How I built this Ukulele Bass out of one piece of wood.

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In this video I am building a ukulele bass from scratch, out of one piece of beech (and a little bit of plywood), using only hand tools (well, I didn't have a hand drill so an electric one counts as a hand tool) . This build is a part of the #usewhatyouvegot challenge. Sound test at the end of the video!
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Timestamps:
0:00 - The Neck
6:38 - The Body
17:14 - The Finishing
20:23 - The Hardware
21:40 - The Test
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@ramizculfa 2 года назад

This is arguably one of those really rare builds where almost no professional equipment is used to craft such a wonderful piece of art. Stunning!

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

Thank you! I don't necessarily have anything professional on hand, but the problem is that I don't have where to store them even if I did have them, as I still live in a student accommodation. Glad you liked it!

@JARottenHeart 2 года назад

great building process, you did the best out of little things. Not many tools or space. Awesome!

@kristopherrobin7069 6 месяцев назад

With out the test at the end I'd of said "there's no way this thing can play even 3 notes"...but you proved me wrong ;)

@Koospa 2 года назад

I love the thumb rest-bridge, it's such an awesome build!

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

@Nukh 2 года назад

I’m really stunned by your talent. So much hard work and the outcome is an absolute beauty. Sounds and looks amazing. This is really impressive! Congratulations my friend...

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

Thank you very much!

@ginopezzini Год назад

That’s craftmanship !!! Many compliments!

@7stringbassist Год назад

That's brilliant. Refreshing to see hand tools being used. The combined bridge and thumb rest is ingenious 👍👍

@seanedwards9787 9 месяцев назад

This is one of my favourite things I've seen in ages!

@unicyclopsgallant7698 Год назад

Beautiful work! Great design.

@garryyoung8945 5 месяцев назад

Very nice to watch. Thank you for posting this

@eseijin Год назад

I love this fingerrest design. great work!

@BenD_Bass Год назад

I never thought to use a picnic table as a work bench lol. Great video, gave me a couple ideas for my next mini bass build

@alpesta Год назад

Really good handwork and impressive instrument!

@MarkErikEE 10 месяцев назад

Impressive. Sounds amazing, too.

@WRXBase Год назад

Beautiful build. Love the song selection.

@davidandrassimon9713 Год назад

Beautiful!

@robertreid2241 3 года назад

Looks wicked, love the performance at the end

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

Thanks man! Really appreciate it!

@stephencoxbass Год назад

Very nice instrument! It looks and sounds great! I like the way you have a separate saddle for each string, I'm sure that helped the strings to have a more equal volume. Excellent work!

@BogdanBacila301 Год назад

Thank you! Really appreciate it!

@christofferniemonen8872 2 года назад

great tone

@eduard_schneider 3 года назад

Congrats!!!! Epic build & video

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

Thank you! I'm very honoured, especially when it's coming from you!

@axelmorisson Год назад

Amazing!

@kmichaelp4508 3 года назад

You’re quite the craftsman Pal. I love to see this kind of spirit for a young man 🤐

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

Thanks Mike! Really appreciate it! 😁

@jeroen9637 3 года назад

Love it. Well done 👍

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

Thank you!

@mauroalfredo9874 2 года назад

Muy bueno el proceso, sobre todo para aprender distintas técnicas de construcción

@peetyw8851 Год назад

I agree with everybody else. Wonderful process, execution, and result!

@haolejohn Год назад

Very organic and has a soul of it's own.

@BogdanBacila301 Год назад

Thanks!

@wallylozadaguitarrista Год назад

Gran trabajo 👏 👍 💪

@ItsMeAndru 2 года назад

RESPECT!

@DadPlaysBass 10 месяцев назад

That bass sounds amazing. Better than any other counterparts

@reinjuriasu2105 Год назад

100% very good job sir more videos to do of you its so amazing creation 😃😃😃

@javierandresmesa Год назад

Beautiful ❤ Greetings from Colombia!

