This is really awesome indeed. I was really feeling that jam you had. Take a look into a man by the name of Mark Sandman from the band Morphine. He is very well known for his application of the 2 stringed slide bass. Cheers from Boston!
Love it! That creative journey is pretty much what I go through - one of the parts doesn't fit the original concept, change the concept! Nobody will know what you intended when you started, they only care how it looks and sounds in the end.
Great build. Don't let anyone tell you how you should build your instrument . You learn from each build and get better with your very own style of creating. Your's will have a unique sound and life of it's own.
I love the sound of that, and the sink plug is genius. I found a nice wine box at a market over the weekend, I am thinking about trying a bass so thanks for posting this.
You are solid core.....that was so awesome a demo....I'm duck taped to an aluminum pole spinning around backwards like a water wheel...and loving it....that was so awesome....
4th time I have listened .... i really like the style ... bit Mark E Smith , bit CAN , bit mirror man , Kandy kORN , BIT- TRUST US ,,,, BEST YOU TUBE VIDEO FOR YONKS... sick of the average axe shredding blokes ! ... FRESH AIR ... TA !!!!
I liked your rambling. I like how your plans and ideas changed - I've built a few cigar box guitars myself and enjoyed how I was never quite sure how they were going to end up. I might have to do a CBG bass now!
Congratulations for all your work from building the instrument to playing it, showing how you make the loop adding sound, it shows how much you enjoy it, thanks for sharing it!
Nice job. In making these guitars there are no rules but plenty of advice. Great use of a loop pedal. I gotta get one of those. And cool discovery about feedback. The plug is simple and effective!
Hanx! I'm a new builder, (i built the ripoff of a vox in the photo) i toyed with the possibilty of a cigar box bass- and discovered your video! it sounds really cool!!! by the way, you don't ramble at all; it's quite nice to hear what someone is actually thinking without any pretense... cheers!
Sounds great. I have been wanting to do a bass and hearing this one really helped motivate me. I like the feed back demo at the end. I always do a sound hole, but I am going to give a try without one after seeing this as feed back with the piezo can be trouble.
The reason bassists use their index and middle (and sometimes ring) fingers is really just because you can play faster than just with your thumb. Great video by the way.
You, young lady, can do more with two strings than many people could do with six or more strings. Your little ditty stuck in my head like the one done by tampbaybutterfly. Have you heard him play? Reminds me of you in that he's deeply talented. Thank you for sharing your talents with the rest of the world. Oh, by the way, what you played wasn't rubbish without the frets; it was very cool music!
Impressive, and it has a good tone too! I like the way you create background rhythm and lead bass tones into your composition, using a slide as well. Excellent!
Very cool! Love that twangy sound and thet Delta blues vibe, too. Doesn't have that annoying nasally mwah sound most fretless electrics have, either. Plus it even looks cool. Great job.
If you've never heard of a now-defunct band called "Morphine", look them up on youtube. The singer played a 2-string bass with a slide, similar idea to what you're doing here.
I never thought about building a cigar box bass before! I really like yours! You're pretty good with that looper too! I just got one and tried it once. For me, it's harder than it looks! Gonna take some practice to get it right. Thanks for the video. Sounded cool!👍😎🎸🎶
cheers, yeah I use the looper a lot. Very useful when busking on your own...It does take a bit of practice. I did this video about getting started with looping th-cam.com/video/9WHl7E6xAic/w-d-xo.html
Very cool! And as to quote one fellow I heard in a tutorial say, "This is a cigar box guitar.../don't over think it!" And I think you do know what you're doing too ;) Good bass work, and good use of a loop pedal. And a nice tip on killing feedback! :D
Sound really nice,and looks same,is the first video that i saw with the advertising at the beginnig to skip the talk part but i really enjoy your talk :D good luck with your neck without truss rod,the sound is very distinctive and unique
I really enjoyed this entire video. Guitar is the coolest! Loved the info regarding strings...leaves me with that groovy..gotta grab my violin feeling...thanks guitar Bob for sharing it with me!
