The May '10 has an interesting article on the evolution of Radio Shack and the loss of its electronics DIY tradition. What really caught my eye, though, was the accompanying photo of Steve Muscarell and his homemade ABS bass. Very cool, but I can't find any info on it online.

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/04/ff_radioshack/

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To update my own post, I just found this Make magazine article on building a PVC guitar:

http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol09/?pg=117#pg117
And I found a YouTube video on making a bass, interesting use of a rubber foot on the piezo...


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There were plans on the internet for a PVC electric upright bass built by beat catcher. I cannot seem to find them now.
I'm digging that stand up pvc bass, I wonder if I need that hair and side burns to get good sounds from it? Looks simple enough. What is a good scale length fro a 2 string bass, I've got a bunch of pvc out in the garage.
34" scale length. But really any thing you want

MichaelS said:
I'm digging that stand up pvc bass, I wonder if I need that hair and side burns to get good sounds from it? Looks simple enough. What is a good scale length fro a 2 string bass, I've got a bunch of pvc out in the garage.
Tyler Higdon said:
There were plans on the internet for a PVC electric upright bass built by beat catcher. I cannot seem to find them now.


is this what you were thinking of:

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=...

There's a link in there to the original pictures of the PVC bass, pretty nice project.
Dr. Andy Cohen (the store owner) has always been a forward thinking early adopter. The PVC EUB just might be the way of the future.
This guy did a pretty cool PVC cello: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIeoKYQTokM

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