@marcos338 2 месяца назад

Congratulations, it's an excellent work

@BogdanBacila301 11 дней назад

Thank you!

@cmjudco Год назад

Well you definitely got a physical workout making that guitar that is for sure! It’s a beautiful guitar and it sounds great

@pralkatv3485 Год назад

I am really impressed. I am guitar lover.

@ChrisFranklyn 3 года назад

Who needs the gym when you can make guitars on the bench outside you flat! Serious respect!

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

Don't forget about all the tanning you get from hand sanding in the sun for 5 hours. The perfect vacation care-package ;) Thanks!

@HarlemFingerboards 7 месяцев назад

its cool to see you working on what looks to be your apartment/neighborhood park table. I noticed the chain around the tables leg so i can only assume its not your backyard. Good inspiration to those who don't have a workshop or a readily accessible space to feel confident and comfortable to woodwork.

@BogdanBacila301 7 месяцев назад

Thanks! Yes, I used to live in a student accommodation so this was what we had there. Honestly, those tables made amazing workbenches, there's a certain magic in working out in the sun at a slow pace with hand tools. It just makes you pay attention to the work so much more. Now I don't live there anymore, so I don't even have the luxury of having that anymore, I don't even have a backyard and I need to be careful of the noise that I make in the apartment. So woodworking is, unfortunately, pretty much impossible for me at the moment. But maybe this limitation will give birth to something new ;)

@barryashton1404 9 месяцев назад

Respect

@urielfranciscofloreslozano5149 2 года назад

Very nice, never seen a fretless U Bass, looks perfect

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

Thank you!

@WalnutAnimations 2 месяца назад

This is cool

@saulgoodeguitars 2 года назад

So glad this popped up in my feed again

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

Thanks man! Hope you're doing good! ❤️

@saulgoodeguitars 2 года назад

@@BogdanBacila301 thanks mate, still in hospital, been fighting fevers the past five days but slowly getting on top of it

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

@@saulgoodeguitars great to that! Definitely a slow process but it's great to hear it's getting better😁

@user-qb1wo2ds3m Год назад

Тест звучания что надо)))))) главное что автору понравилось

@edt.5118 2 года назад

Everytime I think about building any kind of ukulele I watch one of these videos.

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

The hardest part is to start haha, just go for it! Nothing can go wrong ;)

@xhibitionism 2 года назад

A great project, cheers.

@xhibitionism 2 года назад

Did you find the string are stretching very long?

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

They did stretch quite a bit, yeah, and they also took some days to completely settle down. It was after about a week when it started being stable and not drift out of tune

@flonay5261 10 месяцев назад

What is the scale length of that bass? Also what strings did you use bc im making a ubass right now and i know i will want to make another after this. Great video👍👍 (I want to make my next one a travel version with a partial metal frame btw)

@KingBespokeCreations 3 года назад

Super cute and sound fantastic! I might have to make one! 👍

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

Thanks Chris! Absolutely, I can't recommend making one enough, theoretically something like this can be thrown together in a couple of days if it's not raining or snowing in your workshop haha. No fancy stuff, no truss rod, no separate fingerboard, this was just a little instrument to get rid of some leftovers I had around.

@KingBespokeCreations 3 года назад

@@BogdanBacila301 cool. What scale length is it?

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

It's around 510mm, the strings can go up to 21" so I wanted to get close to that, just for that little more tension and "thump"

@brendanhilgeman1395 Год назад

Random as heck. I was just watching Rocky Road to Dublin covers and then watched this. Thought my Spotify was glitching 😂

@mark64tanner 3 года назад

What a great build. Very well done Bogdan. Sure takes the stress out of fret positioning (still gotta get the bridge right, but sounded like you did and love the thumb rest. I would have chickened out and made it moveable) really cool All the best 👍✌😎

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

Thank you, Mark! It was indeed a bit scary to have the bridge fixed, but it seems to be fairly decently positioned. With these strings and their frequencies the intonation will always be slightly off even with nicely positioned frets.

