For this one it's a cotton/nylon blend (I think). One of my earlier versions had a rubber band another has an elastic string. Just about anything will work.
Uh... have you been to Radio Shack lately? All I find there is a guy who says "We don't sell that anymore", and then asks "Do you want to buy a phone?".
Sounds like your radio shack people suck something awful. Mine are quite helpful, and even when they don't have the object on hand, they're usually more than willing to order it.
im a drummer, but usually you could buy record players for like 10$ and get 5 of them, then buy some wood and maybe customise your wood to make it like a guitar. And your practilly done.
I have a request, could you try getting more of the strings and make it into like a 4 or 5 sting bass, you will be my hero if u can
IF BEING innovative and showing ingenuity is redneck than so be it. That is what is wrong with this country. There is no more ingenuity, and those that show it are made fun of by the masses of people that don't have any themselves. Maybe if more people could show ingenuity we could solve any crisis and not sit on our butts waiting for the government to help us.
lol fuxxanator123 your probs ugly u probs are fat and ugly and dont take a bath and al u have because i checked your profile is warcraft is cool your real sad and kjig nice and if u call him ugly i bet u any money mi ass i better looking then u
Yup, I see you had the sense to NOT post any video of yourself. I just figured I gotta live behind this mug so I'd share the misery with the world. :)
Thats hilarious. What I found most funny was you used either caulk or wood glue, a staple gun, opld wood, old string....Yet you took the time to solder the wiring instead of just twisting/elec taping it. Too funny. Nice Hifi....glad you didnt cut that up to make a drum kit ;)
Kevin that was cool.just checked your channel out for other stuff.You got yourself a subscriber for one..the music you love two..the place you live..we are both in PA and three...most important the book you read...Grace & peace.
it looks old did you mod it so its solid state, I have a vintage 1957 motorola hi fi if trying to fix the tube amp is too much work then ill go solid state and mod mine lol i dunno i want a vintage amp for my ipod, oh and BTW the youtuber damusician referred me to you
This is as I bought it. It's a later 60's maybe early 70's. I just uploaded a few of vids from it's record player on Jiggys78s. Some 45's are played on it here on kjigmond. And THANKS Miguel!!!
thanx 4 da shoutout! btw i know where to find the date code on maggie units. it can be found on the woofer magnets and the id sticker under the record changer. itz a 4 digit #. it contains year and week of manufacture.
Are you a rasist?
RunescapeVideoProdux 3 weeks ago
@TheRejoice7 That makes him even cooler!
makakamakaki 3 weeks ago
...you took apart a turntable to make a homemade bass? really? -.-
TheRejoice7 4 months ago
dude you crazy as hell i love it
MrTechcenterz 6 months ago
That was like awesome!
Tyskjanne 9 months ago
he he magpie :D
gkgttc 1 year ago
Holy shit, it works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
netando 1 year ago
give me my 3:23 back!
luiscunillerad 1 year ago
@luiscunillerad Fine you can have the 3:23 I spent watching this video. It was cool!
TheLonersManual 1 year ago
Les Claypool can play Yngwie Malmsteen songs on that.
bedofrazorsqwerty 1 year ago
Did he say 1 beaner peice of wood?
DodecahedronHead 1 year ago
i absolutely love this, pity that record players are so hard to come by, if i were to find one id probably only use it for playing old records.
nice job
commanderplyers 1 year ago
i wish my bands bassist had a bass like that
mxtheriault 1 year ago
EPIC~!
jimi0227311413 1 year ago
This and a 6pac and we have concert...
STEAMWORKER 1 year ago
mc Gyver :)
Bubenik99 1 year ago
you sir are deranged!
please make more!!!
your thingie is wonderful
do the strings need to vibrate over the pick up or willit work if it were in a differet place? So if you do several strings it works on all X strings?
please make more I enjoyed this
swaz
Swazooli 1 year ago
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Thanks!