Markus K thanks, mmm, I'm bewildered by the amount of views on this vid??! I only put it on to show the people on the Cigar Box Nation website I told you about what I'd made. Wasn't expecting anything to happen on here.. Yeah good to be in touch with another busker, especially one who doesn't roll out popular covers to please the masses
Awesome video!! Great playing and your rambling was sexayy!! Glad I didn't skip ahead :). I built a 4 string bass 17 years ago with a bolt on maple neck and NO truss rod and it hasn't bowed at all. I'll be making some cigar box style instruments here shortly!
Well, I guess that makes it another good example of how a simple build can last - if you do the essential bits right, it works and lasts if taken care of (and that's true of any instrument regardless of build and ability)
ah cool! I don't have any fancy tools. I just got two strips of wood and filed a groove in one, put the piezo in (having drilled a hole for the wires to come though) and stuck the other bit to it with hot glue..piezo sandwich! Make sure to leave it so it's a tight fit as downward pressure on a rod piezo is important. Good luck!
That is awesome as heck!!! I was intending to build a "bass diddley bow" soon for a buddy, but the box he chose I don't think is suitable, so he's probably just gonna get a "standard" diddley bow instead. I really like that two-string setup, though! More things I need to put on my "to build" list now... Thanks so much for sharing it!!!
I haven't made mine yet, but I found these strings which require are shorter scale, but require less tension than the strings most people are familiar with. Classical Bass Guitar strings, 6 string (70cm). Tuned 4 notes lower than standard classical guitar. Silverplated copper on nylon wound strings La Bella
Given how old it must be now, this project, probably there's nothing worth commenting on it now - except to say that it sounds pretty damn good, and if it feels right and sounds great and aint fallen apart, then leave well alone. Totally agree with the sentiment about it being worth the time to build it, even if it doesn't/hasn't lasted the distance. You've always gained and learnt from the doing bit, and if the end result works... it's a double win :D
Very cool. I've built five cigar box guitars and may try a bass next. The whole works cost me about 15 bucks a guitar. Be sure and use red oak for the neck, otherwise you're just building a bow & arrow set! I use a Dean Markley acoustic pickup to amplify. It works great.
Great, informative and well spoken intro-scription. I'm gonna' hafta' get me a few of those rod piezos from CB Gitty. Great sound you're gettin' outa' that thing, Wow ! You are the RC-20 Queen ! hhehehe This is Fantastic !!! Nice work Belinda. :-))
Nice work! Definitely reminds me of Morphine and makes me want to build one of these. Need to finish putting my fretless jazz bass back together first though!
Hey, thanks for sharing. If you're still not sure about why long scale strings can't just be trimmed to fit a shorter scale bass: The heavy windings of bass strings can make the strings too fat to be bent and wound around the machine heads without detrimental strain on the strings. The heavier, the worse it is. The D and G strings would be just fine. Really heavy strings like a low B may not even fit in the slot. So, ideally the windings taper just beyond the nut. PS: I love the "undo button"!
Not rubbish at all! Brilliant instrument and demo! You should have sold the sound hole as a clever, deliberate effects generator for Hendrix feedback prodigies. It's the first thing I'd play with! Great job!
Woah!!! I love the sound it makes with the slide. Dark and swampy blues sound. Congrats on the build!
Cheers, it was a fun and easy build :-)
@@bemuzic is it accoustic electric? or do i need to use my amp for it?
You are the queen of cigar box looping ❤
Long live the queen!
ha, cheers!
3 years later and I am still watching this clip !
This is really awesome indeed. I was really feeling that jam you had. Take a look into a man by the name of Mark Sandman from the band Morphine. He is very well known for his application of the 2 stringed slide bass. Cheers from Boston!
Just starting out on bass & followed a link from some guy playing Ravel on a 7 string bass, yours is so much more inspirational, thank you.
Ha!! LOVED this. This was posted 11 years ago but it found a new listener today. Thank you.
cheers..it amazes me that so many people have watched this video?!
Amazing job Lass ! ! I'm glad you went your own direction and didn't follow the other builders advice. All the Best !
Cheers ☺️
Love it! That creative journey is pretty much what I go through - one of the parts doesn't fit the original concept, change the concept! Nobody will know what you intended when you started, they only care how it looks and sounds in the end.
Ha yes, that applies to both instruments and songs!
you're a genius! just for the amazing jam!
2 chords, a little bit of eletronic, and it seems like a group!
ha, thanks, yeah that loop pedal is great!
