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"I just built this one for my godson. Uses Ashbory tuners and the strings from Road T…"

Bama Jelley replied Jul 13, 2015 to 1st time builder, bass uke, is this plausible?

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Cigar box a little different

Started by Phil Farabough. Last reply by Phil Farabough Nov 10, 2018. 10 Replies 0 Likes

first bass build

Started by Patrick. Last reply by BrianQ. Nov 8, 2018. 6 Replies 0 Likes

looking for alternate tunings-

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Building my 1st Cigar Box Bass with Cerrywood box and tiger stripe maple neck

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Bass build help

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My first bass build

Started by Bryan Putnam. Last reply by Richard Haas Dec 2, 2016. 15 Replies 4 Likes

Building my first bass

Started by Henry S. Last reply by TN Twang Nov 30, 2016. 11 Replies 0 Likes

fingerboard question(s)

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3 string bass questions

Started by Euraquilo. Last reply by Euraquilo Oct 31, 2016. 18 Replies 0 Likes

3 String Cigar Box Bass Guitar Parts

Started by Will T. Last reply by Murdoc_420 Jul 16, 2016. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Does a fretless bass require a radiused fingerboard?

Started by PKB. Last reply by Euraquilo Jun 21, 2016. 17 Replies 0 Likes

Bass strings??

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Magnetic vs Piezo pickup

Started by PhilUSAFRet. Last reply by Murdoc_420 Mar 25, 2016. 8 Replies 0 Likes

Weed eater strings and tuning.

Started by Poppy. Last reply by Murdoc_420 Feb 29, 2016. 7 Replies 0 Likes

Bass Uke string question(s)

Started by Lane Martin. Last reply by Where's Uranus? Jan 7, 2016. 6 Replies 1 Like

Looking for 2 string bass plans

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UBass strings

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1st time builder, bass uke, is this plausible?

Started by Jared. Last reply by Hilo Greg Aug 17, 2015. 14 Replies 0 Likes

First bass build got a few questions .

Started by Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars). Last reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted Apr 23, 2015. 23 Replies 0 Likes

bass frets...

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