paddle basses

at the complete opposite end of my artistic spectrum from the harbinger fiddle is the paddle bass. it is the solid body electric version of a washtub bass. no frills, just one string made of a bicycle brake cable, and a single coil pickup with volume and tone. the larger one i tuned to A the smaller one to C. you play it by standing on the base and bending the paddle sharp or flat from the open note. i used to play the prototype version (also an A) in the Knotwells when we began so long ago. that one had it's pickup inside of a tin can so it would look like a mini washtub. i still have my prototype, and one of these two is in seattle now. the other is missing.