This is the cheapest bass ever...and it sounds incredible!

#bass #bassguitar #uprightbass #doublebass

[@nugboy420]

I knew he was gonna play 7 nation army.

[@artur7301]

Same here lol

[@ClarinetGuy742]

But seven nation army wasn’t even played on bass

[@M2Mil7er]

Before Danny strongly hinted that he would, as soon as the dude appeared on screen?

[@oddindividual2390]

@@ClarinetGuy742that’s the joke

[@spaghettisauce445]

that song is horrible i have no clue why its so popular

[@chucku00]

Fun fact : In French, a wash tub is called a "bassine". BTW you can also build a whamola for a fairly low price.

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

I think a redneck heard that and was like it is a instrument were do you strum it not realizing they were just calling it a wash tub or laundry bucket made it as a joke and found out it actually makes a pretty good bass sound for country, folk, and old style+blues

[@scottbubb2946]

I built a whamola out of parts and scrap lumber I had in my garage. Mostly from a roll-up garage door (cable, pullies, springs, brackets). Took the pickup and output jack out of an old no-name brand Les Paul knockoff that someone gave me. Took me about half a day, from planning it to playing it. I've been using it for about 12 years and still works great. Cost was literally nothing.

[@chucku00]

@@scottbubb2946 Big up to you, man. Gotta love this DIY mind. I recommend you to check out Willie Joe Duncan and his Unitar (if you don't already know about him), he has some quite fun tunes to cover.

[@Kaden_BASS_noob]

"that's a clean bassline"

[@mattstephens6432]

Beat me to it! Les Claypool playing a whamola is a thing of beauty.

[@Kanerockafella]

The old band that they showed was the Quarrymen and that was what the Beatles were called before 1961

[@salvadordollyparton666]

hence... the liverpudlians comment. and it was different band... without ringo, and no george here, either... although he did join. kinda like saying the foo fighters were called nirvana before 97, cause the year isn't even right.

[@TheLowerNard-sc6rq]

I thought they were called the Silver Beatles? But for all I know, they coulda been called the Sabre Toothed Crotch Crickets

[@bonestza955]

Who cares!

[@TheLowerNard-sc6rq]

@@bonestza955 the Quarrymen

[@foxito_rex]

No creo que nadie lo entienda pero a mi me parece que se llama la "tinadelaropacaster"

[@brainmushart561]

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.

[@patrickmahoney3396]

Folk-Punk is extremely underrated. Days N Daze 🔛🔝

[@gatergates8813]

Melting the hole with a heated up nail instead of drilling is my best suggestion

[@r3da]

FOLKPUNK???

[@tateoctober814]

@@r3da Days n Daze, Harley Poe, Pat the Bunny, Mischief Brew. Best bands to start with :)

[@EricaGarfinkel]

N a fuck yes to you like Johnny Hobo wingnuts n dishwasher's union was the first thing that popped into my head or OCMS but that wasn't my first thought I'm sorry I jus waked n baked so kinda feel amazed by everything at the moment

[@Ili_xx1933]

THE CURE BEHS TONE

[@bluewhye8832]

Get a bass IV. Also blink 182 untitled/neighborhoods tone is that bass.

[@lqkwje]

What ​@@bluewhye8832

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

I forget how many vintage cartoons used that style bass I made one but the bucket I used broke after I think 3 years

[@pirategamer3243]

3 years is probably pretty good for a bass like that.

[@uncle-keg]

Oh yeah in fat albert the one dude played a poop scooper

[@TheMusicianTom]

Nice work Danny. I saw a two man band from Malawi last August, the bassist has a one string tea-chest bass!

[@reedmclean3574]

Seven Nation Army wasn't even recorded with a bass.

[@plainrocky4209]

Yeah, and THATS THE JOKE

[@Kaden_BASS_noob]

fun fact: a scene in Disney's Ratatouille have a rat playing this bass made of trashes 🤓

[@stevenhetzel6483]

Would it be fair to say he played the Bassura?

