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Wired magazine article on Radio Shack with pic of ABS Bass

Posted by TonyW on May 2, 2010 at 9:47am in Other stuff - off topic, fun stuff, whatever
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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  • BenBob May 14, 2010 at 1:48pm
    This guy did a pretty cool PVC cello: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIeoKYQTokM
  • Johnny Debit May 3, 2010 at 7:39pm
    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.
  • TonyW May 3, 2010 at 4:53pm
    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.
  • Grizz May 3, 2010 at 3:54pm
    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.
  • MichaelS Country Boy Guitars May 3, 2010 at 11:41am
    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 May 3, 2010 at 10:07am
    There were plans on the internet for a PVC electric upright bass built by beat catcher. I cannot seem to find them now.
  • TonyW May 2, 2010 at 10:09am
    And I found a YouTube video on making a bass, interesting use of a rubber foot on the piezo...


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  • TonyW May 2, 2010 at 9:58am
    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
  • TonyW May 2, 2010 at 9:48am

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