I've seen the light
raveyard 1 year ago
you rock man!
wucwug 1 year ago
Very cool!
viceisthename 1 year ago
XDDD nice
Tindecs 1 year ago
its cool but dude. omg is so gay
alexissalgado1 1 year ago
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
LTFOfficial 1 year ago
nice bass love it rock on !
smashygadge 1 year ago
sweet bass like that
smashygadge 1 year ago
@smashygadge Thanks!
kjigmond 1 year ago
pretty cool
bkbj95 1 year ago
"No expense spared".....ha,ha. Good work on the instrument and video!
RicardoNY1 1 year ago
haha nice
bleachzeldakid 1 year ago
Lol that's really cool =P
HardbeatAcolyte 1 year ago
did u tune the string? because it is an actual low E for a bass XD
BassDude50000 1 year ago
@BassDude50000 Thanks! It was just a beautiful accident. :D
kjigmond 1 year ago 2
Wow, I was pretty suprised by the results of it.
XxPostalDudexX 1 year ago
dude - you chiseled with a screwdriver - but took time to soder the wires... loved it :)
eklotzko 1 year ago
Genius!!
Just Genius!
Jacobob2 1 year ago
thats some friggin ghetto electrical engineering right there
jaguar17125 1 year ago
That is friggin' amazing!!!! I love it, great job, man!!
aqcr 1 year ago
cool, I will try something like this soon
thanks for checking out my channel buddy
vidfuse 1 year ago
I knew i was in trouble when I heard him say git-tar! lol :P
Ritza824 1 year ago
I know where he found that his great-grandfather's attic! :P
Ritza824 1 year ago
Are you using a screwdriver as a chisel?
you rebel... ;)
rendered555 2 years ago
Could just buy a piezo
DustyPeople1 2 years ago
Utterly fascinating!
guitmartiman 2 years ago
Beautiful. :)
abrogard 2 years ago
what do you use for the string?
UzumakiNarutoX3 2 years ago
For this one it's a cotton/nylon blend (I think). One of my earlier versions had a rubber band another has an elastic string. Just about anything will work.
kjigmond 2 years ago
Thank you. I'll try to make one, too.
UzumakiNarutoX3 2 years ago
Good work!! I think u can use one of those tiny headphones as a mic too
GeankDOORS 2 years ago
Where do you buy your weed from.
that must be some good shit for you to make this.
and btw next time wear glass's.
STONER :P
bradlycriswell1990 2 years ago
Could have just bought the piezo at radio shack for like 5 bucks.
Bertziethegreat 2 years ago
Uh... have you been to Radio Shack lately? All I find there is a guy who says "We don't sell that anymore", and then asks "Do you want to buy a phone?".
kjigmond 2 years ago
Sounds like your radio shack people suck something awful. Mine are quite helpful, and even when they don't have the object on hand, they're usually more than willing to order it.
Bertziethegreat 2 years ago
@kjigmond. just buy a piezo
DustyPeople1 2 years ago
No. It made me mad, scratching a good record with it's dead needle.
It had to die.
kjigmond 2 years ago
Well then that works
DustyPeople1 2 years ago
LOL :D
kjigmond 2 years ago
dude, I am totally going to make one for myself and jam the fuck out of it
Josephdorf03 2 years ago
you could have just bought the cartrige
instead of destroying a perfectly good turntable for it
jimmyp73 2 years ago
that is kickass man! i'm a bass player myself i i would totally play that, its got a great sound!
keep on rockin man!
goobman91 2 years ago
love the marshall amp in the background...
baboonhunters 2 years ago
Thanks!
kjigmond 2 years ago
its just a cheapo mg series
jimmyp73 2 years ago
you could have taken the cartidge out without dismantling the table.
pastryhat 2 years ago
But I needed the lead wires, and the thing got me mad by scratching one of my records with it's half dead needle... it had to die.
kjigmond 2 years ago
ever heard of a chisel?lol
SamBrown1900 2 years ago
what if you added frets? Like, hammered staples about an inch wide into the wood at say three inch intervals?
diddymuck 2 years ago
lets try xD!
agustin2615 2 years ago
You ARE AWESOMELY SMART!!!
im a drummer, but usually you could buy record players for like 10$ and get 5 of them, then buy some wood and maybe customise your wood to make it like a guitar. And your practilly done.
