I found a rare bass guitar from the 60s in the trash. Can it be saved?
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- Опубликовано: 12 июн 2024
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"It feels like the universe is assigning me a project ... and quite frankly I couldn't stop myself from working on it, even if I wanted to." I love this channel.
Its a life quote to live by
My sentiments exactly.
I read it at the same time i heard it
I want to live in whatever universe David exists in.
What do you mean you just walk into thrift stores and they have vintage audio equipment?
A place where people just throw historic musical instruments in the trash? XD
It's madness and I want it!
Historical?
That is true. I walked into a thrift store in Oyster Bay, NY and found a child-size Gibson Flying V. I paid $ 35 for it. Heck, just the pickup on that beauty is worth more than that!
I want this but with computers and technology rather than instruments and audio equipment. :D
It was ALLEGEDLY in the trash if you believe the title 😂
Ever seen that Polish guy who creates instruments from obsolete computer equipment? @@JoBot__
One man’s trash, is another man’s treasure!
Great restoration!
How do I find some much cool stuff? I've been thinking about this, and I think it's a bunch of factors:
1. Being on foot helps. I look for stuff whenever I'm out walking and I walk a lot.
2. I go to thrift stores about once every few weeks. I'm not obsessive about it, and the truth is I only find something really good about twice a year. Still, you can't win the lottery without buying a ticket, and over time it adds up: I have a long list of cool things I've bought at thrift stores over the years.
3. Part of it is cultural: I now live in a city where it's customary to put things you no longer need on the curb. Often, folks (self included) will intentionally put the good stuff out a few days before trash day with a sign that says FREE so that people have a chance to grab it. In my experience, not every city is like this. I lived in San Antonio and _never_ found anything on the street there. Chicago was hard, too, because the trash was all in back alleyways. I also lived in NYC and Providence, and while I sometimes got lucky with street finds in both places, I did better with junk shops in both cities.
4. The real reason: I live in a very high turnover city with a lot of artists and musicians. I imagine you can get similarly lucky in some neighborhoods of Austin, Portland, or Asheville, NC. People rent for short stints and then move. Almost everything I've ever found has been put out on the last weekend of the month. In other words, someone's lease was up, they were leaving and just didn't feel like moving something they never use or plan on fixing. When my wife and I left Providence, we did the same thing. We watched with glee as some college age kids scored a busted guitar, an old drum set, and a beautiful air organ. For all I know, they made an awesome art project out of them.
Anyway, that's all the comes off the top of my head.
Damn, i guess I gotta move to somewhere like that
"I think the inside of this kinda looks the hold of a pirate ship"
David, you have the purest soul and i love you
I thought it looked like a nightclub!
@@BaddaBigBoom i thought it looked like the inside of a fiddle bass
Hey Dave, I just wanted to tell you that your video on the bassitar sent me down a rabbit hole of wanting to play a bass guitar. I've always wanted to play instruments but bounced off things such as the piano and ukulele. Seeing your video gave me so much inspiration to not let my past experiences with instruments dissuade me from picking up the bass. 6 months later, I now have a bass and can play 2 songs! Love seeing your videos everytime Dave, thanks for the inspiration. Long live the bass!
that’s really cool!
Hello David, thank you for the great inspiration and a really good song. Sounds very British 😍 have a great day.
Chris
good instrument pick
i never comment, but seeing as a fellow learning bassist is here, might as well. heres my picks for some show off basslines as a very inexperienced player:
seven nation army
come together
under pressure
money
another one bites the dust
i (kenderick lamar)
Welcome to the low end brother, hope you have fun in your journey
THE SONG! THE SONG, YOU RELEASED IT! THANK YOU, DAVID!!
Just can't tell you how much I like these videos. Always a relaxing break for the work of the day.
I’ve rebuilt a number of violin basses over the years, one thing you might like to do is make up a metal plate that fits on the back of the body. That holds the neck on.
All of the Japanese violin basses have it from what I have seen, it will give greater strength for the neck under tension.
You might want to see if there’s a neck plate that can fit the bass. This is usually used to add stability to the screws that hold the neck in place. Also it looked like the top wasn’t glued down all the way in one spot. But cool instrument , I’m glad you saved it.
The body was likely made in the Matsumoku factory in japan. A ton of brands used that factory during the "lawsuit era" including Epiphone, Aria, Univox, and a lot of others. I have a Lyle full hollow ES-335 shaped 30" scale bass. The pickups are similar to the way the Hofner ones are with screws and rectangular slugs. Sounds great and i use it more than my other bass. I have the exact same bridge and tailpiece you bought as mine was also missing both. When i was trying to drill the headstock for tuners that actually fit (they were a non standard size hole originally) i ended up splitting the headstock, so i threw some Titebond in there and it is solid as ever.
