Bass strings with elastic tensioners sound great! 

Thanks, I'm glad it can be useful!

Incredible idea! Did you get to do this with your students eventually?

Just goes to show that humans (clever ones like Nicolas) can make instruments out of anything if you understand the basics of what makes a nice sound. Amazing.

Hopefully you get to make your own version of the instrument would be more engaging for students

Middle school teacher here. I've been building DIY instruments for years and plan to use some of Nicolas' ideas too!

Yes, after hearing that sound, it felt like the rest of it (later in the video) was missing something.

I agree! after hearing that it almost makes you want something more out of the upper resonance of the final product/ but I think as a bass sound specifically this is excellent, it has a rather soft attack, and I feel it could blend in well with other instruments in most any mix as a nice thickener. this makes me think there could potentially be other registers of this instrument tho> like a smaller box version with that sweet conga thump> working together as unique orchestra

YESSS!! Reminds me of the plucked bass sound on Zamuto's 'It Can Feel So Good'!

Agreed. Reminded me of the blue man group’s iconic sound

this is the most accurate example ever and i love it

A koto with thick boy strings.

Yeah Immediately what I thought

I'd say it's more of a hammered dulcimer

@@aloysiusdevadanderabercrombie8Thays what I was going to say. If he’s hitting it with sticks, it’s a dulcimer.But the adjustable tuning bridges make it a Koto

@@ferretyluv Koto isn't the only nor the first instrument with movable bridges

Thanks!

It's like the satisfying thump of a good synth bass sound

Straordinario

I was going to come to the comments just to post "Hammered Bassimer."

It's just an even thicker version of Ashbory bass strings, or those on the Kala U-Bass.

It IS a hammered dulcimer. If he plucked it, it’s a koto. If he hits it with sticks, it’s a dulcimer.

@@ferretyluv Easier to tune than a standard version of either though. XD

haha, for real though! flashback!

I recently made a two string double bass and played it at the school talent show yesterday. The resonator is a big cardboard box, and it’s decently loud acoustically. The high string is a marine elastic cord. I’ll make a video in tiny bit but unfortunately since yesterday it’s been sounding different, lots of buzzing. It sounded exactly like a real double bass yesterday and the before.

Yep, cardboard can sound good, but you need some volume!

I fixed it, I’ll make a video later today

Thanks!

Yes love it too!

The clap sound is sampled.

@@jaysgood10 it is clearly not but okay

@@jaysgood10 Yes, sampled from the string being plucked...

I was thinking using straight up tape wound bass strings or maybe rubber ubass strings and to soften the strikers to get that mellow, upright sound. Definitely right about using better wood, 1/8" sheet of hardwood would project more.

@@johnnydeformed7123 The skin from a hollow core door would work pretty well, might need a few bits of bracing through the middle, that's all.

Plywood is out of stock…at least in Germany 😕

I think thick grass trimmer cord will work well as strings.

Ahh yes! Resistance bands. I knew there was some kind of rubber tubing I was trying to think of.

While I was watching the video I said this is a bass hammered dulcimer.

Thanks!

Can't wait to see your version!

Hey I know you...

Thanks a lot!

Stop concern trolling. He was fine and will continue to be.

@@agenericaccount3935 "Concern trolling" is the new dumbest-I've-heard-yet misuse of the term "trolling", and that's saying something lol. That term has been so wildly corrupted as a catch-all "anything I don't like on the internet", ugh. But anyway, all seriousness aside -- I tried to make it clear in my comment that it's not about the video creator at all, just an opportunistic healthcare PSA. Serious injuries are remarkably common when people work with any sort of cordage/cables under tension, especially when elasticity is involved, and bungees with hooks are especially notorious for this because of their design and because people use them casually. Anyone thinking about undertaking a project like this should ideally have such a warning. If that bothers you, then frankly I think either your priorities suck, or you're missing some vital information about the legitimacy of the risk and the importance of awareness. But hey, I'd defend your right to choose to be annoyed about a harmless comment on the internet. I just also hope you consider finding more worthwhile things to direct your dissatisfaction towards. 🤷‍♂️ If you're just gonna keep being cranky that's cool too, I tried my best, best of luck to you

@@ItsAsparageese Can attest to this myself. Bungee snapped hit me in left eye and was instantly blinded like I was looking through a glass of milk. Luckily vision returned but I have one of those David Bowie pupils. One large one not. Like you say one of the leading causes of blindness. Bungees. A problem you never hear about till the doctor tells you. To late of course.

@@hpodell Oof, glad your eye turned out okay! Thanks for the backup and sharing your cautionary tale. Yeah some years back my mom had an eye injury from a bungee cord, she healed up fine too but it was a nasty scare in the meantime. Thankfully that's the worst case I've been close to but I've heard horror stories and vehement warnings from enough healthcare colleagues to know it's a big issue.

I appreciate the cautionary warning Emerald because it's happened to me too. I'm just so glad the first time there was not much tension on the cord got hit in the mouth. No SCAR or anything. The second time though a lot of tension on the top of my head really hurt had to lay down a while. If there was a scar you couldn't see it. Yeah they can be dangerous. 🤕

Thanks! Yes one month since the last one, real life projects take time too!

That's not something I'll do, I'm a prototype guy, I have hundreds of other ideas I want to develop, but the idea is free to use!

@@NicolasBras As I expected. There's inventors, and there's fiddlers.

try earphones

tbf it really depends on what you're using to listen, if it's just your phone's speaker,, then you might as well just mute the video low noises are REALLY hard to hear. even a regular speaker if not some, surround stereo system can really make it hard to listen to. if you like bass I def recommend you get some ear/headphones

@@nipunagunarathne4882 I'm using headphones ._.

@@uranusouji9703 i have some it's just that the higher pitched/louder sounds are also loud. Most headphones don't have a separate volume for bass, including mine sadly

​@orbismworldbuilding8428 you should be able to adjust you phones audio equalizer in the settings somewhere. Its worth it

Thanks a lot!

Thanks! Yes that's a really fun one to play!

Thanks!

Thanks! Yes that's pure bass!

Edit: Looking again, that IS a torsion box - it's an assembly table. Could build a torsion box out of MDF, too. It has similar properties to a hollow core door and won't warp over time as much, so it won't keep shifting and require tuning and fixing the bridges constantly

Thanks!

Thanks!

I never tried this kind of instrument!

Motograter actually still exists and tours, but I'm not sure they still really use that thing as much.

Hey dude, you're amazing. I had forgotten the name of this band for a long time. It was almost 17 years ago that I heard the first piece of this band, the name of the song was (suffocate). I was always looking for the name of the band, thanks a lot

Very quiet, struggled to hear the instrument at all. Kudos on making it though!

@@Whistler-007 It's VERY bassy with very few overtones so if you are watching on something that doesn't have a lot of bass you won't hear anything at all.

@@bryndayy Thanks for replying. That'll be it. Cheap monitor speakers were not up to the task.

Grand merci!

I did 🙃

Oui il faut s'y mettre!

@@NicolasBras Hors sujet, j'ai lâché une caisse, spontanément je me suis demandé : "Ce serait quoi un Gastrophone ?" (ça donne ça de vivre avec un cerveau de Lamborghini dans une carcasse de Lada)

Instead of worrying about how he mixes his audio, maybe worry about how deaf you are because it wasn't quiet.