@Octavian-Dan 3 года назад

Well done Bogdan!

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

Many thanks!

@roylivingston9085 11 месяцев назад

Thats an awesome build.What kind of strings did you use.

@chihauccisoilconte4474 Год назад

🔥🔥🔥

@SatanSupimpa 2 года назад

It's like a much more pleasant looking Ashbory.

@PastelComGini 3 года назад

Ha, I love it. A mini bass, I thought the body was too small but the final product is harmonic, maybe the dark finish helped on that. Sounds nice, I didn't even know about these (silicone?) strings.

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

Thanks! Yeah I thought the same about the body. At the end of the day it was the limitation of the size of material but I was relieved to see it wasn't that bad at all.

@_BigLife_ 2 года назад

Very cool

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

Thanks!

@bradleyl.9785 2 года назад

Amazing build even without it being hand tools only. Hand tools only shows your amazing craftsmanship on top of the build. I’ve never seen a U Bass before this one. Very interested in building one in near future. Did you have some plans or at least general dimensions that you based anything off of or was it just all hand drawn to fit on wood you had.

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

Thanks! No, unfortunately, I didn't have many plans, just drawn everything on the wood itself. I obviously followed some standard ubass dimensions like scale length and nut width and all that, but that's about it.

@Gatherersmusic Год назад

Fantastic work, great ideas to make use of what you have. You should do a GGBO entry for sure.

@BogdanBacila301 Год назад

Thank you! I actually did, if you check my channel, I won 4th place in the first GGBO, the one where it was still called "unofficial". In fact, the materials used here are the leftovers from that build, I'd appreciate if you checked it out :)

@Gatherersmusic Год назад

@@BogdanBacila301 awesome, I will do 😃

@andrevilaca6469 2 года назад

nice

@paulolopes3726 2 года назад

Great 😁👍👏

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

Cheers!

@bjornpiper 3 месяца назад

Awesome video. Man I want to build one, do you have the measurements you used? I know near nothing about guitars but I still want to give it a shot

@BogdanBacila301 11 дней назад

Thanks man! Unfortunately I don’t have any measurements, it was built from scraps and that kind of dictated the dimensions and shape and everything. But we’re in the same boat haha, I also don’t know much about them, but if you start, I’m sure you’ll get something done ;)

@realitystudioscustomshop 3 года назад

Dude, that is cool as... well yes it's cool and I want one :D well done!

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

Thanks! Aah I wish I could have sold some as well, but when I do, you'll definitely get notified and we'll sort something out!

@realitystudioscustomshop 3 года назад

@@BogdanBacila301 it's a great idea love it :D

@user-rs7hc6sd7b 3 месяца назад

Какой применяется звукосниматель и как подключить к компьютеру?

@JhonatanSordan 2 года назад

Great job, man! Really beautiful and inspiring. What kind of tuning machine did you use?

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

Cheers! Soo, the tuning pegs were bought from Wish actually...the issue is that they are rather bad, I would not recommend them at all, it feels like they will crumble at any point. I'd recommend going for the proper brand name ones.

@JhonatanSordan 2 года назад

Thanks for the reply!

@thewabisabicollective7170 2 года назад

Really nice!! Was wondering what soldering iron you use? Thanks! ~Beauty & Peace~ Kyle-

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

Hi Kyle, thanks for the question! I used a TS-80, it's a great little USB-C powered iron, usually enough for any normal soldering but it's amazingly portable and can always be on the road with me in case I need it.

@Obxhatman 2 года назад

Peter Dinklage makes bass ukuleles , hell yeah man , rocking

@TheMCEnthusiastPlays 2 года назад

hey bro just saw this on a Snapchat story, really cool stuff man! keep it up :)

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

Thanks man! Glad you liked it!

@snuffying 3 года назад

0:00 - 10:00 traba niste ulei de firez. thats a nice workout! good job bro!

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

Hahaaa, man, trebuie niste ulei pentru umeri, aka vin:)))) rezolva ala toate problemele instant:)) Multumesc mult!

