@suemacias667 Lol, you can't unsee it now. These are flatwound bass guitar strings. The scale length is only 32" which is pretty standard for bass guitar, but much shorter than most upright basses. Piezo pick up in bridge goes into a built in pre amp.
Nice idea for the "leg"! What did you use for strings? For some reason the sound on the video is hard to hear. And are you bringing it to York? Tim is gonna play the Leaning House upright on every song but Labor Day. I'm also gonna have Jimbk join us for that one with his thump stick thing!
@loulamanna567 Thanks Lou. Yeah I was thinking about how you put the leg on the Leaning House bass. Then I remembered that I had the broken drafting table and this came to me. Maybe listen with some headphones to get the bass frequencies? They're flat wound bass guirar strings, so it's a pretty short scale for an upright. It'll be with me in York.
Thanks! I started with Scruggs style a long time ago and then switched to clawhammer after discovering it by accident. I still play some two finger style occasionally when I want to sound a little bluegrassier.
@brianq4.13.69 Thanks! I Haven't looked at it lately, have to check it out. I'm trying to cut back on my internet time. Between RU-vid and a couple of Facebook sites, it seems like I stare at a screen way more than I should.
Very nice work! I have built a half dozen dulcimers and my son is a Luthier. I have been wanting to build a banjo. No time like the present I guess. My dad built the first dulcimer I ever saw and gave it to me. If he only knew he started.
@@chuckbowen5024 Thank you. I made one banjo after I retired and couldn't stop making stuff, lol. Banjos aren't too hard. My first was fretless because I was nervous about fret work. I'm over that now.
I heard an old 78 record one time, and the band played a tune called "Money in Both Pockets" at a breakneck pace. At the end of the song they broke into laughter and started saying "That's a swell tune, but it shore don't fit my pockets !" So somebody says "Well Ok - We'll play another one - This one's called "Boy's, My Money's All Gone" and they take off on a tune - and it's the exact same tune as the first ! Always got a chuckle out'ta that. That record might have been The Skillet Lickers but Ah'dunno, it's been a long time back. BTW - You play excellent music and the BoxJo is GREAT !