[@karimi8467]

@@stevenhetzel6483this is too good

[@miguelmango7141]

LMFAO @@stevenhetzel6483

[@ExecutionerOfPosers]

Huh? I dont remember it

[@reyesle6709]

@@stevenhetzel6483take my like you genius

[@postpunk6947]

Mark Sandman from Morphine and his 2-string-slide bass guitar. RIP

[@nerdbites2212]

Omg did not expect to see a morphine fan here ❤

[@joew1865]

Morphine is good but I prefer fentanyl

[@postpunk6947]

@@nerdbites2212 Great band. Love them.

[@postpunk6947]

@@joew1865 nice joke

[@brennensbootlegs1968]

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.

[@BoboMcBooboy]

JEEESUS that's cheap!

[@brennensbootlegs1968]

@@BoboMcBooboy Yeah, I still don't know how they let it go for $5.99.

[@cathoderaytube7497]

How bad a shape was it in?

[@brennensbootlegs1968]

@@cathoderaytube7497 It really wasn't that bad. It didn't look the best but it sounds good. I use it in all the recordings I make now.

[@KKIcons]

Got my first 4 string/ At the the Loveland 5 and dime/ Saw it in the corner / It was only 5.99/ watched a few You Tubes/ now I'm slappin the time, watched a few You Tubes, now I'm slappin all the time, now I'm slappin all the time

[@tomschrein417]

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 😊

[@afwalker1921]

Why do I smile when I find your stuff? You're infectious!

[@jerbear7952]

Its his voice and energy. His content is crap. He provides nothing. Yoh are simping

[@afwalker1921]

Sometimes simping is enough, jerbear.@@jerbear7952

[@bm_peep48]

@@jerbear7952lmao 💀

[@Literallyjustmint]

I knew it was gonna be seven nation army lmao

[@Katman_Music]

My personal favorite of these bass creations has got to be Les Claypool’s whamola

[@djinn_tseng]

i was looking for this comment. wingninging nana bammm bammm. 😂

[@lurrinen]

@@djinn_tseng who's gonna do what Simon says?

[@metalmilitia7114]

Holy crap! Such a amazing fact. Definitely would love to see more bass history posts man!!

[@ThomasDeLello]

Read up on Fritz Richmond.

[@ded4767]

Ahh, yes, the Ural 510l my first behs ever!

[@randomserb761]

Красавчик но мол не самый удобный

[@Lonely_Lockley]

Наш парень

[@ded4767]

Ага

[@ded4767]

​@@randomserb761 Да так и есть! У основной части гриф винтом, больно тихий, необычной ширины гриф, перевес грифа..

[@dren4k]

У меня все ещё такой лежит

[@grungyc]

We're gonna need you to build one now...

[@1oolabob]

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.

[@dylan_1884]

As someone who also makes homemade instruments, that's really fucking awesome. I've seen so many gourd instruments, but never something in the bass range!

[@KKIcons]

If you add a video of it sometime, I would like to see the tuning pegs and how the neck is fixed to the gourd.

[@KKIcons]

​@@dylan_1884if you make one I hope to see a video.

[@MyNameisMud595]

5 minute crafts would be jealous EDIT: A HUNDRED LIKES THANK U

[@sunnyztmoney]

The Trinidad bass sounds amazing! EXACRLY like the bass tone on the albumn version of ride the lightning

[@sirmi9868]

😂 i know what you did here

[@terrypussypower]

The funniest thing about that last bass line…it wasn’t even played on a bass originally. Jack White used a DigiTech Whammy to lower his guitar down an octave!

[@hey9433]

lol

[@markjrcolin1210]

The box bass looks and sounds incredible for what it is

[@Evan24_7]

I like how even when it’s played very poorly on a *Plastic Bucket,* we all still recognize Seven Nation Army.

[@FirstNameLastName-gq4tb]

Comment 6 asking for Flea’s bass tone in Higher Ground! Also the guy’s playing and the sound of the bass at 26 seconds are actually amazing

[@iodinethegray1937]

They sound so good, though.

[@arlowolf1690]

Creativity, and expression by any means necessary

[@annabelle1554]

I've actually seen someone play one of those! It was great!

[@kingtaco4064]

The whamola enters the chat

[@freddiesoverbite6162]

Ahhhh yes… Mr Claypool’s nifty creation.

