I'm posting this here because no one reads the Bass Talk forum.
Also I'd like to address those of you who are primarily ukulele players who bought a ukulele bass. The number of available "ukulele bass" options is proliferating. Now it looks like Fluke is making one.
My question is - do you actually play your bass? I play mine - a lot. I play with a couple of ukulele singing groups. It adds a lot and seems to be appreciated. However, I've had dozens of people say to me that they bought a ukulele bass and don't play it.
To play a very basic (no pun intended) bass is easy if you have experience playing guitar, know the notes on the fretboard, and have a reasonable knowledge of music theory. However, some people do find the bass boring to play (I don't I think it is challenging and interesting and adding a bass line to a bunch of treble instruments is satisfying). But It seems to me that if you have been playing the ukulele and don't come from guitar and don't have any theory background, it would be a lot harder to get the hang of it.
So i'm wondering how many people got a u-bass because it was a kind of ukulele and then just don't play it.
Also I'd like to address those of you who are primarily ukulele players who bought a ukulele bass. The number of available "ukulele bass" options is proliferating. Now it looks like Fluke is making one.
My question is - do you actually play your bass? I play mine - a lot. I play with a couple of ukulele singing groups. It adds a lot and seems to be appreciated. However, I've had dozens of people say to me that they bought a ukulele bass and don't play it.
To play a very basic (no pun intended) bass is easy if you have experience playing guitar, know the notes on the fretboard, and have a reasonable knowledge of music theory. However, some people do find the bass boring to play (I don't I think it is challenging and interesting and adding a bass line to a bunch of treble instruments is satisfying). But It seems to me that if you have been playing the ukulele and don't come from guitar and don't have any theory background, it would be a lot harder to get the hang of it.
So i'm wondering how many people got a u-bass because it was a kind of ukulele and then just don't play it.