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1"A Work of Art"
Made (by Art, presumably) in California,
c. 1981.See a similar bass
Work of Art
Gut Bucket Eddie Osborne & Gutbucket
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for more information.
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3Oak'n Steel 4-Stringer
by Pat Lane
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Pat Lane Oak
Ernest Tubb Dan Parker's Pickin' Buddy
"Ernest Tubb"
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5Paul Brown's Colorful ClassicP Brown Classic
TOT Duel Duelin' Tub-O-Tones6
7Ply-Top 4-Stringer
by Dennis Havlena
Havlena Plytop
Porter Armed "Armed and Ready"
Baseman Chuck Porter's
Classic Model
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9Laura Forney
with the
Drum-Bass
Forney Drum Bass
Wombat Bass The Wombat Bass
by Robbie Phillips

(Photo by L. Knudsen)
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11Mika's Blue(s) BucketGron Blue Bucket
Gas Tank Bass Gastank Bass, by Jeffro12
13Washtub Jerry and SteedWashtub Jerry
Street Bass The Street Bass
Created by Den Poitras
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15The Plonker's
Classic Tea-Chest Bass
Tea Chest
DKR TOT Tub-O-Tone
by Duane Ratliff
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17The Ear-Wringers, circa 1964.
Mom built 'The Tub'... It has 2 strings tuned to D and G, and 3 frets. The bridge is a wooden bucket handle."--Ewell Clarke
Clarke Family
Hardware Kora Tim Escobedo's
Hardware Store Kora
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19A WTB with a DLN
(Dog-Leg Neck)
by Eric Jewett
DogLeg Neck
Fixneck Ol' Dan's Truly Upright Bass20
21The Tubless Washtub Bass--
Dave's Electric String
Electric String
Italian Tub Italy's Only WTB?
by Matteo Bondavalli
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23Studio Stu
with an Early Studivarious
Studivarious I
Havlena Model Tom's Elegant
Havlena-Style Bass
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25Tub John (1955-2002)Tub John
Slappable WTB Slappable Bluegrass Bass
by W. Yates
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27Pump-Action WTB
built by Z. Campbell,
played by A. Darveaux
Pump Action
Stradibucket Roy Carver's Stradibucket28
29Doodle-Basses by D. HavlenaDoodles
Cable Bass Kenton Owsley's
Cable Tub Bass
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31The Mobile Mando-Bass,
by Rick
MandoBass
Senior JugBand Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
(Photo thanks to Ray Chipault)
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33Bill Koch's Oval-Tub UprightOvalTub
Studivarious II Studio Stu
with the Drum-Bodied
Studivarious
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35 "Ernestine" --
Cap'n J. Cook's
Double-Tub Bass
Capn2Tub
Bungee Bass Plunking Outside the Box:
Cardboard "Bungee Bass"

by Chris Dennstaedt
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