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

[@evanthejesusfreak]

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

[@areskice]

wich isn't even played with a bass oroginally

[@Orangekid65]

​@@areskice oh yeah I almost forgot about that, but yeah, they just used a guitar with an octave effect

[@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.

[@mattstephens6432]

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

[@bluewhye8832]

Whamolas are great

[@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.

[@Red_Whitenblu]

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!

[@Red_Whitenblu]

@@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

[@reedmclean3574]

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

[@charlesmelchiorre4109]

Joke?😅

[@KoRnfan90]

no, it was made with a guitar tuned down an octave

[@literallyjustgrass]

@@KoRnfan90 youve gotta be fucking kidding me, all my bass teachers have lied to me

[@CharlieWhite101]

@@literallyjustgrassnot just any guitar either, tuned down resonator.

[@Ili_xx1933]

THE CURE BEHS TONE

[@bluewhye8832]

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

[@lqkwje]

What ​@@bluewhye8832

[@connorhart7597]

THE CYUAHH

[@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

[@tiki_trash]

There is actually a washtub made specifically for gut bucket bass. It's not too different than the original, just beefed up in some areas.

[@TheMusicianTom]

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

[@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 💀

[@devinharrypaul8219]

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

[@KaciqueWilson2000]

Can confirm.

[@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

[@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. 😂

[@Roiiboss]

@@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.

[@Literallyjustmint]

I knew it was gonna be seven nation army lmao

[@theresamealer3314]

Your accent (imo) is the AWE-SOMEest!! Could listen to you ALL day!! Loved the 🐐bucket!! GREAT video's

[@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.

[@Thesoutherndandee]

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.

[@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 😊

[@Your_local_TX2_fan]

Rare video of danny not using "Behs" when he said behs

[@grungyc]

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

[@Friendlyherobrn]

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

[@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.

[@kindofbox]

I thought you were about to save my life lmao my headstock completely cracked off and I was just searching for a cheap replacement

[@markjrcolin1210]

The box bass looks and sounds incredible for what it is

[@bunskilabonskiwashtubfun9841]

I am the proud to play the finest sounding electric washtub bass in existence, "Little Red." Love this post!

[@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

[@DiegoSynth]

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

[@Puffy_ahh_cheeto]

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

[@davidh8928]

I made my first washtub bass 11 years ago. It is a total blast to play. I stand on the tub and use body weight to tighten the string (raise the pitch).

[@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

[@stephenlong9806]

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

[@arlowolf1690]

Creativity, and expression by any means necessary

[@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???

[@mariapolternest7993]

What?

[@iodinethegray1937]

They sound so good, though.

[@DeborahS830]

My cousin made a guitar out of plywood, and used fishline for the strings. I've rarely heard any instrument sound so lovely!

[@kingtaco4064]

The whamola enters the chat

[@freddiesoverbite6162]

Ahhhh yes… Mr Claypool’s nifty creation.

[@annabelle1554]

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

[@arrayftc]

how could u forget emmett otter 😢

[@jerbear7952]

Because he puts in no effort

[@PlatinumDragonProductions999]

I first heard a "tub bass" at an open mic night it the 2000's. I was blown away at how good it sounded and how it filled the room. Fast foward to today and I find myself hosting an opet mic in a small room and seriously considering making one of these to be a "house bass!"

[@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

[@SomeRandoQuacko]

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

[@allenmitchell09]

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

[@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

[@sopunkrock101]

Cheap and cheerful 🎸😃👍

[@babylonhasfallen1329]

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

[@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!

[@R41ph3a7b6]

I never heard of a gut-bucket bass, but it seems really cool and cheap.

[@markoer]

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

[@Autohagiographer23]

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

[@sukulpatkhumpaisal8708]

I love your speaking accent, it made my day.

[@ants621]

Day two asking for Voivod bass tone.

[@SHAZIN.22]

Every single one of us knew he was gonna play 7 nation army.

[@TheComfyTigersBand]

Day 89 of asking for fat mikes behs tone

[@V0LTCF]

the last one was indeed the most BASSic one

[@coromknight3171]

Very bass-ic.

[@flip.flap.]

Looks like you got some good stuff!

[@LeftyPantaridis]

For some reason I thought he was gonna play hysteria 💀

[@Red_Whitenblu]

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

[@chiyo-chanholocaust8143]

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

[@somedude8380]

level 1 bard starting equipment

[@SpinchBabeeey]

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

[@jordanforbes149]

7 nation army is the bass equivalent of Smoke on the Water.

[@arsonguyjames]

i never thought i would hear trinidad as a example

[@CitrineRBX]

“behs” 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@bonkers622]

that box bass sounds so cool and unique

[@trinimetalgrooves]

Thanks, Danny, for shouting out Trinidad 🇹🇹.

[@Taylorthecreative-911]

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

[@jxb13_shorts67]

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

[@Vancedoesdabs]

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

[@Dan_Metalhead]

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

[@fretpound]

This guy is like a cross between a Rick Moranis character and a Mike Meyers character.

[@Gigan10610]

I am deadass, my first "bass" was a 5 gallon bucket bass that I built myself.

[@johnathanbusha8919]

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

[@bunsenn5064]

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

[@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

[@davidreinhard6037]

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

[@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.

[@dougpeters1625]

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

[@Systolic_Gaming]

Okay I coulda sworn I had seen this but it wasn’t half as long. Then I find out I’ve been an infinite chess fan for 5 months lol.

[@agropsychonaut]

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

[@danishplays3240]

Btw those little potlians or whatever he said were the early beatles

[@RUSTYCHEVYTRUCK]

The guy in the overalls was really getting it

[@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

[@vincentmichael7979]

We all knew what the last guy was about to play

[@Mikescool444]

What plays in my head when my computer gives up on me and simply dies

[@KevyNova]

“Your nails won’t break and you toes won’t stub You never have a fever when there ain’t no hole in the washtub”

[@debug8377]

i never thought basses could get this BASSic

[@kanki-o6q]

the guy in overalls is legend

[@greenNRGinit]

I love this!! My brother and I made a gut bucket bass with our mom's wash tub!! 😁

[@Mania-ri3yd]

0:36 Ilon Mask, now we know what you did in your past life >:D

[@jordaneggerman4734]

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

[@microsoftice6498]

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

[@androzani]

Now we just need to pound glass and we'll have Seven Nation Army.

[@WarningSirensOfUpstateNY]

I wanna see Alex Webster’s bass tone! (Cannibal Corpse)

[@bluewhye8832]

Blink 182 untitled behs tone

[@SlyHikari03]

The box bass/(behs) is so cool. Love its timbre

[@saulo_jdyg8565]

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

[@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.

[@seanswinton6242]

When I saw his choice, I thought of Fred Sanford of "Sanford and Son!"😂😂

[@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.