Knex bass guitar (Harp)

This is a tunable bass guitar - that I am going to add to Knex band.

You can actually get a tune out of it and it sounds much like a bass (However i am not a bass player so i wouldn't know well).

I managed to get 'Smoke on the water' out of it and it sounded pretty realistic, however all the videos i took on it do not sound like it does in real life - you can't really tell much difference between this and a drum kit in them.

It has four strings, and although being a bass it looks nothing like a real one - so maybe i should call it a harp.

Step 1 The Small Pieces

Build

1) frames
2) tuning edge
3) base edge

Oh, and get a box the size of a PS3 box.

Comments

[ihaveguitarskills!]

Are there frets? And can you tune the strings seperataly?

[Camisado]

Awesome. One of the very few k'nex I'bles that I actually like. Do you play the bass? I do.

[ihaveguitarskills!]

I LOVE playin bass. Especially Pumped Up Kicks and Sunshine of Your Love.

[barrax]

yay! i did the impossible lol. nah, i dont play bass, although i would like to... im playin electric at the mo. d'you have facebook?

[Camisado]

Haha, yeah, you did the impossible alright. That's cool. If you decided to play bass, I suggest you start of with an iBanez. Those are cheap and the quality is just perfect. I do, actually. My Facebook is "Petrov Iliaj Cravic".

[H1T4TCH1]

i buyed a YAMAHA bass guitar, WITH amplifier, tuning device-thingy (dunno how to say that xD lolz), bag 4 the guitar, and some other stuff, don't get a heartattack: 150 EURO'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! normally 400 or more euro's!!!!!! very very very cheap and really good to start with ^^

[Camisado]

Haha nice. And I believe that "tuning device-thingy" is called an amplifier.

[H1T4TCH1]

no that´s not it... it´s a tuning device to tune your bass guitar to the right tone.

[Camisado]

Oh. So not an amplifier? Hmm. Given your vague description, I don't think I can help out much, sorry.

[H1T4TCH1]

haha yeah that doesn't matter, i only don't know how to say what it is in 1 word xD

[ihaveguitarskills!]

I cant believe NO ONE knows what it is called. It''s called a tuner, unless it's a cylinder. Then it's a pitchpipe.....we need better music classes

[H1T4TCH1]

Excuse me that I'm not from an English speaking country ;)

[Tuba man8175]

On a scale 1-10 how loud is it

[Fred the evil puppet]

that tuning thingy is called a tuner. you can get them seperate or built into amp. :)

[heatblast]

KoOl. This is sweet,lol. We definetely needz tha instrumentz man! :)

[MasterXRandom]

nice........ crossbow !!! and guitar harp. This can go through cardboard !!

[barrax]

made me lol!

[knexsniper1]

why is it in a box?

[barrax]

so you can actually hear it. take an acoustic guitar for example. what is the wood? a shaped box with a circular hole at the top.

[knexsniper1]

oh, i thought it was because you put it there, does t work? i mean, can you play music with it?

[barrax]

just about. but that depends on the bands, and the way you tune/play it.

[Undermig]

lol does it brake?

[barrax]

i don't think so...

[Undermig]

kk

[Flumpkins]

Noooooo!!!! I just threw out my tub of knex!

[barrax]

OHNOES!

[Kiteman]

Even if you're not happy with the quality, you need to post a recording or video of the sound it makes.

[barrax]

It sounds like a quiet double-bass, i'm sorry but i'm not posting a video, :P , i deleted it :- (

[pls]

oooooo cool!

[Oompa-Loompa]

pretty sweet

[yannyboy]

kool

[barrax]

you commented about 3 minutes after i posted! sweet!