[@arrayftc]

how could u forget emmett otter 😢

[@jerbear7952]

Because he puts in no effort

[@adamandsethdylantoo]

the example from the thumbnail reminds me of my resonater guitar that I got from an antique store… the resonator is just a lid from a fruit cake tin and a metal cover, and it sounds actually quite good

[@markoer]

From all the baselines you could choose, you picked “Seven Nations Army” which is not played by a bass

[@user-cf1vb6op5h]

That's okay; I play Celtic fiddle tunes on my 5-string bass.

[@ants621]

Day two asking for Voivod bass tone.

[@kurkumopo]

day56 of askin for frank bellos behs tone! When i was in germany, i saw a guy playing a wooden box with f holes and a p-bass neck!

[@chiyo-chanholocaust8143]

Holy crap, this reminds me of that video of a guy that build a bass guitar out of balloons

[@Vancedoesdabs]

Literally the only problem with Marks pod is not having more!!!

[@allenmitchell09]

A band opened up for my band and had a young female gut bucket player. They’re cool

[@sopunkrock101]

Cheap and cheerful 🎸😃👍

[@dougpeters1625]

dude with the jeans overalls is killing it with the boogie-woogie line!

[@devinharrypaul8219]

Trinidadian here. Some people still use it for "Parang" which is a Trinidadian/Venezuelan traditional Christmas music. Very popular here at Christmas time.

[@coromknight3171]

Very bass-ic.

[@TheComfyTigersBand]

Day 89 of asking for fat mikes behs tone

[@RuiRodriguesNeto]

In Brazil they have a berimbau, It’s more simple. But they have a metalic sound and use a one rock and one woodstick to play. The Bass have most distortion and metalic sound but is very beuatiful. I think it was invented in Africa.

[@humongousfungusamongus3871]

I have a close, old friend that plays wash tub bass extremely well! He's been playing a wash tub bass for decades... hence his talent.

[@Dan_Metalhead]

Sounds cool! Very folky, I like the nature of this sound

[@danelliott8548]

I love my wash tub, and workd amazingly fantastic, and is multiple instruments!

[@sukulpatkhumpaisal8708]

I love your speaking accent, it made my day.

[@babylonhasfallen1329]

The last guy looked like he could play the homemade bass and churn butter at the same time.

[@amyvanilli]

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.

[@MarlonAnnonymity]

Out of all the bass lines he could’ve played, he decided to play a guitar line.

[@Hixoltage]

People are raving over the thumbnail but the armor is incredibly impractical, and heels? Absolute hell to wear probably. One half of the body is completely uncovered! Wtf???

[@microsoftice6498]

You decided to use the one bass for thumbnail who has no sound examples, i salute you

[@agropsychonaut]

This video reached out to me more than any other hsdn😊😊

[@DiegoSynth]

The one you show in the thumbnail is the ONLY one you don't have a video of. Well done...

[@ManuelAlvarez-od1nb]

I slowly was piecing parts as i came across them and made a good wash tub bass. Had the coolest natural tone 🎶

[@stephenlong9806]

This is litteraly the plot to my favorite Christmas movie, Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas.

[@jordaneggerman4734]

I know someone who used to play a washtub! Such an awesome and ingenious way to make music!

[@discduderules]

I’ve played one for bluegrass band, really fun and easy to play

[@datboi3577]

This adventure is quite a unique Beauism, having been completed twice, on two separate occasions, yet similar enough for some new viewers to likely not realise it. There are few who would make such a film, and far fewer who would repeat it.

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

The guy in the overalls was really getting it

[@bambam5130]

Had a friend who's uncle made and played these in Texas. Man I miss those days with the Dickeys.

[@johnathanbusha8919]

Out of every bass line oit there he decide to play... A guitar part.

[@ben1210]

Thought he was going to say a Harley Benton kit. Love em.

[@Bluebass]

I love the box bass, it just overpowers everything with bass💀

[@emilykoski2934]

Moving the stick to adjust the tone is so genius and cool

[@saulo_jdyg8565]

I made a homemade bass in class with a string, my pencil case and my backpack. Incredibly funky tone may I say

[@SomeRandoQuacko]

There's something I love about simple, almost improvised instruments

[@V0LTCF]

the last one was indeed the most BASSic one

[@tzar9395]

There’s a really old one at my church here in Appalachia that I play around with. It looks like the American example you show. But it can be played like the one from Trinidad or from America. This is because the screws to hold the stick portion or “fretboard” though it’s fretless are loose enough to give it a good clearance to move the board around. Ultimately allowing both playing styles. Most people had no idea what it was but I just started playing it and they started to get an idea.