Yay!! A Dave Hilowitz video!!
Your videos have been a major inspiration for me to finally sit down and try making music. I applaud your amazing talent, David, keep the great work up :D
That’s so great to hear
@@DavidHilowitzMusic You might wanna get some new Sperzel Bass Trimlok 2L/2R tuners so you can have 4 strings on the Bass again.
@@DavidHilowitzMusic I hope your new machine head tuners are ready to put on the Bass so it'll have 4 strings again
All of your videos bring me such peace and joy. Thank you for your videos!
Being a Patreon of yours gives me the drive to write and record some of my own tracks with the instruments you sample. Every month when you release a new sample. I fall in love and explore the sounds and endless possibilities. Thank You!
That thumbnail!!! It was like the Universe was assigning me a video to watch.
And now that I've watched it? After playing guitar my entire life, it was just in the last year or two that I've gotten confident in doing my own setups. Now it's clear I need to take that to the next level. Thank you for this wonderful content and for being the conduit through which the Universe assigns me projects!
David, your videos are always so well constructed and FUN!
Something about your videos just hits the spot. Always so interesting and inspiring. And Decent Sampler has made its way onto so many of my projects. Thanks for what you’re doing!
Beautiful bass David. That's a real Jem right there. How anyone can just throw it away is just beyond me. Hope you can find the missing part to attache the last string as well. Good luck!
Thank you so much for the hard work you put into your videos! Your videos are always an instant click from me.
So glad you like them!
What a stunning video! Very inspirational as always, thank you so much, David!
I don't know what's most relaxing, the video or the way you tell the story of your work! Great stuff! 🎸❤️👀🎸
I love your work! Every video inspires me to create. Thank you David.
Actually super glad I stumbled on this channel, it’s actually inspired me to save my first guitar, an old epiphone special that’s been in a closet for years as it stands barely functioning. love the channel dude, can’t wait to see what your next project will be
Hey David! greetings from North Wales..the song reminds me of the dismemberment plan.....you are so lucky finding instruments to repair!! I'm left handed guitarist and i used to play upside down....had a house fire and lost all my musical equipment and record collection...so I only have a Glary Tele copy!!!
Homie back at it again with a BANGER
You never fail to inspire! Thanks for another great video
Recently bought a similar project guitar. Cant tell you how helpful it is to see your process. Thank you!
The way you're singing that it sounds exactly like a Cake song!
I've been fixing busted and burnt guitars and basses since the 80s, and you did a nice job on this one. Just one thing... your strings wind the other way on the tuners. Cheers!
thanks. it's still a work in progress. and you're definitely right about the strings. :)
Ever since I watched the blue guitar video I've been thinking about the song. Glad it finally got released, I love it. Love the fact the instruments you restore get to be used in your music. Keep making videos like these, they inspire me to keep playing and try to restore stuff of my own
David, thank you, for making music, videos, and for being you.
These videos are so calming,interesting and really inspiring!
Life Changing
respectfully, the universe has gotta start assigning some of your projects to me
Awesome video, awesome song! Thank you for all the work you do
Glad you enjoy it!
your videos are always so inspiring
I love that every instrument of David's has a story, either the one of him owning it throughout the years and what he used it for, or the one he makes when he rescues something, restores it as best he can and then adds it to his collection. Bonus points for doing a version of Rick-O-Sound with the two pickups having separate outputs - the difference being Rickenbackers use a stereo Y splitter to two mono jacks, so if anything David's method is better because you can use standard guitar 1/4" jack cables. Sounds great, almost like a good acoustic bass with flatwounds on it.
Seems you’re really lucky finding things around your home. I love spending time watching your vids
Wait. The widest parts are called "bouts" aren't they? An acoustic guitar usually has and UPPER bout and a LOWER bout. (Now I'll research this - I could be totally wrong).
I could be wrong! I know on the violin the inner part is called a "C Bout"
I love these ugly ducklings, I've adopted a lot of them too. But my eyes are bleeding from the way you wound the strings on the tuners from the wrong side :-) Anyway, it's admirable how you can use the instrument in a meaningful way before you even finish the basic setup!
As usual, top quality video with a great story. And a cool song to boot! Good job and cheers from Mexico City, David!
These are my favorite type of videos!
Your channel is so awesome. These videos are so interesting and entertaining.
Nothing makes me happier than watching Dave use an instrument with less strings than intended
Just about the greatest content our on this platform. More guitars!
imagine a video thats 3 second short and its just a guy saying it can't with this thumbnail.
