The Bogdon-3 is an acoustic/electric cardboard box upright bass kit with 3 strings tuned to E-A-D. The kit assembles easily without the need for power tools. All parts are precut and predrilled. Assembly requires a razor blade, hand philips screw driver, a small wrench, packing tape, and a hot glue gun. The box bass plugs into any amplifier. The tone is very close to a standard upright bass, yet the Bogdon Box Bass neck is thinner and very easy to play. The Bogdon-3 STD artwork is in black.
Write-up:
The Bogdon Box Bass is a terrifically fun instrument to build and play. It also sounds pretty good and draws plenty of attention, so be prepared to answer questions any time you leave the house with it. Even though it’s made from inexpensive materials, building the Bogdon Box Bass offered something richer, deeper, and more child-like than other instruments: the feeling of being able to say, “I made this.” That’s right: With a few home tools and a little patience, you can make your own upright bass. For cheap. If you get into some money or become a serious player you'll want the a real bass, but this is a great starting point or just a fun way to create a little music.
Story goes that there was a fire in the Badynee household, and the insurance company send round builders to replace the floor.
Builders being builders, they chucked all the old flooring, and the cardboard boxes the new wood came in, into the garden.
And bass-players being bass-players, Chris reckoned he could make something musical with it. With weed-whacker twine for strings, the first cardboard-box bass was born.
At a family reunion, it turned out that there was some in-house expertise in acoustics and electronics, so Dave, Mark and Aeden helped tweak and improve it. A video of the bass on YouTube spawned more hits than they could believe... so the Bogdon Box Bass was born.
Inventor: Chris Badynee
Chris Badynee with help from Musician Bogdon Vasquaf, Acoustic Engineer Alan Eden, Electronic Engineer Mark Eden, and Print Artist Dave Eden
The Bogdon Box Bass isn't a replacement for expensive woods and fine Luthier craftsmanship, but rather it's just a crazy fun bass to see, hear, and play.
The Bogdon-3 cardboard box upright bass won Best in Show at the Summer 2008 NAMM show in Nashville for playability, great tone, and simply being unique and fun.
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