm pretty sure I've qualified as at least half of those at one time or another.

 

[Will_White]

Well I've done Steampunk and Cyberpunk... What's next? Dieselpunk? White punks on dope?

What @Reedt2000 posted or be the most punk and build a fancy coffee table bass to fight the power.

 

[ctmullins]

 

[Beej]

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I thought it was "fight the plower"

 

[postalflunkie]

I thought it was "fight the plower"
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Yea... I like that

 

[Mickey666]

I thought it was "fight the plower"
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Around here we do that to deter the drunks with bats on the backroads

 

[WRM]

Around here we do that to deter the drunks with bats on the backroads

I gave up and got a PO Box.

 

[Mickey666]

I gave up and got a PO Box.

More fun to watch them go into the ditch when they're not expecting it.

 

[Max Bogosity]

According to Google there are plenty of varieties of punk left to riff on:

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Psychobilly theme! Everyone has to build a coffin-shaped upright bass and post a picture of themselves standing on it to prove the necessary structural integrity.

 

[Flamingo21]

Beat the system! Build a coffin shaped uke bass instead.