I have a request, could you try getting more of the strings and make it into like a 4 or 5 sting bass, you will be my hero if u can
NephilimBand 2 years ago
any other things you could use to get the wires and cartridge??? coz my turntables to good to break!
iriwan 2 years ago
Ebay has plenty of phono cartridges and record player parts on sale. Some retailers still carry them as well.
kjigmond 2 years ago
cheers
iriwan 2 years ago
I'm totally doing this, man. I don't have a record player, I'll just use something else.
Thanks for the video!
DrummerCoCa 2 years ago
why not just buy a piezo at radioshack for $4..instead of dismantling a good vintage phonograph?
rewiI21 2 years ago
Good. any other instruments you can make?
buildsbest 2 years ago
Drums, but only because just about anything you smack with a stick sounds like a drum. :D
kjigmond 2 years ago
Amazing... you should market and copyright this. Sell a bunch, make some money!
tenorsax120 2 years ago
Thanks but arsen236 tells me Les Paul made one like this years ago. I'm gonna guess somebody has a patent on it already.
kjigmond 2 years ago
THATS FUCKIN AWESOME UR MY HERO!!!
bratblaster 2 years ago
Amazing, awesome little how-to movie, I love it! :-)
zwanski 3 years ago
Cool. Thanks.
kjigmond 3 years ago
:-) Hahaha, that's cool man, you rock! *rocker smily*
Great video *thumbs up*
:-D
johvdz 3 years ago
that was fucking SWEET ive got to do that
pollyprh 3 years ago
bass in ya face ... this was very inspriring!
kaiopai87 3 years ago
CHECK RHYTHMTANDEM.
rhythmtandemplayer 3 years ago
that was awesome! makin me wonder what else could be possable...
Musiccalculater 3 years ago
I'ma try to make this a 4 string with 4 different turn tables to see if it makes 4 differnt sounds
cory131521 3 years ago
that amazing man so awlsome
sex666n666drugs 3 years ago
wow you got an "E" without even tuning
Keplaffintech 3 years ago 10
ROTFL :D
kjigmond 3 years ago
Truly amazing. I love the concept. Now to go get myself a used record player.
Thanks
ydnarOrandy 3 years ago
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cool but HUGE redneck
clicheconnor 3 years ago
IF BEING innovative and showing ingenuity is redneck than so be it. That is what is wrong with this country. There is no more ingenuity, and those that show it are made fun of by the masses of people that don't have any themselves. Maybe if more people could show ingenuity we could solve any crisis and not sit on our butts waiting for the government to help us.
quickandalivenotdead 3 years ago
real cool sound!!! needed 1 drum machine then sweet music!
dele520 3 years ago
GODDAMMIT! SWEET!!!! :O
svantearrhenius1 3 years ago
Clever.
kingneb123 3 years ago 5
wat type of string and which way is the neddle thing facing
oosic101 3 years ago
It's the same question I have... But I don't see the answer... did you find it out?
yakumokobe 3 years ago
Most any string, or even a rubber band, will do. And I posted a close up of the cartridge called "Cart".
kjigmond 3 years ago
I don't often comment on vids, but kudos to you my Phriend!
I love creative music and you cant get more creative than that. Very original idea!!!
Check out my website for my version of creative music at
myspace(.)com/paulhudd
paulhudd 3 years ago
it has a great sound.... props to you dude
maxzen203 3 years ago
Very nice
JPisme14 3 years ago
Sounds like dio's - Rainbow in the dark main riff time to time.
