GregRichardson Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Hi its Greg again As some of you may know, I am making a bass guitar on a very, VERY low budget and I finally started the project today, all I need now are strings. I do not want to use actual bass strings as they would not look very good on my setup, also that doesnt make it completely homemade (and would also be over my budget) so if anyone knows what a cheap alternative to bass strings would be please tell me. soon I will post pictures of me starting the project entitled "project planktar" Thanks a lot Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tait Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 elastic bands!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 PM me your postal address & I'll mail you some used strings. I have packets of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 So you've wound your own pickups and made some control pots? - I'm officially impressed! Dunno about making your own strings or using string substitutes though Hamster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 [quote name='GregRichardson' post='228851' date='Jun 29 2008, 07:46 AM']so if anyone knows what a cheap alternative to bass strings would be please tell me.[/quote] How about secondhand bass strings - I'm sure a lot of people here have loads of spare ones. Or maybe those crappy ebay strings that cost a fiver? or Flymo nylon - but only if you're using a piezo element instead of a magnetic pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnt Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 If you're going to use any kind of magnetic pickup, the strings must contain iron, or you'll get no sound out of it. Got any barbed wire handy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Fencing wire - it'll have the same feel as a set of Rotosound flats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 [quote name='BigRedX' post='230016' date='Jun 30 2008, 08:29 PM']Fencing wire - it'll have the same feel as a set of Rotosound flats![/quote] Un-ravel some of that green peerless fencing, and it'd be the same as coated strings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregRichardson Posted July 4, 2008 Author Share Posted July 4, 2008 wow thanks for all the comments, I completely forgot about this topic. again I am just going to write quick comments to everything as I am going out for dinner in around 10 minutes and I need to get ready to iwtait; No... to outtoplayjazz; I live in Australia, I highly doubt you'd want to send them all the way down under, thanks very much for the offer though. to Hamster; I'm actually just using a piezo for the build, come on, I'm an Austra-English 14 year that studies 3 different forms of IT, you don't get much lazier than that, I have started making some pickups for my dads old electric guitar but I got bored after winding it about four times, you can still be impressed if you wish to Jean(etc, etc, etc, I'm not writing your full username ), thanks for the ideas but I wanted to make my own strings not buy crappy ones, thanks anyway though. to bnt; sorry, I use all my barbed wire to punish myself for my sins, I'm the Silas, the pale guy from the Davinci Code, just so you know I will write more in about an hour, thanks for the comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tait Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 [quote name='GregRichardson' post='232501' date='Jul 4 2008, 10:28 AM']to iwtait; No...[/quote] lol! by the way, thats twice you've called me iwtait... its an L... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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