This is the cheapest bass ever...and it sounds incredible!

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[nugboy]

I knew he was gonna play 7 nation army.

[chucku]

Fun fact : In French, a wash tub is called a "bassine".
BTW you can also build a whamola for a fairly low price.

[Kanerockafella]

The old band that they showed was the Quarrymen and that was what the Beatles were called before 1961

[brainmushart]

As someone from a folkpunk band, a genre that uses these kinds of basses pretty often, the best choice of string is anything with a high nylon content whether its some old nylon clothesline or just some nylon cored rope this will give you the best tone and volume.

When drilling your hole into the bucket be sure not to leave any sharp edges or else cracks will begin to form, also used an oversized washer on the underside to hold in the rope, don't just have it directly on the bucket.

Good playing height for the stick is about at your shoulder, so just find a decent wooden rod and cut it to height.

[emperortrevornorton]

I forget how many vintage cartoons used that style bass I made one but the bucket I used broke after I think 3 years

[Kaden_BASS_noob]

fun fact:
a scene in Disney's Ratatouille have a rat playing this bass made of trashes 🤓

[reedmclean]

Seven Nation Army wasn't even recorded with a bass.

[TheMusicianTom]

Nice work Danny. I saw a two man band from Malawi last August, the bassist has a one string tea-chest bass!

[postpunk]

Mark Sandman from Morphine and his 2-string-slide bass guitar. RIP

[brennensbootlegs]

Found an Epiphone Bass at Goodwill in Loveland, Colorado for $5.99 on a family trip. Since I got my first Bass, I've been watching your great videos. Thank you.

[tomschrein]

My neighbor played a Gup Bucket when I was a little kid in the 1960s. Haven’t seen anyone else play one in person since. It sounded pretty good from what I remember 😊

[afwalker]

Why do I smile when I find your stuff? You're infectious!

[Literallyjustmint]

I knew it was gonna be seven nation army lmao

[Katman_Music]

My personal favorite of these bass creations has got to be Les Claypool’s whamola

[ded]

Ahh, yes, the Ural 510l my first behs ever!

[MyNameisMud]

5 minute crafts would be jealous


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[metalmilitia]

Holy crap! Such a amazing fact. Definitely would love to see more bass history posts man!!

[grungyc]

We're gonna need you to build one now...

[oolabob]

I made a 3 string bass with a big calabash gourd, some scrap wood, and weed whacker strings.
It's fun to play, and holds its tuning with some friction pegs I made from leftover bits of dowel.
Bass always finds a way.

[sunnyztmoney]

The Trinidad bass sounds amazing! EXACRLY like the bass tone on the albumn version of ride the lightning