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One String Electric Junk Bass
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pemdasi



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 3:35 pm    Post subject: One String Electric Junk Bass
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I decided that I would like to experiment with some physical bass string sounds after I came across a long stick of wood in the streets. It seemed perfect, so I set about building the one string electric junk bass.

Construction is very simple.
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Machine head tuner is mounted to the wood.

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I used an electrical grounding bar as a sort of nut.

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I had a piezo element laying around, so that turned into the pickup and bridge.

The finished thing:
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Well, it sounds better than I expected it to, to be honest. Here's a clean recording: http://projects.pemdasi.net/one_string_bass/one_string_clean.mp3

And a recording with a drum track and some effects: http://projects.pemdasi.net/one_string_bass/pemdasi_-_demo_one_string_bass.mp3

So, considering the only thing I paid for in this project was the E bass string, I'm pretty happy with the results.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Cool man, hope you enjoy your one-string bass!

Les

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Sounds pretty good to me I must admit!

Nice job.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 4:30 am    Post subject: Re: One String Electric Junk Bass
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pemdasi wrote:
... Well, it sounds better than I expected it to ...
It surely does...

I even have the string somewhere, so...
I was thinking about implementing this into a 'stumpf fiddle'.
A simple and complete rhythm section!
Get the tools Smile

Wout
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