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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on October 2, 2019 at 1:26pm

Have you heard of the Lowebow? It’s basically what you’re describing? Made by Johnny Lowebow: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q4VaUxCpvgY#fauxfullscreen

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Permalink Reply by FoldedSoup on October 3, 2019 at 3:26am

Awesome video, thanks. I'll never be that coordinated.

It's the general idea - he has a double neck CBG, 1-string bass on one and 3-string on the other, although both necks are close enough together that he can play them simultaneously (which may be a way to go, now that I think of it...) I was thinking more of a single neck, 4-string, probably strung DGBE, with a U-Bass low D string instead of the typical D string. I'd have to make the neck a bit fatter than usual - along with other accommodations to get it playable, and before I start the planning I was thinking someone has probably tried this before and could talk me out of it.

Thanks again for the link- I'll probably be watching more of his videos later today!

Cheers!

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Permalink Reply by John Mark Perchalski on November 10, 2019 at 2:26pm

This sounds interesting and I'd love to know how your build turns out!

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Permalink Reply by Moritz Voegeli on November 10, 2019 at 8:01pm

Check https://dbguitars.ch/amplification-reparations-et-modifications/mod... on Daniel Borel's site https://dbguitars.ch: he's a luthier who builds CBGs too.

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on November 11, 2019 at 2:37am

thanks , thats a nice cool CBG there... 

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Permalink Reply by FoldedSoup on November 12, 2019 at 5:38am

That's pretty much what I was thinking of - except I thought I'd use nylon strings and a U-Bass string instead of the traditional Bass string. Then use a piezo of some sort.

Looks do-able... mine won't be as pretty as that one, but it's a great design idea to riff on.

Thanks, Moritz!

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on November 12, 2019 at 5:49am

I recommend using a piezo rod, you’ll get way better sound through direct contact of the strings? 

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Permalink Reply by Jerry Jordan on November 12, 2019 at 10:13am

that is nice,,,

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Permalink Reply by Jerry Jordan on November 12, 2019 at 10:12am

Somewhere here I saw a "King Bow" .,., 1 bass string, 3 guitar strings.,., but not nylon .,.,the U-bass string sounds like something to try.,.,

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on November 12, 2019 at 2:21pm

It might need a crazy bridge and nut!  I made a cbu bass and the low string really vibrates, it needs a ton of action to not hit the frets when you pluck it.  Then the other three will be normal height which would make things interesting, strumming might be a challenge too now that I think about it. Hope you try it, love to see how it comes out. 

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Permalink Reply by FoldedSoup on November 13, 2019 at 3:26am

I hadn't considered the vibratory action needed for the bass string.... more planning. Thanks for the new wrinkle!

Vibratory Action would be a good funk band name...

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Permalink Reply by Moritz Voegeli on November 12, 2019 at 8:34pm

You remember the foto of Daniel Borel's four-stringer I posted? His box is designed to drive the pickups through a guitar and a bass amp separately... With piezos you could have the problem that the bass string mutes the other ones...

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