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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on February 13, 2013 at 11:42am

Well, since it's for jazz and rockabilly, the obvious choice would be...Metal!

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Permalink Reply by Chris Cremeans on February 13, 2013 at 12:00pm

Thats what I planned on using I was curious to know if anyone knew the difference in sound other than that my only concern was the weight difference but if necessary I could use a slightly smaller wheelbarrow and the best part is that weed whacker string comes in the same gauges as the actual bass strings 

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on February 13, 2013 at 6:54pm

Metal should resonate better and if weight is a problem, leave the wheel on it and you can just roll it around.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Cremeans on February 14, 2013 at 5:28am

The plans that I have have the rounded part as the top putting the wheel in the way but i'm probably going to put a locking caster wheel on the endpin so i can roll it around and lock it when in use  

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Permalink Reply by Hal Somervill on February 16, 2013 at 12:34am

I spotted a childs wheelbarrow at a flea market just the other day. Thought that would be cool as a small bodied, electric, stand up bass. Cut off the handles, but leave the wheel on and use that as the bottom. When you stand it up, the wheel would be off the floor.

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Permalink Reply by billykissell on January 15, 2015 at 8:31am

I build one with a metal wheelbarrow. It sounds great but weighs 35 pounds. the weight is the ONLY thing i don't love about it.

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