- Mod this as a fretless instrument - Create fret markings - Play in upright bass position - Use some sort of glove next time to go some slides. - Use a sustainer instead of picking, which reduces travel from pickup to fret markings.

When you started tapping on it. Holy shit. I definitely think this could be the genesis of a new instrument.

I got half way through the sound demo when I realised: you basically made the worlds djentiest diddley bow LUL

This is insane hahaha

I would say most instruments tuned this low sound"flubby" but this had such strong overtones,it felt natural, I fell it could be a strong lap steel or drone type instrument. I love the fretless design. I am not a luthier at all but I love the fretless design. thank you for your channel such an inspiration to me

Run that thing through a metal zone and you'd have a cool harsh noise project

Wear protective gear next time working with such extreme strings. The amount of tension is enough to cause crazy damage to the body. Also plan ahead before physically starting the work.

Try putting a drumstick underneath the string and move it around to get different notes

The lever idea isn't bad. Reminds me of the octabass. Also, there's a KZfaq channel called Wintergatan(also a band I guess lol) who does this video on "Cyber Capos" that could give some inspiration. I've always wanted to make a djent stick, but never got around to it lol.

This is a stunning natural dark ambient. Thanks for the idea. I will use this in the future.

You deserve more attention man

Mick Gordon: **heavy breathing**

Unique way of playing by tapping the string onto the surface

an unique instrument that can be loved by folks from Einstürzende Neubauten. Remember me their spring percussive instrument.

Well done son, your guitar almost rivals my frequencies. I bless you with cosmic Djent P O W E R S

Dude... you gotta check out the band Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. The bassist, Dan Rathbun, builds all these crazy, wacky homemade instruments that he invents, and the one that this video reminds me of is called the “Sledgehammer Dulcimer” (alternatively known as the slide piano log). It’s basically a seven-foot long wooden 2x4 with six grand piano strings attached to it and is played by striking it with a mallet (think xylophone-type mallet). The pitch is controlled by using a short metal rod that acts as sort of “movable fret”. The sledgehammer dulcimer is most notably heard on the songs “Powerless” and “Bring back the apocalypse”. Check out their live videos too. Super theatrical.

I pitch shifted that last note at 11:03 and it's a *G-1*

This is a very *very* interesting experiment! Thank you for sharing what you did.

Said Too Much Productions Something good that I've discovered was that increasing the scale length gives that thick string more clarity.

"All the way down to Florida" YOU'RE A "FLORIDA MAN"?!

The sustain is real 😳. Idk if you cleaned up the tone in post a lot, but I dig the shit out of the dirty tone...👹

You do some genius mods man this is fascinating!

Try some harpsichord wands, or like half drum stick half brass slide. Or try some hair brushes, or drum brushes. Different brush densities must have a noticeable effect on this thing, especially strumming at different angles to vary the surface area of the brush making contact... man, and you gotta Riffs and Coffee this thing and put some love on it.

It sounds surprisingly....good!

Amazing! Reminds me of my 3 string buclet bass i made in my summer vacation. Couldn't tune it lower than E1 lol

awesome

Maybe try putting finger slides or lap steel bar slides and slapping and sliding with them to get more definition? Or some sort or hammers like xylophone?

I get what your saying about the niks around the output jack, but it's also a djentstick do I don't think anyone really cares how it looks.

Players of large lute instruments like theorbo and archlute use shoelaces to extend guitar straps to their headstocks. Seems like that technique could apply here and there are several KZfaq tutorials.

If you want it to have a higher output you can put something ferromagnetic on the string where the pickup is

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Might wanna wear safety glasses protect your eyes playing that piano string...very interesting videos you are CREATIVE and original. You got skills...great shows Love when you played it almost like a couple conga drums with both hands.

Even with grounding the aluminum supports the noise could also be coming from what looks like fluorescent lights overhead... Dave504 be like: "SLAP!"

There are Pianos that can go Higher than C8 up to B8 like that Stewart & Sons Beluga 108 Key Piano that came out recently.

