J bought me a Kala ukelele bass for my birthday

Undertoad · 11-15-2019, 01:51 PM

The string spacing is definitely tighter than a typical bass. It's about halfway between bass spacing and guitar spacing. With that, and the fact it's fretless with a whole new length, it's a nice challenge.

Yeah and the strings are all wobbly, cos right, that's how it gets the low notes out, by being all loose.

I'll take it to open mics, because suddenly I play an instrument that's wildly light and portable. Never had that before.

Flint · 11-15-2019, 02:24 PM

Light, portable instrument. I'm jealous. I've experimented with minimal setups, but I really can't be useful without an instrument attached to both feet--so, a bass drum and a hi-hat stand. The two most clumsy, least portable things.

Interesting that the strings are wobbly. It's like tuning a drum lower and it changes the rebound.

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Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Light, portable instrument. I'm jealous. I've experimented with minimal setups, but I really can't be useful without an instrument attached to both feet--so, a bass drum and a hi-hat stand. The two most clumsy, least portable things. Interesting that the strings are wobbly. It's like tuning a drum lower and it changes the rebound. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The string spacing is definitely tighter than a typical bass. It's about halfway between bass spacing and guitar spacing. With that, and the fact it's fretless with a whole new length, it's a nice challenge. Yeah and the strings are all wobbly, cos right, that's how it gets the low notes out, by being all loose. I'll take it to open mics, because suddenly I play an instrument that's wildly light and portable. Never had that before.

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