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I built one myself years ago out of stuff I had in my garage. A lot of the parts came from a roll up garage door. One thing I used from the door was the steel cable for the string. It's hard to explain how I have it where it can be tightened and loosened to tune it without pictures. The cable is about a half-inch thick twisted metal wires. It's a little rough on the hands, but I got used to it. I've been using it live for over ten years with no problems. Usually I do a short solo, thenp N.I.B. by Sabbath and into For Whom the Bell Tolls by Metallica. At the end of the night, I might drag It back out and do Sugar by System of a Down. It will break a drum stick before the cable breaks.

Sounds like a well revved 2-stroke

South park ahh instrument

How much??

The first riff sounds like something limp bizkit would write

Awesome vid. Not sure I would ever adjust the truss myself. Good thing I know a guy :)

1:34-4:51 what song is this

Very nice! What pickup do you use on them?

Les is gonna start selling them on his website sometime. I probably dont wanna see what they’ll cost though lol

Skrrrt. 🎉🎉🎉❤

That crazy lever. Look up "B Bender Guitar". Incorporates that bending into the support strap.

Dude I thought my neighbor was revving his motorcycle again

Buffalooooooòoooo

This is awesome. I might try to build my own, any tips or dos and donts? Also what type of wood ought i to use

sweet build

ruclips.net/video/mrMAUaGb4n0/видео.htmlsi=wmXLUxX-ozzUo25c This guy isn’t too shabby either I hear..🤔

This is even better than the djent stick. Les was ahead of the times.

Forgive me sir, I'm just a dumb electric guitar,/bass player are there truss rods on these? I'm thinking about building one, and I'm so stuck in the techniques of building an electric neck that I'm getting a little hung up here.

How do you get your whamola to sound so “bouncy” at 3:20?

Now that sounds good! Nice job, sir!

Hi there loved ur whamola video, was wondering if you sell your instruments, and if so, how much for?

Great work young fella!! Came across your presentation while searching for a video on changing the endpin on my Stagg EB electric upright. (It’s too short!) You are a true craftsman & your artistic addition complimented that instrument. Nice job. Thank you!!

I need one

You have inspired me to build one. Thank you.

Not sure if you ever heard of That One Guy and his amazing Pipe. Check him out, got the same type of groove going on.

DECIR UN SYNTETIZADOR MECANICO ES CONTRADICTORIO?

Cool looking sticks. Love the way they hang on your body, an interesting idea, and a practical solution. The music was great too.

Les Claypool did it first, but props for being able to build it yourself

congratulations on the video!!! Are you curious about the double bass support strap, can you tell me where you bought it?

If you flipped it upsidedown and mounted it to the floor you could do the bends by tilting it and youd have your hand free to finger the neck

This musical instrument reminds me of the sound my colon makes when I overtake vitamin C, and eat Taco Bell. 😂

How many strings does this thing eat?

Haha this is great!!! Cool bass.

Damn man, that Whamola design is way cooler than Les Claypools. Very inspiring, cant wait to build one myself.

Wow Dude!

I've never seen something like that! Cool Dude!

This is absolutely incredible, keep up the awesome work and I look forward to seeing what you make next. Do you happen to have any engineering scales drawings, measurements or links to where a humbucker pick up link the one used in your video, also did you use any effect pedals to get that signature sound. Rock on! 👍👍👍👍👍

Awesome how much

MSSH MSSH MSHHH MSSSSH SHHSHSHSHSHHS mushroom men

gotta learn how to build me one of those

Hey.. I recognize that eee urrr. 😂🎉❤ love ya my bruva.

Funky Primus styled playing

Lets request #Davie504 to play this

coool instrument!!!! reminds me of Primus..

When you were talking about how bass strings break like crazy, you are right and I found a solution! You can use a eighteen gauge wire or a 16 gauge wire and they work great, they sound pretty much just like a normal string paired up with the effects. 200 feet of 16 gauge wire from Lowe’s is a heck of a lot cheaper than buying really any type of string. The only main downside is they are kind of a pain to put on and remove but once you get the hang of it it really isn’t that hard. There is also a video of me showing how to remove and replace a wire on a Whamola if there is any confusion. Also before you play with a normal string, tighten it and let it stretch out, it really can savor the strings durability. For the wire you don’t really need to do that but you can if you want. Hope I helped in some way and rock on!

That’s so freaking badass ! 🤘🏻

I know this song from the LittleBigPlanet 3 Alpha Build, funnily enough.

what do you have it tuned to? how well does it stay in tune?

This is sick, but is there any way to have a mechanism similar to a guitar tremolo to have the resting position be either the highest note or a higher note? I was thinking something similar to a floyd/strat claw however that’d have a spring all up where you’re trying to fret, any thoughts? If you couldn’t tell I’m crazy & just want a single string upright with a whammy bar, dunno if that quite qualifies as a whamola though =)

I will do what Simon says