[@tonyelectionfraud669]

I learned about these after hearing ccr talk about a "gut bass" in down on the corner

[@TheLowerNard-sc6rq]

Heck yeah!! A hooch jug, a washboard, a broom handle bass, and a sister that can sing about catchin crawdaddies with her toes!!!

[@Deyfare]

I laughed because the budget pack from Amazon is literally the exact base I got for Christmas

[@nihilus_343]

Fourth day of asking for James Hetfield behs tone from Load and Reload era demo tapes

[@arsonguyjames]

i never thought i would hear trinidad as a example

[@user-ry2kw4sw2r]

I really like Split Lip Rayfield. They're badass.

[@namelesswalaby]

the bassist from Split Lip Rayfield made one with a cello neck and a gas tank from a 1970's grand marquis

[@JohnQ5]

Really liking that box bass...

[@jxb13_shorts67]

Stu cook played one of these on stage once if I remember correctly

[@bunsenn5064]

“I think someone just death quan clogged the toilet” is such a hard line

[@dfpguitar]

In the UK you can find a large black water tank in a skip on practically any day while walking around your neighbourhood. Would make a perfect base for one of these basses.

[@myca.]

This is so cool! But I can't believe no one's mentioned yet that Seven Nation Army doesn't actually have bass in the song. That tune is all riff, baby! Of course, there are two guitars

[@WhodeyLuke]

That seven nation army playing was not as bad as i thought

[@Mr.8.7.8USCH]

That dude in the overalls Live was GETTIN DOWN!

[@nunkie9023]

Actually the cheapest bass ever made was by me in 3rd grade when I forgot to make an improvised instrument for homework until I was in class that morning so I tied a piece of string I had to a pen. Wrapped the other end of the string around my finger, stood on the pen, and plucked away. Thus, the "Super String" was born

[@Friendlyherobrn]

It was a jumpscare to hear my homeland country Trinidad mentioned BUT IT WAS A PLEASANT JUMPSCARE!

[@dophhs]

Shavo Odadjian's tone day 28

[@vrGHXST]

For like, 3 years, all I played was a washtub bass. It was awesome

[@flip.flap.]

Looks like you got some good stuff!

[@debug8377]

i never thought basses could get this BASSic

[@maggie.8888]

PLEASE build one! I need to hear it!

[@TheMisterbobman]

This is one of the many reasons why i can’t help but laugh whenever i see musicians rave about how amazing their million dollar violin is. Cheap and easy just makes for a quality product

[@user-vh3xg4tj7b]

For some reason I thought he was gonna play hysteria 💀

[@jackdempsey9644]

I saw a guy playing one of these in the subway in NYC in the mid 90’s and he was playing it like Jaco. My mind is still blown to this day and I wish so bad that I had a way to film it back then.

[@SevenSeasOfBi]

all it took for me to know that you were talking abt the beatles was “skiffle bands” and the photo of tiny Paul

[@davidreinhard6037]

That. That is exactly what i guessed he was gonna play.

[@raptordoommetal4714]

In France there are the bands Les VRP and Les Nonnes Troppos that greatly played the bassine (as we call it here)

[@AAFREAK]

Basically, you take the canjo, replace the tiny can with a bucket and turn the hole side around the other way (I'm not sure if it makes a difference the conventional way), and you've got yourself a bass!

[@nealp.2841]

A version of this was the very first stringed instrument I ever made from scratch! I consider myself a luthier, now. I have three guitars I've built. One is completely custom from scratch. My own custom body shape my grandfather cut out of the boat we built when I was growing up spending time in the garage.. solid mahogany hardwood ~3" thick body. About the same weight as my Gibson Les Paul Custom shop

[@robbrobb5543]

Washtub bass was a staple of Texas country roots music.

[@dchavez1528]

That sounds like a fun challenge