Ledzendrix1128 Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 This is a project I recently built in my Sculpture I class last semester. Its been a while since ive logged in to the forums, so i don't know if anyone here remembers me, but Ive been lurkin! Heres the specs chambered Walnut body w/ zebrawood top maple/walnut thru-neck (42" from nut to bridge) snakewood fretboard steel nut part I found lying on my floor (possibly from a lamp?) I used for the bridge single coil squier strat pickup 3/4 scale contrabass D-string No Sound clips as of yet, but when the whether gets nicer I'm gonna record some stuff at my buddy's house http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/ledz...28/DSCF1014.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/ledz...28/DSCF1050.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/ledz...28/DSCF1058.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/ledz...28/DSCF1080.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/ledz...28/DSCF1088.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/ledz...28/DSCF1089.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/ledz...28/DSCF1097.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i10/ledz...28/DSCF1098.jpg I'll post some finished pics strung up sometime soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElysianGuitars Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 (edited) wow, almost identical to my first build... looks good, though i'm not really sure what a whamola is Edited April 4, 2008 by ElysianGuitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 Basically it's a one-string standup bass that you whack with a stick Claypool has been known to use one. There are a few videos up on youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyroiguana Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 (edited) Woohoo! Whamola! They're, like Xanthus said, a one string standup bass you whack with a stick, BUT with a important differnce. There's some sort of mechanism (i imagine it can vary) that bends the string mounted on the headstock. You play it by holding the mechanism with your left hand, bending it to change the pitch and whacking it with a stick with your other hand. Or you can just play it on the fretboard. I was thinking about making one sometime. They seem so fun to play. How are you making the string bender? (if at all) Here's a good video of it in use both ways: Edited April 5, 2008 by Pyroiguana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 You can hear it better in this video. Les' band kinda drowns out the whamola. I think the Les method is good. Simple and effective, really. What might be cool is a racheting or pin system on the whammy bar where you could hold the string at a certain pitch and be able to move your hand down the fretboard. Basically like a capo, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntinDoug Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 I have a similar build as well: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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