Anyone agrees ?
pppppvo 3 years ago
thts mint mate, proper simple n cheap to make n sound good for wht it was too.
bryson375 3 years ago
Good for you fella, thats what it's all about.
Cheap and fun. Sounds good too.
dotat 3 years ago
That was awesome! xD Reminds me of a redneck somehow...
horsegirl2000148 3 years ago
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i think the stuff was best useful in the turntable... ur bass sounds like shyt, anyone calling him a genious is a dumbass
KurtRip94 3 years ago
great stuff doesnt need to come from brain killing process from hours and hours of investigation , great stuff is like this man
stfu
alexfheind 3 years ago 2
nice 1 man, YOU ROCK!!!!!
Samh909 3 years ago
thats amazing! ur a genius props to ya bro
Syretty 3 years ago
Hooray for ingenuity!! I love to watch people invent things! Thanks for posting this vid!
kairi990 3 years ago
pretty cool. Was there a bridge to raise the string? or was it just laying against the board?
freezazoid 3 years ago
great!
yuseroner 3 years ago
awesome!
waxingpoetic 3 years ago
So cool!
vanzantyt 3 years ago
dude that was awesome....howd u learn to make that?
12qazaq21 3 years ago
he was having fun, and that's what's most important.
diddymuck 3 years ago 2
and we have a WINER well done my man well done
gnfrman 3 years ago 3
haha, nice going.
this is pretty cool.
evan4president 3 years ago
awesome
sculptureattack 3 years ago
thats way cool
and badass
jusTlikehmf 3 years ago
That's pretty amaziing right there... I should make my own.
Painkiller1170 3 years ago
That's amazing! :D.
Gazzer1991 3 years ago
lol fuxxanator123 your probs ugly u probs are fat and ugly and dont take a bath and al u have because i checked your profile is warcraft is cool your real sad and kjig nice and if u call him ugly i bet u any money mi ass i better looking then u
devlinshadow05 3 years ago
get a life...
jusTlikehmf 3 years ago
amazing truly amazing
D1RTYMOUTH 3 years ago
nice! like it alot
yolordo01 3 years ago
Thanks! And thanks for marking DavidMeShow favorite on your channel. That dude ROCKS!
kjigmond 3 years ago
WOOOO!!!
corbicula 3 years ago
lmao dude that is awsome!!
djswiftness 3 years ago
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that pritty good but 1 string put more on also your ulgy ... just thought i shoud put that out there but over all that was pritty genious 4/5
fuzzanator123 3 years ago
Yup, I see you had the sense to NOT post any video of yourself. I just figured I gotta live behind this mug so I'd share the misery with the world. :)
kjigmond 3 years ago
Lol!!! That Is Soo, Cool! Try Makeing Like An Electric Gutar Or Something! You Would Be Good At It!
Yagonon 3 years ago
amazing
breeze010 3 years ago
dude that is totally inspiring!
SoundOfAShark 3 years ago 2
1 beater peice of wood
play super mario on that or something
Cesaz05 3 years ago
I'll need to practice a while. Keep checking back.
kjigmond 3 years ago
awsome
Cesaz05 3 years ago
Thats hilarious. What I found most funny was you used either caulk or wood glue, a staple gun, opld wood, old string....Yet you took the time to solder the wiring instead of just twisting/elec taping it. Too funny. Nice Hifi....glad you didnt cut that up to make a drum kit ;)
Falcons66 3 years ago
ROFL! :D
kjigmond 3 years ago
whoa that is awesome!!
wilkes85 3 years ago
omg you are a god!
Fly2High 3 years ago
omg you must be a electronic, thats amazing
FFXfever 3 years ago
You are my hero!
Metalrocks5150 3 years ago
Thanks! Saw your Blair Witch spoof, funny stuff.
kjigmond 3 years ago
your a genius!!!
OneLastBreath777 3 years ago
omg amazing!!!
