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2010 relic build, before I had heard of anyone building with a 2x5. The White Owl, fretted (poorly) and tuned DGB. This is an old fave and was in a lot of videos and was played in 3 KC fests. Originally had a disc piezo and later changed to a Gitty rod piezo and equalizer. Features 3 non matching tuners and a mildly crushed top. Never played by Micheal Jackson. Entry in the handsomest builder category.
2010 relic build, before I had heard of anyone building with a 2x5. The White Owl, fretted (poorly) and tuned DGB. This is an old fave and was in a lot of videos and was played in 3 KC fests. Originally had a disc piezo and later changed to a Gitty rod piezo and equalizer. Features 3 non matching tuners and a mildly crushed top. Never played by Micheal Jackson. Entry in the handsomest builder category.
Ok, I know I've got an entry in already but hey, I had apiece of 2x4 left over so I went with this. I'm calling it the fast and funky 2x4 fiddle since I made it in one day and didn't do much in the way of sanding or other niceties. It's based on pochette or travel fiddles I've seen. It's got a thin body and a pretty thin tone too. All the wood parts except the nut and tailpiece come from the 2x4. I'll have to replace the pine bridge soon since the strings are digging in pretty bad.
Dang, you guys went all fancy on me... I just took a Gitty 4-pole pickup, a fender jackplate, cut an old bass bridge in half and made a (2x3) diddly bow bass...
Of course, it sounds awesome...
https://soundcloud.com/john-sawyer-11/bass-34-scale-2x4
"Everything you need, nothing you don't." I like it.
Papa D > Clever, nicely done.
Plus, to use during the inevitable zombie apocalypse, a very effective-looking weapon! ^^
Here is my entry. When I saw Shane's video I thought it was great but too much work. I decided not to do any notching or cutting out of cavity sections. All the wood is from Home Depot and only length cuts were used.
I cut my 2x4 to Shane's specs without the head stock. I used a red oak plank 1/2 by 4 and cut it to length leaving out a section for my pick up. I cut an angled head stock caused I liked the look but did not need to. All I had to do was Drill holes for the tuners and glue it together. After it set I gave it a coat of poly and went to bed. The next day I Added the tuners and pickup and a jack on the side. I had to add a washer to the tuners but no big deal. It sounded great. All the parts were from my "junk" draw. I used a banjo bridge for the nut and an electric guitar bridge for the stop. I had 3 ferrules so I threw them on. Tuners, bridge from Gitty.
I downloaded multiple lap steel fret boards from the web and tries sizes from 22.5, 23, 24. 24.25 just by moving the banjo bridge/nut. Iended up with 24 as my favorite.
Things were going so well I decided to spruce it up. I used another red oak board from home depot (1/4 by 3 to make a fret board?). I used my miter box to saw the lines and used floor board crack filler to make the lines. It is held down with upholstery tacks so I can change it easily if I want. Bridge height is by 2 nuts and a bolt.
Great, I then thought " why not add a volume and tone control?". So I had some junk pieces from my CBG builds (again HD) and made a box to put where the jack was. I was going to solder the controls on when I picked up my soldering iron from the wrong end. After the swearing stop I decided to leave well enough alone.
All done in a weekend with time here and there. A lot of fun (except the 3rd degree burns)Thanks Shane for the ideas.
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