Great build. Don't let anyone tell you how you should build your instrument . You learn from each build and get better with your very own style of creating. Your's will have a unique sound and life of it's own.
Thanks, and yes I agree it's best to try things out for yourself. Even if it goes wrong you learn from it...
I have built 6 CBG's , a lap steel and a ukulele . You have inspired me to build a CBG bass next !
it's always nice to see someone to play the music, and to play with the music. thanks for sharing your creations...
Stumbled across this video after watching a three string build. Fascinating! Thanks.
I love the sound of that, and the sink plug is genius.
I found a nice wine box at a market over the weekend, I am thinking about trying a bass so thanks for posting this.
Cheers, good luck with yours!
It's basically a Rectangular Bodied version of Mark Sandman's Slide Bass.
Excellent execution. Design thought. Simplicity and talent. Great job. Especially the looping effects. Brilliant.
thanks!
You are solid core.....that was so awesome a demo....I'm duck taped to an aluminum pole spinning around backwards like a water wheel...and loving it....that was so awesome....
lol, thanks for your great comment : -)
I have to say, as soon as you got out the slide and played a couple notes... my face lit up....sounded amazing!
thanks : -)
4th time I have listened .... i really like the style ... bit Mark E Smith , bit CAN , bit mirror man , Kandy kORN , BIT- TRUST US ,,,, BEST YOU TUBE VIDEO FOR YONKS... sick of the average axe shredding blokes ! ... FRESH AIR ... TA !!!!
I liked your rambling. I like how your plans and ideas changed - I've built a few cigar box guitars myself and enjoyed how I was never quite sure how they were going to end up. I might have to do a CBG bass now!
Congratulations for all your work from building the instrument to playing it, showing how you make the loop adding sound, it shows how much you enjoy it, thanks for sharing it!
A bassline within a bassline. I like it.
i don't know what to say girl.... you're a trip!!! keep up with your own soul and go! you rock girl!!
That's cool. I also love T-Rex, 20th Century Boy.
Nice job. In making these guitars there are no rules but plenty of advice. Great use of a loop pedal. I gotta get one of those. And cool discovery about feedback. The plug is simple and effective!
Hanx! I'm a new builder, (i built the ripoff of a vox in the photo) i toyed with the possibilty of a cigar box bass- and discovered your video! it sounds really cool!!! by the way, you don't ramble at all; it's quite nice to hear what someone is actually thinking without any pretense... cheers!
The sound is awesome of your 2 string bass and the whole compass is outstanding. Great job!
Sounds great. I have been wanting to do a bass and hearing this one really helped motivate me. I like the feed back demo at the end. I always do a sound hole, but I am going to give a try without one after seeing this as feed back with the piezo can be trouble.
Always good to see you, and hear you play, B !
rc
+Rusty Case cheers : -)
That's so cool. I love the way you make and play your instruments. Just watching you gives me a little hope. Thank you for sharing with us.
The reason bassists use their index and middle (and sometimes ring) fingers is really just because you can play faster than just with your thumb. Great video by the way.
thanks, I now have a Boss RC-30, but used to have an RC-20 XL which I was using for this.
You, young lady, can do more with two strings than many people could do with six or more strings. Your little ditty stuck in my head like the one done by tampbaybutterfly. Have you heard him play? Reminds me of you in that he's deeply talented. Thank you for sharing your talents with the rest of the world. Oh, by the way, what you played wasn't rubbish without the frets; it was very cool music!
you rock Miss ,I'm totally amazed your way of playing and style ,respect,and also want to tell you just did a good job ,
thanks a lot JP : -)
This is just too cool,thanks .Wait ,you said you didn't know anything about playing Bass, I would disagree .
+jsilence418 ha, thanks, that's very kind
thanks, yeah a lot of the old blues guys did stuff with very few chords, but if it has the right feeling it works!
Impressive, and it has a good tone too! I like the way you create background rhythm and lead bass tones into your composition, using a slide as well. Excellent!
Very cool! Love that twangy sound and thet Delta blues vibe, too. Doesn't have that annoying nasally mwah sound most fretless electrics have, either. Plus it even looks cool. Great job.
thanks : -)
If you've never heard of a now-defunct band called "Morphine", look them up on youtube. The singer played a 2-string bass with a slide, similar idea to what you're doing here.
