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However, right now I can't afford an ashbory bass or similar travel bass, but I do have a bit of money. I saw on youtube, someone made a (not sure if it was concert or baritone scale) size ukulele bass instrument, tuned EADG at the bass octave. I was thinking, I've done some googling, and it seems possible, to put bass strings on a baritone ...
Jan 21, 2006 · Jan 21, 2006. Denton, TX or Kailua, HI. fEARful Kool-Aid dispensing liberal academic card-carrying union member Musicians Local 72-147. I have changed the strings on my father's baritone uke—only to install a new set tuned DGBE. I used classical guitar strings, which work well. It is an old Kay, and has a classical guitar tie-on string type ...
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Sep 27, 2012 · Aug 26, 2009. New Zealand. Inspiration comes from my Mum wanting to play bass uke but not affording a Kala Ubass, $600 in NZ, about $500 US. I barely passed any woodwork class at school, hence the title. I have ordered tuners etc from StewMac.
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The ukulele bass is a kind of hybrid instrument, combining the sound of the bass with the size of a big baritone ukulele. As one of my teachers says, the ukulele bass is an instrument that by all rights “shouldn’t even exist,” so anything goes when it comes to tuning, holding, and playing this remarkable instrument. Instrument maker Owen Holt of th...
Size: The ukulele bass has a scale length that’s equal to or slightly longer than a regular baritone ukulele. The body size may also be slightly bigger than a regular baritone ukulele, so it’s easily held and played. The shape of the ukulele bass will either resemble a regular acoustic guitar or ukulele, or a (small) solid body bass guitar. Which s...
Learning how to play the ukulele bass means you can bring that wonderfully rich, low-end sound to your ukulele jam or just to your own home recordings. Learning how to play the ukulele bass will definitely improve your ukulele fingerpicking technique, your hand-eye coordination, and let’s face it – learning how to play a new instrument is just plai...
Nov 15, 2022 · This is referred to as the Standard Ukulele Tuning. On the music theory side, the Standard Tuning (GCEA) is 2 ½ steps higher than the Baritone Tuning (DGBE). Practically speaking, this is the equivalent of five frets of difference. The Baritone Ukulele is also strung in an ascending order of pitch. This means that when strummed from the top ...
Mar 15, 2016 · Here is a youtube vid below that shows an inexpensive baritone to ubass conversion. Buzzards Field in the UK sell parts and kits to do your own conversion. Here is a video review of the BF ukes by gotaukulele. Also take a peek in the bass forum here at UU. Here is a thread on a conversion.
Jul 4, 2022 · The Kala Mini Tweed 5-Watt Amp is the most affordable amp on our list, coming in at $79 dollars. It has great portability for the price and comes with both an AC adapter and the option to power it with 9v batteries. It also comes with an auxiliary port so you can plug a phone in and play music through it.
