..this instrument... really is a true uke bass...
The Kamoa is essentially baritone uke, but instead of tuning same as the
top four strings of a guitar, it's tuned to the
bottom four.
A u-bass tunes the same as a bass guitar, using a baritone uke scale length and body.
So as a bass player, my perception is the Kamoa plays in the "piccolo bass" range, an octave above a "true uke bass."
Would be nice to hear some real bass lines and how the axe can handle them, not some guitarlike showboat stuff. It just sounds too guitarlike in that video, which turns me off.
Again, since it's tuned identical to a guitar, that's what it's going to sound like.
Bass players are frustrated lead guitar players, anyway.
I think I hear the potential of the instrument based on the video. I can imagine turning off the reverb, dialing in a more bassy tone and playing "real" bass lines on it.
But however real the bass lines, they would sound an octave above "real" bass pitch, right? Just like if a guitar were playing them.
...hate to buy one just to try it out and maybe not like it.
Happens all the time. Why do you think there's a ukes for sale forum here?
Mim has a 14 day return policy, you pay return shipping, can't be more fair than that.
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Good luck in your "true" uke bass journey, there's getting to be an embarrassment of riches in instrument and string options.
Speaking of which, have you tried Pyramid wound strings or any of the Aquilas on your u-bass?