“We didn’t have time to paint it, so we used a blowtorch. We thought it was going to catch on fire”: Nashville session bassist Travis Dykes spent $136 building a bass from Temu parts. Now he’s playing it on some seriously big gigs

YouTuber Travis Dykes.

Not just a bass player, but a YouTuber with a whopping 23,162,126 views in less than 350 videos, Travis Dykes’ social media is directed at bass players in search of gear, theory insights, music history or just some lighthearted entertainment.

For his most intriguing project, the Nashville-based session player teamed up with online marketplace Temu and embarked on a DIY bass build that saw him craft his own 4-string bass guitar from scratch using parts sourced only from the Chinese e-commerce company.