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Well, the 'traditional' size foe a bass ukulele tends to be around 50cm (20 inches). This is probably because a baritone ukulele is this size and anything much bigger tends not to be a ukulele.
The problem is string tension at this scale length. Bass strings that I have tried won't tune properly at this scale. Neither will the bottom strings from a 6 string guitar.
So, either a longer scale or a different string. I have used strimmer line on a double bass sized cigar box instrument and once the stretch has been eliminated they do well. I have not yet had chance to try them on a short scale instrument. The other alternative are bass ukulele strings that are offered by Kala.
Fingerboard width - 35mm at nut, 45mm at 12th fret.
In my opinion, I doubt if an acoustic bass will be loud enough to play with other instruments. In the ukulele orchestra that I perform with I use a electro acoustic bass ( we do not use the G word) through a big amp in order to get the projection to support 14 ukuleles of all sizes.
If I might be cheeky, but here is a link to the ukulele orchestra that I play in.
http://www.youtube.com/v/nkYO8hkvgiU&hl=en_US&fs=1&;"
Check out the U-bass by RoadToad/Kala. It isn't a cigar box, but looking at it will give you the ideas you need for building the a CigarBox bass. I am currently building two. One is a silverware storage box...bigger than a cigar box, but will look at home with the cigar box guitars. The other I am building is using an antique carved jewelry box for the body. One has a standard guitar 25.5 scale, the other will have a 20" baritone ukulele scale.
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