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1 "A Work of Art" Made (by Art, presumably) in California, c. 1981.See a similar bass	Eddie Osborne & Gutbucket Visit the Florida Folklife Website for more information. 2
3 Oak'n Steel 4-Stringer by Pat Lane Click for Construction Details	Dan Parker's Pickin' Buddy "Ernest Tubb" 4
5 Paul Brown's Colorful Classic	Duelin' Tub-O-Tones 6
7 Ply-Top 4-Stringer by Dennis Havlena	"Armed and Ready" Baseman Chuck Porter's Classic Model 8
9 Laura Forney with the Drum-Bass	The Wombat Bass by Robbie Phillips (Photo by L. Knudsen) 10
11 Mika's Blue(s) Bucket	Gastank Bass, by Jeffro 12
13 Washtub Jerry and Steed	The Street Bass Created by Den Poitras 14
15 The Plonker's Classic Tea-Chest Bass	Tub-O-Tone by Duane Ratliff 16
17 The 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	Tim Escobedo's Hardware Store Kora 18
19 A WTB with a DLN (Dog-Leg Neck) by Eric Jewett	Ol' Dan's Truly Upright Bass 20
21 The Tubless Washtub Bass-- Dave's Electric String	Italy's Only WTB? by Matteo Bondavalli 22
23 Studio Stu with an Early Studivarious	Tom's Elegant Havlena-Style Bass 24
25 Tub John (1955-2002)	Slappable Bluegrass Bass by W. Yates 26
27 Pump-Action WTB built by Z. Campbell, played by A. Darveaux	Roy Carver's Stradibucket 28
29 Doodle-Basses by D. Havlena	Kenton Owsley's Cable Tub Bass 30
31 The Mobile Mando-Bass, by Rick	Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Photo thanks to Ray Chipault) 32
33 Bill Koch's Oval-Tub Upright	Studio Stu with the Drum-Bodied Studivarious 34
35 "Ernestine" -- Cap'n J. Cook's Double-Tub Bass	Plunking Outside the Box: Cardboard "Bungee Bass" by Chris Dennstaedt 36
37 Steve's Jerry-can Bass	Maximize Your Thump -- Use a Mallet 38
39 Steph's Basswood Bass Handmade by Husband Dennis Hansen	40. Keith Ramsay: Relaxin' at Copper Canyon 40
41 Canjo Trio by Scott Scarboro	Flower Tub Song? (Photo by J. Kincaid) 42
43 Wardrobe Bass by Harvey	Jimer's Musical Planter 44
45 The Lumberhorn by Bob Jorin	Cigarbox Fiddle Made by WTBassist Sue V Thompson 46
47 Kirk O'Brien's Fixed-Neck Model	Gnarly, Indeed Joyce Pinckney's Rustic WTB 48
49 Every Tub on Its Own Head? (Photo from the OheK website.)	Tubotonia's Experimental "tURBo" 4-String 50
51 Sho' Nuff Blueswoman Miss. Amy	Second Cousins of the WTB: Cigar Box Guitars 52
53 The g'Twang	Artful Embellishment by Nick LaVigne 54
55 Belgian Black Beauty by Bart Crauwels	Mailbox Dobro by Shane Speal 56
57 Studio Stu's Studivarious	Beer Canjo by Dik Castle (Pic cribbed from the Jugfusion website.) 58
59 Mike Hardee's "JazzTub"	Bucket-in-a-Frame by Mike Bishop 60
61 ShotGutBucket More at the WrecknRoll site.	The Great Sexto-Guidrum by David Thompson 62
63 Paul "Tub-O-Tone" Brown Heading to the WTB Gathering?	Louie's Bassine Bleu with the T-Sale Cajun Band 64
65 The Whalebone Bass	Wash Away Your Blues with the T. Nastos Duo 66
67 Over The Waves WTB Afloat in British Columbia	Fixed-Neck Tea Chest designed by Bob Isaacs 68
69 Cookin': The Booze Bros. Blues Band Bill Lester, Tub-O-Tone	Pa Kini Bass, played by Kamaki Sherman Hawaii Star-Bulletin photo 70
71 Kansas City's Smashing Bumpkins Mark Shroer, WTB	Swingin' in Natalia (TX) Doug Sultenfuss on Tub-O-Tone 72
73 Who's On First? Dan Villeneuve with his 1st WTB model	Musical MudBug by artist and harmonicat Mo Paul 74
75 Garbage Can 2-Stringer	Fink Gets Funky DanBob Fink of the Dog Mountain Band 76
77 Zombilly WK Gets Crazy	The Mopman-- Jim Nason of The Emerald City Jugband 78
79 Even Danes Do It Nikolaj Niels Andersen and His WTB	Duelin' WTBs Thanks to Anon for the Photo 80
81 Tin-Top 2-Stringer by Leroy Troy	Old Spice Boys Billy Milroy on Tea-Chest Bass 82
83 Dan Fitzgerald Of The Lost & Wandering Blues Band	Willow Bend T. Gucwa, Tub-O-Tone 84
85 Blues on the Tub-O-Tone with the late Dave "Snaker" Ray	Bucket-In-Frame Model by Mark Miller 86
87 Les Marvellous Pig Noise of Montpellier, France	Seattle's Crown Hill Billies Darryl Miller, WTB 88
89 Bass Clef Bass by Chris Badynee	Plytop 4-Stringer from Boland Instruments 90
91 Rockin' the Fingerboard Gutbucketeer Jim Bunch	Fixed and Fingerable by Jeff Menzies 92
93 Sloan's 'Tone Tub-O-Tone by A. N. Sloan	Ply-top Four-String by Mark Miller 94
95 Clawfoot Tub Bass by "Jeffu" Warmouth	Homegrown: Gourd Bass by Jeff Menzies 96
97 The Yokohama Jugband	TOT and T-O-T Joel Altre-Kerber's Niece and Tub-O-Tone 98
99 Jim's HotSeat Technical Details	The Legendary Dewey Corley 100
101 Doghouse Meets Trashcan	Exquisite WTB Craftsmanship by Nick Levigne 102
103 Bubba: B-B-B-Bad to the Bone submitted by D. Gallo	Timm Reasbeck's "Frankenbass" Further Info 104
105 Buckley's Bucket 5 Gallons of Fun	Bass in A Box by Chris Badynee 106
107 Rural Rhythms Pix from Jerry & Marylou	Alan & His Tea-Chest Bass with the Doghouse Skiffle Group 108
109 Playing It Cool in Minnesota The Brass Kings	On the Musical Frontier The Gutpluckers' WTB 110
111 "Nervous Paulvis" Eggsley and the Bloweevils	Jammin' with the Cats Tub-O-Tone Model E (1996) 112
113 Knock-Down Stowable Pan-O-Tone by Paul Brown	Drum Roll, Bass Man! from the Smugmug Winfield 2005 Collection 114
115 "Get You A Copper Kettle" Bass Seen on Ebay Recently	Washtub Bass Draws a Crowd Ozarkana Jon and Friends 116
117 Flying-Neck Four-Stringer by Rollie Hallen

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