JohnH89 Posted Saturday at 12:19 Posted Saturday at 12:19 Just a quick post to entertain and inform . Had an idea of building an EUB . Had one before and liked the general idea . I have played a doghouse bass before and love it but the practicalities , storage and transport of it have put me off . That , and the fact I would have to leave home at the age of 58 and start again in life cos the missus would not be too happy . And the tiny little micropub that we often play in is not ideal for double bass , as most of the customers would have to be outside on the pavement . So this idea was born . The plan was some sort of electric instrument , to be played mostly with a bow for long drone bass notes to accompany some irish music . After some refreshment (ahem!) , this plan was born . Neck/body is 1 5/8in aluminium tube with 1/4in wall thickness . Fingerboard is some unknown ( possibly sapele ) hardwood from the garage , machined to fit tube and given a radius . Tailpiece made from the same . Single bass bridges used as string anchors . Hipshot tuners . SBW weedwhacker strings . Endpin is most of a telescopic walking pole . PIckup is electro acoustic guitar piezo . I was going to have onboard buffer/EQ but decided to go passive in the end and feed it to hi impedance buffer and EQ pedal . Still need to finish it , just side markers on figerboard and a final polish and wax and we are done . 8 Quote
NickA Posted Saturday at 12:23 Posted Saturday at 12:23 Genius 😁😁. What are those weird rubbery looking red "strings"? Quote
JohnH89 Posted Saturday at 12:33 Author Posted Saturday at 12:33 Superior bassworks deluxe blood red. Love them and quite inexpensive. 1 Quote
Downunderwonder Posted yesterday at 03:23 Posted yesterday at 03:23 Nice! I hope there is some softening of the break angle at the nut. Your strings might not like a sharp transition. 1 Quote
JohnH89 Posted yesterday at 09:07 Author Posted yesterday at 09:07 5 hours ago, Downunderwonder said: Nice! I hope there is some softening of the break angle at the nut. Your strings might not like a sharp transition. The slots in the bridge are radiused . 1 Quote
Hellzero Posted yesterday at 18:12 Posted yesterday at 18:12 Really love the minimalistic approach and the walking pole endpin, which will be very useful once the perfect position is found as I guess it's still adjustable... 1 Quote
JohnH89 Posted yesterday at 19:16 Author Posted yesterday at 19:16 1 hour ago, Hellzero said: Really love the minimalistic approach and the walking pole endpin, which will be very useful once the perfect position is found as I guess it's still adjustable... Endpin is indeed adjustable . Twist and lock fitting so a matter of seconds to adjust . 2 Quote
JohnH89 Posted 4 hours ago Author Posted 4 hours ago Just managed to get in the workshop for a couple of hours . Fingerboard side markers installed . Fingerboard dressed with home made radius sanding block made from a section of 110mm underground drainage so 55mm radius . Fingerboard waxed with black bison wax . Just got to give metalwork a quick polish and wax and we are done. Just got to learn how to play it a bit better and I will put up some sound clips . I'm quite pleased with the understated side dots down to fret 24 . Almost invisible unless you are looking for them . They are for my benefit only . 3 Quote
Hellzero Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago If what I see is the actual action, you should raise it to avoid sounding like a fretless bass with too much mwah. 😉 And congratulations for your very personal EUB. 1 Quote
JohnH89 Posted 2 hours ago Author Posted 2 hours ago The Action is about 9mm at the end of the fingerboard . I think when I took the photo , the strings were off the bridge . 1 Quote
rwillett Posted 28 minutes ago Posted 28 minutes ago Brilliant. I recognise the carbon fibre sheet 😁 If there is anything I can help with that needs 3d printing, let me know. Quote
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