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Hey /diy/, I kinda don't wanna spend the 600 dollars on a stand up bass because I dont have it. I plan on using this for Pyschobilly bass playing so the Fingerboard has to be able to take some abuse. So does anyone know how to make one? Shape does not matter as long as it isn't blocky.

>> No.545236

What band is this OP? They look like 2 righteous dudes..

>> No.545243

>>545217

I don't have a clue, but bumping and monitoring, because, you know, homemade instruments kick ass.

>> No.545283

Psychobilly? What the fuck?

>> No.545333

>>545283
well it is Halloween and most phychobilly bands are horror themed.

>> No.545348

>>545283
It's a goddamn psychobilly freak out.

Op needs a washtub bass for the ultimate in psychobilly badassery

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545359

>>545283
Music genre.

>> No.545370

It's complicated, OP. If you don't know how to start this project, you sure as shit won't be able to finish it. Just save up and buy one. Constantly be searching for it and you'll hit on someone wanting to get rid of one for cheap.

As for the build, you can make an upright out of about any wood as long as you plan on piezoing it. The fingerboard needs to be a hard wood. Ebony, rosewood, maple..any of the woods you'd use on a guitar. You'll need to figure out the neck radius through googling. There might be kits you can put together, but you might as well buy a used one for how much those cost.
Psychobilly bands have high turnover because the music sucks, so chances are some dude with chops and an embarrassing tattoo on his knuckles will be trying to sell one cheap to pay for laser removal.

>> No.545416

im a jazz drummer, i love rockabilly, i like psychobilly, so i dig what you're sayin.

but if you're just going to abuse it, slap the shit out of it, stand on it, bang it around, etc, just pick up a cheap one on craigslist. its not like the tone is going to come across or anything. you should be able to find one that some student beat around.

that said
this guy used clamps to bend the sides
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-A-Plywood-Upright-Bass/

and this probably outlines a procedure you could use to build a coffin bass
http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Bass-fiddle/

>> No.545465

bogdonboxbass.com
looks like you can get a kit for $120 and it's a carboard box. and you could just replace the cardboard later with more cardboard or some wood.

>> No.546076

>>545465
very cool, but i say diy that.

its a cardboards box with some wood and strings for 120dorrah

>> No.546435

psychobilly? is this fucking 2005?

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546847

>>545236
The Klingonz.

>> No.547303

>>545416
I see em selling in pawn shops for several hundred

>> No.547356

>>546435

/mu/ pls leave