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here’s a link to the article in Bass Player Magazine June 2007 issue on page 15 http://www.geocities.com/washtubbass/bassplayer.html
i’m a mailman and amateur bassist in Detroit, and now i can say that my home made basses are featured in Bass Player magazine… i hope they take my electric washtub basses seriously too. The washtub is a fun fun thing to play, and i ALWAYS attract attention at gigs with it. But the Box Bass seems to be attracting an unusual amount of attention. I love them both. my main Bass is a fretless electric bass that i made back in 1980.
it didnt cost me ANYTHING! just spare parts from friends. I have a 72 Precision bass, but i never play it.i have an electric washtub bass video posted here http://www.geocities.com/washtubbass/washtubbass.html
i’ll do more youtube videos with a guitarist. the washtub bass isnt really a soloist instrument because the actual musical notes are somewhat of an audio-illusion.probably the most amazing thing to happen thus far is that my box bass is in Bass Player magazine June 2007 on page 15.
i dunno about the wife-against-hubby in court, i see it on TV all the time…
my kids growl is any of their friends show a smidgent of intrest in my box bass. I’ve come to discover that there is a great JOY in harmlessly embarressing my kids.the box bass ISNT a replacement for quality materials and fine craftmanship. A standard 4 string upright bass is an awesome instrument. The box bass is a novelty. It supposed to be absurd.
And i think what really makes it fun is that it sounds great. My transducer is the heart of the box bass. I have absolutly no education after detroit highschool, but i have a cousin thats an Acoustical Engineer for an auto maker, and another cousin thats an Electronic Engineer and an uncle that owns a sign making business. Together, we manufacture a crazy musical instrument with the sole purpose of having fun while making music.
We’re not going to get wealthy doing this, but i gotta say that this is more fun than all my past gigs put together.my wife thinks i’m crazy and my kids see me as being the most ulcool guy on the planet.
they may be correct, but i think i’m going thru a second childhood now!Scully bought one (no kidding) and is currently gigging the LA jazz scene as Tele and the Llamas… read my 200+ cutomers feedback who bought and gig with the Bogdon Box Bass at http://myworld.ebay.com/aje3330/
this is cooler than cool, lesson learned “just do whater crazy idea you have…” 200 multiplied by $70 = something well worth doing.