For quite a long time I wondered where I could find strings that long. Thanks for the insight ^^ I already ordered some to make my own build. How about putting a wheel under the string, like a hurdy gurdy ? That's what I will go into when I receive mine. I think I will operate the wheel with the help of a little electric motor, and put the controls somewhere on the middle of the stick. Two buttons to rotate it one way or the other. I'll keep you updated if you want ;)

piano string florida stick?!?! NOW THAT'S TRVE FLORIDA

You might want to try that pickup in the regular orientation too... Bass player of metal band called KYPCK has a custom one string bass that originally had jazzbass pickups oriented like in your djent stick, but I've seen pictures of it were the body is clearly rerouted and pickups in the regular j-bass orientation... I quess he did turn them for a reason.

Waited long time

Tune it as low as possible and play it with drumsticks/mallets. I bet you could get some really neat tones out of that

Waiting for Mick Gordon to message you ;)

I think it'd be cool to ad a second set of alumium bars but with bends in them, almost looking like stratocaster horns, the upper serving as a place to hang the neck strap and the lower as a rest for playing it on your lap.

That distorted tone is awesome on the C0 man... I need more😂😂 sorry I didn't see this earlier I had severe phone trouble Anyway I'm thinking make a top wing for your chest and start picking a bit past the pickup to go all the way to the end... or grow longer arms lol djent on man🤘

Should do it as an upright instrument like a double bass. Would make sense for that scale.

The tone you get from it is so rich! I would be interested to see a humbucker or active pickup. That way it would have less noise. Also, I don't know your wiring scheme, but twisting the wires also helps. That way all the incoming interference cancels itself. Also, carbon fiber strips for the truss rod instead of the metal could reduce noise. Also if you want to sit with the instrument you could set the audio jack end on the floor and add some weights on that end. That would at least shift the center of mass a little bit possibly reducing some neck dive. Just some ideas, it is a very tall instrument lol.

I think we're getting into helicopter territory here lmao

The Seymour Duncan Apollo pickups could be a good shout for cutting noise. They’re linear humbuckers so you wouldn’t need to alter your routing in order to drop it in

bout to make a fretless standup djent stick out of drift wood

I expect Golden Gate Bridge cable subcontrabass build in a month or so

You could maybe use a golf club or something to hit the string with. That way the lower notes might be easier to reach. Alternatively, you could attach ball-bearing rails to the sides of the plank and make a slide with a slack lever attached to it, so that you can push it up further than you can normally reach. I hope this makes sense.

I think if you cut this string into a 3rd and got a cheap shortscale bass and plugged all of the holes except for one tuner I think you could have a really wild djent stick.

First, string should touch the saddle and nut with unwinded part. It will improve both sound and intonation. Second, I recommend to put the tuner on the bridge side instead Third, as already mentioned in comments, try vertical upright bass stand.

I thank you for your detailed build notes. I am very interested in contrabass experimental musical instruments and I am starting to build cigar box guitars. Have you tried some sort of resonator and piezo pickups

The thickest string that Kalium makes is a .266 but this .212 is thinner than that.

Actually sounds decent! :D

you could wire a second, reversed pickup in parallel, to act like a humbucker. (both pick up the same noise and humm, but one outputs it in reverse, so the signals cancel eachother out) stick it where ever, as long as it has the same orientation as the primary one. i feel that would even add to the almost comical weirdness of this instrument.

Slapp it!

8:43 D00M!! 2016 😎

Make a kick pedal mechanism that locks into the shape of the stick, in cello position, you have leeway on the neck, and use the kick pedal to bonk the string.

Maybe try hitting the strings with drum sticks? Also Idk about vertical pickup placements. It might pick up the string 4 times and that low low tuning might be too muddy. Try to mix in a clean compressed version with a highly distorted treble boosted, bass cut to zero A/B mix. That's all I can come up with.

that aside, you might be able to mitigate the action issues by putting an aluminum fingerboard or something on it, that might also help stiffen it up a bit too

You practically made the motorgrater!

