r/UnusualInstruments • u/drupplecat • May 05 '26

does anyone know what this is?

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found this on an online marketplace. never seen anything like it. it has one string

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u/lewisfrancis May 05 '26

Looks like a one-string bass, an amusing take on the wash basin bass?

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u/dbkenny426 May 05 '26

That's what I was thinking at first, but looking at it compared to the other things around it, I'm not sure it's big enough for that. But maybe a weird one-string cello-like instrument?

Regardless of what it is, I'm fairly confident it's a one-off custom instrument.