David, I can totally relate to what you just did with this Coral. Just a few weeks ago, I found a Conrad violin bass- with no hardware, not even a nut- at a thrift store for $17. Like you, I felt like I had to rescue it, so that's what I'm currently doing. So far, I've got tuners on it. Next stop- the same Hofner style bridge and tailpiece. I had planned on installing some single coil Vox bass pickups, but after watching this video, I might go with the lipsticks instead. Your bass sounds great, and so does your song! Thanks for the inspiration to keep going on my own violin bass!
that’s really cool! I still haven’t found the 4th tuner for mine. some day… :)
always enjoying your videos
Great Video and song! That bass tone is really nice!
Your song gives me “Cake” vibes. Love it!
Fantastic work as always
Hey man great video once again! I made some progress on working on my own plugin since last video it’s been a blast. :D please continue to bless us with your amazing work.
Excellent rescue!!! And the track is awesome!
I would love to see more videos of this instrument if you decide to continue working on it.
I have a hobby of building unique instruments out of factory defect husks from china and I recently bought a violin bass husk. This was a fun bit of inspiration as all your videos often are.
Love everything you do.
Welcome back to the planet, little warrior!
I love these 'found in the trash' videos, and the excellent music is the cherry on top. Thank you!
You've got a Shinsy J. Mercer thing going on, love it. I haven't checked out your music before but I'm off to check out your Bandcamp to hear more. Great stuff! 🎶
I love the "Beatle style" bass sound due to its warm sound.
Cool song and cool bass keep up the great work!
Yours is one of my favorite channels on RUclips
Great video, man!
This literally has all the good things about music in one video, what a beautiful attitude towards music!🎉
The bass sounds and looks great! Looking forward to the sampled instrument with round robins! ;-)
These kind of videos always make me a little emotional, giving new life to an instrument that may have been scrap otherwise 🥲
Interesting as always. Thanks, David.
I had an old 12 string that needed a lot of love out on the road a few months ago, saw a guy snag it literally 5 minutes later. Would love to see it end up somewhere like this!
its always such a good day when we get a new video from David
Your videos have been so inspirational to me lately, thank you! I’m absolutely loving Decent Sampler!
Hey, fantastic tune! It's interesting how a particular instrument can inspire songs of a certain ilk.
This is excellent! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank God you found out that it was a Danelectro company because I knew that longhorn base looked familiar but I could not remember the company that made it. You saved me at least 5 minutes of frantic googling.
As always. Good video
This bass looks so damn cool, I'm glad it found you
Return Paul McCartney's bass guitar to him!!!
I love this channel
This is amazing!!
It's very cool project build that bass sounds great
Was having a bad day, but David Hilowitz released a new video.
No longer a bad day.
Keep making videos man, love these :)
Love the song and the build, excellent work! I love the historical rabbit holes you go down finding musical "trash".
I knew straight away that the pickups were going to be lipsticks when I saw the holes, and got excited because I love lipstick pickups.
I have a harley benton hollowbody bass, the humbucker pickups that came with it were terrible and microphonic, I threw in some alnico lipsticks and it's a surprisingly great and versatile bass now.
You’re amazingly talented
Such wholesome content!
A very fruitful environment you're living in.
Suprised how many stuff you find in the neighbourhood 🙂
me too!
why does it sound like that one gorillaz song
Love those vocals! Big CAKE vibes 😎 excellent build David!
Tasting notes of: Cake and ziggy-era Bowie. Well done!
@@LenLynch bowie is definitely a direct influence
@@DavidHilowitzMusic Me too...
Thanks for engaging when *The Universe* taps you on the shoulder!
May it be blessed.
in love with the sound of this bass
I play keyboards, and I usually don't find vintage instruments on my street, but I find this fascinating!
Nice save! I too, have saved a couple acoustics from a bonfire, a loose neck on one and a crack from neck to pin on the back wide enough for 2 quarters to drop through in the middle. As a cello, this baby could really shine in a gritty cajun band, gut filling kinda warmth to it.
I love your guitar videos and the intresteing story of the guitar
A very nice piece of work very New York sounding like Television feeling think the bass is one of those finds that are inexplicable gifts.
Can i tell you, I reaaaally dig your vocal sound. Apart from yet another genius video, you should think about starting a band with that kind of sound in mind.
Good video, really nice song! The way you put on the strings is a bit of a thorne in the eye though. Especially considering the beauty of it!
It's been an amazing video to watch this video from a car wreck into a gorgeous song and the bass sounds amazing.
Wow what a cool find!
I've had that song stuck in my head ever since I watched that blue guitar video, so nice to finally hear it finished.
Great video!
Awesome. You inspire me.
The song was worth finishing! Good stuff!
Great bass guitar, Great song, And great video! New sub!
Very cool song , interesting Bass , beautiful sound