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Audiovox Electric Upright Bass (1/9)

This is the biggest of the Audiovoxes, weighing in at a full 12 pounds, with a 36" scale. The neck is a Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba) floorboard over maple, with a straight cutout headstock. There are over 100 marker dots. The body is veneered masonite over solid plywood, with Danelectro-style Tolex binding. There are also strap buttons, this instrument can be played vertically or horizontally.

This bass has a 5-string magnetic pickup and dual bridge-mounted guitar piezos with a powered impedance buffer. The floating bridge is fully adjustable by 1/4-20 knurled wheels. The strings are Rotosound TruBass RS88, which give a good imitation of an acoustic bass.

The saddle and string nut are clear acrylic, the string anchor is a drawer pull, and the rest of the parts are from scrap, matching the neck. The veneer is bees-wing eucalyptus, stained dark and finished in UV-cure polyurethane. The long cello-style endpin retracts all the way into the neck pocket. It stands 5'7" fully extended.

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I made this little mitre box. It goes in 5-degree steps from 0 to 45 degrees. I don't know if that will actually be useful, but it gives me something to play with. Although I made it with the saw shown, I would use it with a fret saw, which is narrower and runs in the slots nicely. The important thing is not that the angles are super accurate, but that they are repeatable. I think.

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