7 Nation Army: ❎ 3.5 Country Fighters: ✅
I knew he was gonna play 7 nation army.
The old band that they showed was the Quarrymen and that was what the Beatles were called before 1961
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.
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I forget how many vintage cartoons used that style bass I made one but the bucket I used broke after I think 3 years
Seven Nation Army is technically a guitar riff.
Nice work Danny. I saw a two man band from Malawi last August, the bassist has a one string tea-chest bass!
Why do I smile when I find your stuff? You're infectious!
My personal favorite of these bass creations has got to be Les Claypool’s whamola
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.
Seven Nation Army wasn't even recorded with a bass.
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.
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 😊
Trinidadian here. Some people still use it for "Parang" which is a Trinidadian/Venezuelan traditional Christmas music. Very popular here at Christmas time.
I knew it was gonna be seven nation army lmao
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.
Holy crap! Such a amazing fact. Definitely would love to see more bass history posts man!!
Split lip Rayfield bass player plays a bass that’s made of one weed whacker chord, a gas tank from an old truck, and electrical bass neck.
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