@sinrockcompany7487 Год назад

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@zodak9999b 3 года назад

Beautiful instrument, Bogdan. I would have loved to see the bridge being done. I watched twice to make sure I didn't miss it. I'm utterly unfamiliar with electric ukelele... I guess there's (a/some) piezo pickup(s) under the saddles? Is that right?

@zodak9999b 3 года назад

Never mind, I'm a dumba... The "I'm surely going to watch that later" video had my answer.

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

@@zodak9999b Hahaa no worries! thanks! Yeah, I had the bridge video posted earlier this month because it needed some explaining as well rather than just throwing it out there.

@diopappa Год назад

What kind of strings did you used and which is the scale? Great result anyway

@BogdanBacila301 Год назад

They are Aquila red thunder if I remember correctly. I don't remember the scale, but I know I made the maximum that the strings had written on the package

@tiagoamado6330 Год назад

Top

@gbond00 Год назад

Awesome video and beautiful instrument! Was that Monkey Shoulder whiskey you used?

@BogdanBacila301 Год назад

Thanks! I think it was a Glenfiddich one if I remember correctly

@saulgoodeguitars 3 года назад

Great build Bogdan, definitely stealing how you clamped the body around the 13 minute mark When’s the next strong man competition? My body hurts just thinking about all that sawing and rasping

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

Thanks! Aah, that was the only way I could do it, could definitely use a bench and nice vice. And honestly, there's barely any effort put into the sawing, with the correct posture and technique. It was definitely more painful to hand sand everything in the sun and also got a little burnt haha.

@saulgoodeguitars 3 года назад

@@BogdanBacila301 oh yeah I wouldn’t be able to do it, I have crappy posture 😂 Perfect video for the use what you’ve got challenge though I remember cutting the back of a headstock once and I clamped the neck in a doorway in my shed at the time It wasn’t pretty but it worked

@joaquinguadarrama5803 Год назад

Hello, would it be possible to put the measurements of the body and the nec, please

@BogdanBacila301 Год назад

Hi, in sorry, but I don't have them unfortunately, however, I chose the scale length to be the maximum recommended for those particular strings.

@greenPBCH 10 месяцев назад

А в каком месте она из цельного куска, если она из нескольких + слой фанеры?)

@janisjoplinredmi7104 4 месяца назад

Saya suka

@raijinrasetsuii8820 Год назад

Looks legendary! But fretless?

@BogdanBacila301 Год назад

The challenge was to build an instrument with thing that I had on hand... at the time I didn't have any frets soo yeah😅

@PatNetherlander 2 года назад

Two pieces… You don’t need the clickbait title Bogdan. Your beautiful handcraft speaks for itself. Nontheless one helluva u-bass!

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

That's right, apologies for that, there's also one more that was not entirely correct, it's not a hand-tool only build but I'm using a cordless drill, just because I don't own a manual one 😅 Regardless, thanks for the appreciation!

@marcos338 2 месяца назад

How can I get the plans to build one? Please

@BogdanBacila301 11 дней назад

I do apologise, but I don’t have any plans for this particular bass, it was something put together from scraps, and that dictated all the dimensions and shape.

@gregpruitt1647 2 года назад

This is a huge amount of manual labor going into the construction of this instrument!

@chichilahachepe 2 года назад

Blueprints please, beautiful job

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

Apologies, I don't have any for the bass, it more or less built itself from the available material, in this case I could not afford to have a blueprint made before😅

@jandebuyssere Год назад

So you did this with no plans? How? The bridge, nut and strings need to have specific dimensions in order to sound good, no?

@danielmarshall6106 Месяц назад

What bridge is that?

@BogdanBacila301 11 дней назад

That’s a custom bridge that I built myself, you can watch it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Heut5RHaz0k.html

@simpleton8148 10 месяцев назад

Rename this video “Off grid pain”

@bhaibhai-qp6fh Год назад

Can you pls provide the dimensions . Its like a dream project for me

@BogdanBacila301 Год назад

I'm sorry, I don't really remember the dimensions, I just played it by ear with the dimensions of the wood that I had. For scale length I used the maximum allowed by the strings, written on the pack.

