Buddy Ebsen?s Oil Can Bass. Buddy Ebsen?s one-string bass, cobbled together using an old blue-and-white painted oil drum and other parts, standing six feet tall, an instrument so beloved by Ebsen that he referred to it as his ?pacemaker.? Accompanied by several snapshots of Ebsen playing the instrument, two having been framed and strapped to the neck, with a photocopied article from the Sacramento Bee (May 26, 1985) on Ebsen?s musical appearance at the Sacramento Dixieland Jazz Jubilee, where he performed ?Yes, We Have No Bananas,? ?At the Cod Fish Ball,? and ?All of Me? with the same instrument to a standing-room only crowd of over 1,000. Sales History: Heritage Auctions, ?2008 April Music & Entertainment Memorabilia,? Lot 31228. Black tape bracing to the headstock, otherwise good.