Walking Stick 3 String Bass March 2013

My dad's been wanting a Kona Bob's Walking Stick Bass for years...but those cost over $500...not good for a retiree. So here it is Dad...your very own Farmer Ted's Walking Stick Bass.Rock maple body & neck (one piece), rosewood fingerboard (fretless), 34" scale, Fender Nylon Tape Wound medium strings, dual piezo rosewood bridge & aluminum rod saddle, paduk trim, bone nut, black sealed tuners...and tuned to ADG.I made two spikes, one for playing while standing & the other for while sitting.
Read more…
E-mail me when people leave their comments –

You need to be a member of Cigar Box Nation to add comments!

Join Cigar Box Nation

Comments

  • Thanks I noticed the detail after I sent the message, but thanks for the quick reply now need to dins some suitable wood.

  • Info in the details below the photo, but it's 34" scale, using the ADG strings from a set of Fender Tapewound bass strings. I kept the heavy E string for a single string bass, haven't made that one yet.

  • Farmer Ted

    I want to make one of these, can I ask what strings and scale length did you use?

  • Funny, Stick Holes.. same thoughts here.. and my motto is the same as well... I have to do something new on every build... thanks...lol

  • Here's the plan...step 1, get a stick....step 2, shape stick....step 3, drill holes in stick....you get the picture. Sorry, feeling on the humorous side today, 6 hours of pushing snow on a 4 wheeler.

    Seriously though, this was made from a single piece of rock maple, about 2.25" square x 40" long. I had a piece of rosewood fretboard material that was wide enough for a 3 string version, and since I didn't have a truss rod, and the wood is rock maple, I was able to pull it off.

    I plan on making many more, but one of my rules of building is to never repeat a previous build in specific design. So each one to follow will be an evolution of sorts, with extras, adornments, different number of strings, etc.

    Here are a couple pics of the rough part of the build, gives an idea what I did. I removed a lot of material from back of body to reduce weight. On the side I removed more to create a cavity for the wires and output jack. There are two piezo disks under the rosewood plate (bridge) and a hole drilled from there into the wiring cavity to complete the circuit.

    305998779?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024305999892?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024

  • you have any plans before I start to make one??

  • Great project.  I would love it if you had plans to share.  John

This reply was deleted.