@ClumsyFlounder Месяц назад

whats the scale length

@BogdanBacila301 11 дней назад

I can’t remember exactly, but I remember answering this question before in the comments, you can have a look over there and you might find a suitable answer!

@JoseEduardo-vb6ko 2 года назад

What string was used?

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

This was a set of Aquila thunder reds.

@JoseEduardo-vb6ko 2 года назад

@@BogdanBacila301 Thanks and happy New year!

@RichardGarcia93 11 месяцев назад

21:57 Jesus can play some good bass!

@ArtyomOutdoor 6 месяцев назад

Очень сложная басовая партия, я бы так не сыграл :)

@t.g.998 10 дней назад

Very nice, but not from one piece of wood. Because of the top laminate.

@bhartissimo 3 года назад

Lots and lots of hand sawing!

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

Yuup, I think you're also familiar with now it all feels haha. But the hand sanding was the hardest part though.

@bhartissimo 3 года назад

@@BogdanBacila301 I hate sanding. I don't think anyone in the world likes sanding.

@citizencyclops406 10 месяцев назад

One piece of wood? Is plywood wood?

@alexmaiskiy2763 Год назад

надо попробовать поиграть на бас гитаре, весьма вероятно что я лучше играю чем Богдан Бацила. Бодя, без обид))))))).

@georgevillanueva6926 Год назад

Noiice work man but when u solder for ur safety man don’t take that big inhale before u blow away the flux burn or wat not this is a message from ur parents threw my spirit 😂

@BogdanBacila301 Год назад

Haha thanks for the tip! I really do need an extractor

@user-pf3dn4fs5j Год назад

какая сложная басовая партия.

@yellowcat1310 Год назад

uh, one piece? then whips out a piece of plywood for the top? maybe i need a better pair of reading glasses. i might have missed something.

@BogdanBacila301 Год назад

Oh, I also said hand tools only and then whipped out a powered drill, oopsiee 😅

@zokraft 3 года назад

Lemnul se va trage si se va desprinde de placaj sau va crapa. In rest fain lucrat!

@BogdanBacila301 3 года назад

Mulțumesc! M-am gandit si la asta, si sunt sigur ca in timp se va deforma, mai ales ca e fag si ii place enorm sa absoarba umezeala si sa se indoaie. Sper sa il mai ajute uleiul si ceara, dar daca se întâmplă asta este, am învățat ceva macar din experiența asta.

@anamercado331 2 года назад

@@BogdanBacila301 ce fel de muzica este la final? Irlandez? Ai nevoie de o melodie cu o parte de bas care evidențiază mai bine basul.

@BogdanBacila301 2 года назад

@@anamercado331 da, este irlandez, știu că aș fi putut ales ceva mai bun, dar atunci nu eram foarte stăpân pe fretless, mai am puțin nevoie de studiu😅

@NeoRazor 9 месяцев назад

I dunno man there's a lot more than just one piece of wood here. There's like...metal? Plastic? Electronics? Some kind of rubber? Misleading title.

@Dogetheun 4 месяца назад

Well no duh it’s gonna have rubber plastic and electronics but yeah this is definitely not 1 piece of wood.

@SuperNunien Год назад

Le contreplaqué c'est péché.

@BogdanBacila301 Год назад

I do agree with you on this. However, if you read the description carefully, and follow the playlist from which this video is coming, you will find out that this build was a challenge called "Use what you've got challenge". That means, building an instrument with only the materials that you have laying around. I only had that, so I built something with that ;)

@atropiperio 11 месяцев назад

the tune is not right ,just saying

@BogdanBacila301 11 месяцев назад

Considering that the strings were fresh, didn't really have much time to settle in properly, and I have never had any experience playing fretless intruments, without any markers on the fingerboard, I think I've done quite a bloody good job. Just saying.