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The fourth CBG in this pic is a bass (although the picture cuts off the headstock). It uses weed whacker line for strings and a piezo pickup. Tuned E-A-D same as the bottom three of a standard bass.
I just had it out at a blues jam last night and it was very successful.
BTW, the real master of weed whacker line CB basses is Wichita Sam.
I've made a few basses
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Don't know if that helps, but you can certainly do a CBB and ask if you have any questions
My CBB was my third build. I built it without a truss rod using light baritone guitar strings. It has a 34 in. scale and both magnetic and piezo pickups. It is fretless. The neck is built out of 1 X 2 oak with a 1/4" fretboard. It has a very nice mellow sound. I plan to build a bass booster for it to compensate for the light sound. It is a four string tuned just like a standard bass.
Tyler,
How's it tuned? Low "A" maybe? Looks good,
the best,
Sam
Tyler Higdon said:My CBB was my third build. I built it without a truss rod using light baritone guitar strings. It has a 34 in. scale and both magnetic and piezo pickups. It is fretless. The neck is built out of 1 X 2 oak with a 1/4" fretboard. It has a very nice mellow sound. I plan to build a bass booster for it to compensate for the light sound. It is a four string tuned just like a standard bass.
It is tuned EADG just like a standard bass. It was a bit of a stretch to get the 34" scale length out of the strings.
Wichita Sam said:Tyler,
How's it tuned? Low "A" maybe? Looks good,
the best,
Sam
Tyler Higdon said:My CBB was my third build. I built it without a truss rod using light baritone guitar strings. It has a 34 in. scale and both magnetic and piezo pickups. It is fretless. The neck is built out of 1 X 2 oak with a 1/4" fretboard. It has a very nice mellow sound. I plan to build a bass booster for it to compensate for the light sound. It is a four string tuned just like a standard bass.
Tyler,
What is the diameters of those light baritone strings? Is that low E real sloppy? Maybe you're onto something that I'd like to try...
thanks,
Wichita Sam
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