Was thinking wrapping some ferro magnetic around the string just where the pickup is would increase the signal strength, surely if it's only picking up the core then you must be losing some of the bass? Though obviously the thickness of the string will effect the speed of its movement through the magnetic field regardless. Also wiring in a contact mic will give you an even fatter sound.

Djent by the Foot

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Add a fretboard to get the string to not touch the pickup while fretting.

Maybe you better play that in upright position (like double bassist do), so you can easily achieve the top and bottom frets

I was thinking that with this level of string tension just running it through the body would be better than using a screw.

There was Guitar, Double bass, Octobass now Sexdebass

You can use fastfret to reduce the damage on your fingers by sliding :)

The true djent stick, wielder of the brown note. If you could somehow find an unwound string of that gauge and tension it may hurt less using certain techniques and may open the possibility of using a bow. I can't imagine it getting picked up by a piezo, so perhaps a 5 string soapbar might work

Yay! Another experiment I wanted to do! You got there first! PROPS!!! Hey, how about those “dot” pickups for single strings? Can you find them and test run one? They are about 25-cent size. I will try and find a reference. I saw them on upright conversions.

Try a piezo pickup. It should pick up the vibrations a lot better

Kevin I challenge you to build a contra bass ukelele

Maybe a custom made pickup with neodymium magnet, double coil for hum canceling and two pair of pole piece can do the job.

There is something that you can do, you should find a way to put taht stick stand up. Yo can also use something to change the way to play that string (the pick Is not the best option lol) There is a show from the blue man and they make something like that Sorry for my bad inglish tho

Put one strap peg about 18" from the nut, and the other near the pickup, as if you're playing a giant Chapman stick. That way, you'll have better access to the lower end of the fretboard.

I definitely think it would be easier to play it kinda like an upright bass and sitting on a stool so you are high enough

Will placing the pickup vertically cancel out some frequencies of the string?

you can play the whole album of reflections

I think the next thing for you to do with this thing is wind your own string

What if you use another tuner at the bridge for more grab??

Use maple or oak for neck material.

if Piano String Djent Stick + Pitch Shift Down

ngl this bass sounds like a death grips song

Your gonna have to install a leg rest on that instrument

I wonder how many times you've shat yourself while making this vid by accidentally hitting the brown note! Yeah, not a very original joke... Anyway, great video dude! :D Keep it up! :)

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Also, zip ties make decent low budget frets until they wear down.

I think a guitar position could work if you made a bigger guitar-style body (like, bigger than a bass g.), and then have this as the neck, but angled. The bridge would be much further down, like an extreme version of how basses have the bridge as far down as they can. So with the body at the traditional position: - the bridge would be like, almost on the floor (additional support for the weight, since it would be really heavy with like 3+ strings) - the nut would be a few inches above your head, and depending on the angle, maybe even at a frettable position The output jack would be kind of a problem, but could be at the spot of the bottom strap button, with the actual strap buttons on the top horn ('d have to be super thick probably) and I guess at around the pickup. Had this idea around the time of the octabass video but I'm writing this now because it's kinda more relevant I guess?

Now bow it!

It probably wouldn’t have been as awkward if you would have build a body for it

What kind of skate deck are you riding?

13 strings electric guitar tuned like baroque lute?

That was possibly the dirtiest lowest bass I've ever heard someone intentionally make, I misread conclusion as concussion probably because that was vibrating my brain between my DT 770s... Overall 10/10 phenomenal instrument

I'd love to see these low strings with either an ebow or a normal bow. As one of those "amateur luthiers", levers could work, but what if you used a rail system and basically just made a slide that stayed on the string? Almost like a moving nut but from the top.

Can you mod a 6 string Bass into a 8 string guitar?

Building a 7 string at the mo struggling with pickup options... Might have to steel ur horizontal pickup idea

we must go lower.