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Bass guitar is a wonderful thing. I’ve been playing since I was about 8-years-old and truly love it. Not everyone is as fortunate as I am to own a bass guitar though, so if you’ve got $5.00, a toolkit, a shoebox and a piece of wood, you’re set for a weekend of jamming out.
According to this Instructables article, you can easily make a pickup for a bass guitar using popsicle sticks and neodymium magnets with a little wiring for good measure. Seems like a great idea for the weekend if you’ve got the time and the guitar.
Neodymium pickups sound like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-lv9ltZ2cw Alas, a low-fi recording.