RCAvhstape yep, I really like Morpine
Are you kidding? That nasally sound is what makes Fretless electric bass sound so great.
thanks..I used to have the Boss RC-20, but now have the Boss RC-30. Can't remember which I had when I made this vid, but one of those!
I never thought about building a cigar box bass before! I really like yours! You're pretty good with that looper too! I just got one and tried it once. For me, it's harder than it looks! Gonna take some practice to get it right. Thanks for the video. Sounded cool!👍😎🎸🎶
cheers, yeah I use the looper a lot. Very useful when busking on your own...It does take a bit of practice. I did this video about getting started with looping th-cam.com/video/9WHl7E6xAic/w-d-xo.html
@@bemuzic I'll have to check it out...thanks a lot! I need all the help I can get!😂
sounds really cool. Thanks for all the background info too.
cheers
Good stuff! Especially being almost 7 yrs ago! Wow
thanks....blimey, can't believe it was that long ago!!
Very cool! And as to quote one fellow I heard in a tutorial say, "This is a cigar box guitar.../don't over think it!" And I think you do know what you're doing too ;) Good bass work, and good use of a loop pedal. And a nice tip on killing feedback! :D
thanks. I was using a Boss RC-20 XL and the amp was a Roland Bass Cube 30
TOUCH OF THE SLITS ... LOVE IT !
Sound really nice,and looks same,is the first video that i saw with the advertising at the beginnig to skip the talk part but i really enjoy your talk :D good luck with your neck without truss rod,the sound is very distinctive and unique
Sweet jam. Makes me want to go into the garage right now!
+Toe knee cheers...do it!!
Bloody great,you lovely woman,you!.I love the fact you made the thing and had fun playing it.More power to your finger picking elbow..
cheers : -)
Ultra cool!! I'm gonna try out this type of repeat recorder too!
Awesome
thanks
That's absolutely hands down beautyful, i like the guitar too. 😁
ha!
Great project. Well done. Thank you.
cheers, it was a fun build :-)
Great job...... As soon as you start picking a bass..... it does help your ears to tune into lower notes and feel whats going on.......... Leoooo
thanks, yeah it's weird how it makes you tune into it!
I really enjoyed this entire video. Guitar is the coolest! Loved the info regarding strings...leaves me with that groovy..gotta grab my violin feeling...thanks guitar Bob for sharing it with me!
Glad I found this, very nice.
cheers
You did okay... Well done.
Great stuff! I am glad we hooked up on Facebook. :-D You got loads of views on this vid! Impressive!
Markus K thanks, mmm, I'm bewildered by the amount of views on this vid??! I only put it on to show the people on the Cigar Box Nation website I told you about what I'd made. Wasn't expecting anything to happen on here..
Yeah good to be in touch with another busker, especially one who doesn't roll out popular covers to please the masses
bemuzic Thank you, I take that as a compliment :-D
cool...roll on Spring and warmer weather! I braved the garage for a bit today to finish a 3 stringer I've been making : -)
"I have no idea how to play the bass." Seriously if it sounds good you're doing it right. And that sounded pretty damn good...
ha, thanks : -)
Wow that sounds amazing. Your instrument have a great soul, congratulations
Really nice distinctive sound.
thanks
I've always loved the Bass and this Chic knows how to bang it. I think I' m gonna give it a try and build my own. You are fantastic !
Fantastic, from a new subscriber in Lancashire. Xxx
Awesome video!! Great playing and your rambling was sexayy!! Glad I didn't skip ahead :).
I built a 4 string bass 17 years ago with a bolt on maple neck and NO truss rod and it hasn't bowed at all. I'll be making some cigar box style instruments here shortly!
Well, I guess that makes it another good example of how a simple build can last - if you do the essential bits right, it works and lasts if taken care of (and that's true of any instrument regardless of build and ability)
ah cool! I don't have any fancy tools. I just got two strips of wood and filed a groove in one, put the piezo in (having drilled a hole for the wires to come though) and stuck the other bit to it with hot glue..piezo sandwich! Make sure to leave it so it's a tight fit as downward pressure on a rod piezo is important.
Good luck!