Bwahtastic 3 years ago
now with some frets and like 4 more u could have a regular bass guitar lol nice
theater40 3 years ago
WTH!?! ur amazing!!!
TOLking06 3 years ago
that would be pretty cool with a real bass guitar string
vicfirthdrummer95 3 years ago
your a maniac, thats ill though.
tsalagee 3 years ago
THATS SO SWEET. MADE YOUR OWN STICK BASS! I still dont really get it, but its super sweet
someguytalking2u 3 years ago
that is wicked i want a soldering gun
jamieball 3 years ago
that's fantastic! good work man! imagine playing a walking bassline on that thing lol
joebassplayer 3 years ago 2
Kevin that was cool.just checked your channel out for other stuff.You got yourself a subscriber for one..the music you love two..the place you live..we are both in PA and three...most important the book you read...Grace & peace.
ThirdProverb 4 years ago
someone lurves this guy ;)
elchimpo89 3 years ago
That was pretty fucking cool.
partyhatpker 4 years ago
Hey you should Make one with more like a 6 sting base or a 4 string
toothpicks818 4 years ago
Hope my kids don't see this... good by turn tables lol
EOGGasman 4 years ago
LOL
kjigmond 4 years ago
It works! Cool!
paisleypower30 4 years ago
You should totally make this an instructable.
GakkiSai 4 years ago
wow that was cool, if you make another with more strings post it...i thought that was really awesome
wolfhunt123 4 years ago
u should have taken a 2by like6 and used 4 or 5 strings to make it a REAL homemade electric bass :D
gansta246 4 years ago
it hurts to see a record player go through that lol
250lespaul 4 years ago
my dad has that same soldering iron.
dudleythemoose 4 years ago
what a gleefull dude!
EtcEtcAndEtc 4 years ago
you should glue four of these together
spracketskooch 4 years ago
Corkin'!
That's a great sounding bass too!
xwsftassell 4 years ago
That's fucking awesome ! Why did I spend 400$ on my last bass ?
lebourrin91 4 years ago
Brilliant! All you have to do is place a piece of wood under the string so you can get clear notes.
gkmaster25 4 years ago
that was brilliant!
ninjabob333 4 years ago
your a funny guy
gplayer234 4 years ago
nice hack, and nice hi fi unit is that a tube unit check out mine its on my profile look for 1957 vintage motorola hifi
coondogtheman1234 4 years ago
It's a solid state. 12 inch woofs and those sweet sounding horns for tweets.
kjigmond 4 years ago
it looks old did you mod it so its solid state, I have a vintage 1957 motorola hi fi if trying to fix the tube amp is too much work then ill go solid state and mod mine lol i dunno i want a vintage amp for my ipod, oh and BTW the youtuber damusician referred me to you
coondogtheman1234 4 years ago
This is as I bought it. It's a later 60's maybe early 70's. I just uploaded a few of vids from it's record player on Jiggys78s. Some 45's are played on it here on kjigmond. And THANKS Miguel!!!
kjigmond 4 years ago
thanx 4 da shoutout! btw i know where to find the date code on maggie units. it can be found on the woofer magnets and the id sticker under the record changer. itz a 4 digit #. it contains year and week of manufacture.
damusician 4 years ago
Cool! I get to that project along with the others. :)
kjigmond 4 years ago
try to use a guitar string?
Danny7930 4 years ago
Hmmm, maybe. My acoustic just popped a string. I might scavenge 1 of the 5 left when I restring it.
kjigmond 4 years ago
the open string is an E
euphoniumhumper 4 years ago
Thanks. It was a beautiful accident. I didn't even think to check it.
kjigmond 4 years ago
that was GREAT!!! 10*
menotyou66 4 years ago
Nice. I especially enjoyed the total lack of regard for form in favor of function.
wheelbaron 4 years ago
sir, u are the mcgiver of instrument bulding!!!
arbiterftw 4 years ago