How to Build a Cheap DIY Electric Upright Bass out of a 1x3

For under $10 you can purchase good quality lumber at a hardware store. Or browse the wood in the free scrap pile instead. For under $4, you can buy 4 eye bolts and 4 fender washers at Home Depot, Ace Hardware or Lowe’s. Using a drill, crosscut hand saw, wood glue, hammer and nails, one could build a crude bass. The items not found at the hardware store are the 50-70-85-105 gauge Ernie Ball bass strings (mine were previously used to keep cost down), electric guitar pickups from 1996 Rogue Precision bass, a