How to Build "The Strung Out" - a PVC and wood bass guitar contraption

Make Magazine originally published these plans for a great working "Strung Out" PVC bass in 2009.  We recently discovered that they archived the plans and info so that everyone could build their own.

Scroll down below to get the plans and check out the accompanying video showing each step along the way:

MATERIALS NEEDED
Guitar (or bass) string
Guitar (or bass) machine tuner
PVC pipe - 4' long 1" dia. for guitar, or 1½" dia. for bass
PVC end caps (2) to fit pipe
Pine board - 1"×12"×2' long
Spray paint For coloring the body
Silicone sealer glue
1" extender cable (RadioShack #42-2562)
Piezo element
Rubber stopper
Rubber feet
Cable ties
1½" hex lag screws (6)
Black tape

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Comment by Paul Craig on December 17, 2015 at 7:37am

Neat little project. I've some homemade Basses made of different matials before with good results. and I want to make one myself out of Aluminum with PBass pickups. The ones that CBGitty sells are good.

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