I think a redneck heard that and was like it is a instrument were do you strum it not realizing they were just calling it a wash tub or laundry bucket made it as a joke and found out it actually makes a pretty good bass sound for country, folk, and old style+blues
I built a whamola out of parts and scrap lumber I had in my garage. Mostly from a roll-up garage door (cable, pullies, springs, brackets). Took the pickup and output jack out of an old no-name brand Les Paul knockoff that someone gave me. Took me about half a day, from planning it to playing it. I've been using it for about 12 years and still works great. Cost was literally nothing.
@@scottbubb2946 Big up to you, man. Gotta love this DIY mind. I recommend you to check out Willie Joe Duncan and his Unitar (if you don't already know about him), he has some quite fun tunes to cover.
hence... the liverpudlians comment. and it was different band... without ringo, and no george here, either... although he did join. kinda like saying the foo fighters were called nirvana before 97, cause the year isn't even right.
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.
N a fuck yes to you like Johnny Hobo wingnuts n dishwasher's union was the first thing that popped into my head or OCMS but that wasn't my first thought I'm sorry I jus waked n baked so kinda feel amazed by everything at the moment
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 😊
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.
Got my first 4 string/ At the the Loveland 5 and dime/ Saw it in the corner / It was only 5.99/ watched a few You Tubes/ now I'm slappin the time, watched a few You Tubes, now I'm slappin all the time, now I'm slappin all the time
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.
As someone who also makes homemade instruments, that's really fucking awesome. I've seen so many gourd instruments, but never something in the bass range!
The funniest thing about that last bass line…it wasn’t even played on a bass originally. Jack White used a DigiTech Whammy to lower his guitar down an octave!
the example from the thumbnail reminds me of my resonater guitar that I got from an antique store… the resonator is just a lid from a fruit cake tin and a metal cover, and it sounds actually quite good
In Brazil they have a berimbau, It’s more simple. But they have a metalic sound and use a one rock and one woodstick to play. The Bass have most distortion and metalic sound but is very beuatiful. I think it was invented in Africa.
A version of this was the very first stringed instrument I ever made from scratch! I consider myself a luthier, now. I have three guitars I've built. One is completely custom from scratch. My own custom body shape my grandfather cut out of the boat we built when I was growing up spending time in the garage.. solid mahogany hardwood ~3" thick body. About the same weight as my Gibson Les Paul Custom shop
In Puerto Rico we call it 'tumbandero'. Before the washtub, folks would bury the stick and a gut used as a string into the ground to produce a bass vibration/sound instrument. This was called a 'ground bow' or 'ground harp'. Both instruments are from African decent and heritage.
People are raving over the thumbnail but the armor is incredibly impractical, and heels? Absolute hell to wear probably. One half of the body is completely uncovered! Wtf???
This adventure is quite a unique Beauism, having been completed twice, on two separate occasions, yet similar enough for some new viewers to likely not realise it. There are few who would make such a film, and far fewer who would repeat it.
Actually the cheapest bass ever made was by me in 3rd grade when I forgot to make an improvised instrument for homework until I was in class that morning so I tied a piece of string I had to a pen. Wrapped the other end of the string around my finger, stood on the pen, and plucked away. Thus, the "Super String" was born
Split Lip Rayfield has a bassist named Jeff Eaton, who has a homemade one-string bass, named Stitchgiver, built from the gas tank of a 1978 Mercury Grand Marquis.