Hey, i just got around to listening to your album on Bandcamp. Keep at it, and be proud of what you'd done - it's lovely stuff :D
Yes looper looper whoa baby we got to play now
I WISH I had just a 10th of your talent Belinda....damn that sounds NICE!!!!!!!! Doesn't sound 'Dodgy' at all....just sounds great!!!!!!
Utterly Brilliant :-) Excellent choice of song too
That is awesome as heck!!! I was intending to build a "bass diddley bow" soon for a buddy, but the box he chose I don't think is suitable, so he's probably just gonna get a "standard" diddley bow instead. I really like that two-string setup, though! More things I need to put on my "to build" list now... Thanks so much for sharing it!!!
thanks, yes I also have a long list of things to build, lol!
Mark Sandman would be proud
+Leiria65 : -)
exactly what I was thinking! such an awesome tone!
It's an empty box..
I haven't made mine yet, but I found these strings which require are shorter scale, but require less tension than the strings most people are familiar with. Classical Bass Guitar strings, 6 string (70cm). Tuned 4 notes lower than standard classical guitar. Silverplated copper on nylon wound strings La Bella
Nice, well played and an interesting demo of an unusual instrument, thank you...
cheers
That’s fantastic! Tks for sharing!
Cheers
Wow what a fantastic sound.Really loved it thank you
Inspired. And inspiring. I'm going to try and make a cigar box bass! Really excellent stuff - and the looping is great. Thanks!
Given how old it must be now, this project, probably there's nothing worth commenting on it now - except to say that it sounds pretty damn good, and if it feels right and sounds great and aint fallen apart, then leave well alone.
Totally agree with the sentiment about it being worth the time to build it, even if it doesn't/hasn't lasted the distance. You've always gained and learnt from the doing bit, and if the end result works... it's a double win :D
I really like the bass sound. I may have to try and make one!
+Jennifer Zielie go for it!
Very cool. I've built five cigar box guitars and may try a bass next. The whole works cost me about 15 bucks a guitar. Be sure and use red oak for the neck, otherwise you're just building a bow & arrow set! I use a Dean Markley acoustic pickup to amplify. It works great.
This is the good stuff right here.
Great, informative and well spoken intro-scription.
I'm gonna' hafta' get me a few of those rod piezos from CB Gitty.
Great sound you're gettin' outa' that thing, Wow !
You are the RC-20 Queen ! hhehehe This is Fantastic !!!
Nice work Belinda. :-))
Nice work! Definitely reminds me of Morphine and makes me want to build one of these. Need to finish putting my fretless jazz bass back together first though!
thanks, lol, good luck if you make one ...
yeah go for it, they're very therapeutic to play!! Good luck..
Nice work. Will have to add one to my collection.
thanks : -)
WOW! So talented and way to modest. Thank you.
Cheers
This is fabulous. You rock.
Actually it was Kevin Sprague aka knotlenny the title of the video was "3-string CBG 101" if you're curious. And enjoyed your playing. :)
congrats!
You are very talented. Keep up the good work!
Hey, thanks for sharing. If you're still not sure about why long scale strings can't just be trimmed to fit a shorter scale bass: The heavy windings of bass strings can make the strings too fat to be bent and wound around the machine heads without detrimental strain on the strings. The heavier, the worse it is. The D and G strings would be just fine. Really heavy strings like a low B may not even fit in the slot. So, ideally the windings taper just beyond the nut. PS: I love the "undo button"!
All I can say is Yaaaahhhhh Hoooooh. Fantastic really got into this one.
cheers
The finger methods is used to mute the strings above, the thumb method doesn’t do that so you have mute the strings in some other way
AMAZING !!! nice video , I love the way you play your bass!!
Cool!! nice little impro too.
Outstanding!
Thank you.
Cheers :-)
I love it, this slide ring an awesome idea :)
Not rubbish at all! Brilliant instrument and demo! You should have sold the sound hole as a clever, deliberate effects generator for Hendrix feedback prodigies. It's the first thing I'd play with! Great job!
ha, thanks...maybe I should patent that plug idea???
Loved the undo button... I wished a few of my projects had 'em.
yes, and would be handy in life...
@@bemuzic you've been making videos for a long time, how haven't forgot your password yet
thanks, and that's great that it's made you want to make one. Do it!!