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Comment by Christoph Charlé on February 4, 2015 at 2:57am

THX a lot for the information. So it is more a kind of broom-stick half hidden in an old suitcase ;o)

Comment by PKB on February 3, 2015 at 5:15pm

Christoph Charlé:

On the inside it is just standard 2x2 pine building lumber. There is a peice running along the top just under the soundboard and the bottom almost touching the bottom. At the tail and neck attachments there's pine 2x4 blocks. That's really all there was to it.

The 2x2 along the top under the sound board is really so that it doesn't break through. The suitcase is not made of real sturdy wood, it was very very thin plywood and a cardboard backing. That said, it still does not bend the top at the bridge far enough down to touch the supports.

This is the only picture that I took of the process. I roughed out the neck with a hatchet which was fun and added to my overall lifetime man points.

Wade:

Yeah, flat is fine for me.

Bad Finger (Eric):

I can -not- get peizo's to work. I will explain in a new video.

Comment by Christoph Charlé on February 2, 2015 at 2:30am

Looks great! How did you build it? I can imagine it takes quite some measures to reinforce the back, sides and top of the suitcase to withstand the pressure / tension of the bass strings. Do you have any plans or pics of the build? would be really interesting.

Comment by Wade on January 31, 2015 at 1:33pm

That's awesome man! It doesn't look like you need the radius, but I have seen an upright build with a cut black pvc 

pipe that was used for a curved fretboard(some food for thought). Hope you leave a vid once you get the pickups in

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on January 30, 2015 at 5:59am

Great job, BTW.  Great sound too.  I'll have to look up the weed whacker strings.  We put steel student orchestral strings on our bass since my daughter uses it for practice at home and uses the school's upright for lessons and concerts.

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on January 30, 2015 at 5:58am

On my bass, I used a cable piezo under the bridge and it works quite well.  My electric is mainly a beam with no box so I had to sandwich the cable between two pieces of leather.  I'm trying to learn the slap techniques.

Comment by Patrick Curley on January 29, 2015 at 10:07am

Great idea. Some impressive woodworking there too. Did you carve that bridge with a chisel?

Comment by Noisemaker59 on January 27, 2015 at 4:46pm

That's BAD-A$$.. Great idea! Would like to hear it once the pick-ups are in. For your pin-up girls...I've used

this eBay seller: PIN-UP GIRLS

Comment by Uncle John on January 27, 2015 at 1:55pm

That thing RESONATES.   Good construction.

Comment by Clock The Wolf on January 27, 2015 at 12:20pm

Neat-O!

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