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Topic: Old beat up GAS TANK near Waycross, GA? |
Josh Sharpe
From:
Waycross, Georgia, USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2007 9:28 am |
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Hi,
I was wondering if anyone near Waycross, Ga (about 30 minutes north of Jacksonville, FL) had a gas tank they wanted to get rid of. Looking to make a gut bucket. I've been calling salvage yards but they just seem to think I'm nuts for not caring what kind of vehicle the gas tank would go with (or if its all beat up).
Thanks a lot!,
Josh |
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 27 Dec 2007 7:53 pm
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| Hehe It just goes to show that I should adhere to my habit as a pack rat. I had a gas tank from an 86 Ford pickup laying around for years until I finally threw it out |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 27 Dec 2007 8:18 pm
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Sorry Josh I can't help you.But I have to ask. What is a gut bucket?  |
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Kyle Everson
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 27 Dec 2007 10:01 pm
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| Josh, we made a gut bucket out of a metal washtub turned upside down. You can get one at Home Depot for fairly cheap. Sounds good too! |
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Josh Sharpe
From:
Waycross, Georgia, USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2007 12:16 am
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Bobby : haha I had the same reaction when I first heard it. Gut bucket just refers to any sort of bass instrument made from materials not meant for that purpose...i.e. gas tank, wash tub, gas can, oil barrel ectera ectera.
Bent : I'm sorry to hear that an 86 Ford pickup gas tank sounds perfect for a gut bucket!
Kyle : Thanks for the tip I hadn't considered finding something like that new. I'll compare the prices. I finally got a junk yard tell me to come pick one out and they'd "make me a price" on it.
Josh |
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 28 Dec 2007 10:47 am
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Josh
Now you have to be sure to give us a report on this project:
-What brand of car/ truck it came from. Surely a Ford will have a different sound than a Toyota
-How many gallons of air it holds. The bigger the gallonage, the bassier, I would say.
-The material it's made from ( we all know how steel sounds different than a composite.
- How you tune it. (I would think it would be the same way as with drinking glasses ...fill them to a certain level for the right note.)
- I hope this and other suggestions are welcomed. The possibilities are limitless!
     
Good luck with the project!
Bent |
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Josh Sharpe
From:
Waycross, Georgia, USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2007 12:19 pm
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haha will do Bent. I haven't really figured out how I'm going to do it yet. Still have to get the gas tank. But I'll sure keep ya posted.
Josh |
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Paul Norman
From:
Washington, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2007 12:37 pm gut bucket
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I thgt it was a deer-hunting thing.
What is wrong with a small wash tub? It looks
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Josh Sharpe
From:
Waycross, Georgia, USA
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Posted 28 Dec 2007 1:05 pm
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Well I haven't been able to find a wash tub around here. And I don't know something about gut bucket bass with the smell of 20 year old gas just seems so romantic!
Josh |
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Dec 2007 9:12 pm
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It took 5 years on this forum, but I have finally "heard it all" now!! A gut-bucket?? I thought we were catfishin' for a minute!!
By the way, you tune 'em JI, don't you??  |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 28 Dec 2007 9:36 pm
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| You get more volume AND tone out of a washtub. You put your foot on the handle, and when you pull back on the "neck," you lift the edge of the tub. Put your other foot on the edge (NOT THE TOP) of the tub, and use it to control volume. |
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Michael Maddex
From:
Northern New Mexico, USA
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2008 2:14 pm
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Please don't weld on the gas tank no matter how old it is.
Jerry |
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James Heady
From:
Manton, Michigan, USA
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Posted 3 Jan 2008 10:49 am Wash Tub works great
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| I went to the U.P. in Michigan a few years back to an all week end country jam. There was an old back country hermit with a beard about 2 foot long there that played a wash tub. You did`t need a bass when he played that thing. He would grin from ear to ear and show his (not so pretty) teeth. It sounded real good and fit in with the band. A little spooky though. Jim |
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Jim Means
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 7 Jan 2008 6:41 pm
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You want to be sure and get the one with the best tone. Oh wait, I forgot, that's in your hands!
Jim in Missouri
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Gordy Hall
From:
Fairfax, CA.
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Posted 8 Jan 2008 10:15 am
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| I think a gas tank from a black car would sound best. |
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 8 Jan 2008 12:23 pm
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| Gordy, I will add to that and say the car has to have the WOOD grain |
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Dana Duplan
From:
Ramona, CA
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