Ukulele and Bass

zztush · Apr 9, 2019

K. Yairi BG-1F

Tuning is E-A-D-G-B-E, bass guitar + baritone ukulele.
TOP:Solid Spruce
SIDE&BACK:Ovangkol Laminated
NECK:Mahogany
FINGERBOARD:Ebony
SCALE:726mm
NECK WIDTH:45mm
With HARDCASE
US$1500

KohanMike · Apr 9, 2019

Interesting, but you put this in the wrong forum, it needs to be in the Marketplace forum. Also, tell the history of the instrument, why it was designed that way, where you got it, why you're selling it.

This is Michael Kohan in Los Angeles, Beverly West near the Beverly Center
9 tenor cutaway ukes, 5 acoustic bass ukes, 11 solid body bass ukes, 9 mini electric bass guitars (Total: 34)

• Donate to The Ukulele Kids Club, they provide ukuleles to children in hospital music therapy programs. www.theukc.org
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zztush · Apr 9, 2019

This is new product like your Graph Tech Ratio Tuners. It is not mine to sell.

KohanMike · Apr 9, 2019

Ah, then you should make it clear that your presenting an interesting new instrument. It really looks like you're intending to sell it.

This is Michael Kohan in Los Angeles, Beverly West near the Beverly Center
9 tenor cutaway ukes, 5 acoustic bass ukes, 11 solid body bass ukes, 9 mini electric bass guitars (Total: 34)

• Donate to The Ukulele Kids Club, they provide ukuleles to children in hospital music therapy programs. www.theukc.org
• Member The CC Strummers: YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CCStrummers/video, Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheCCStrummers

Jim Hanks · Apr 9, 2019

So the top 4 are same as guitar (and baritone uke) but the bottom two are an octave below guitar?
And the scale is 28.5" so kinda like baritone guitar?
That's an odd one all right!

zztush · Apr 10, 2019

Hi, Jim.! This instrument is called Bessangi (bass & gui). Yairi is developing this instrument. It used be 5 strings, two bass and three ukulele (guitar) strings. This model has only one pick up, another model has two pick-ups, one for bass one for ukulele. We can put effecters on ukulele sounds only.

E-A-D-G-B-E
6E 3rd of bass（0.080）octav below
5A 2nd of bass（0.065）octav below
4D（0.024）
3G（0.016）
2B（0.012）
1E（0.009）

70sSanO · Apr 10, 2019

Seems to be a long scale tenor guitar with a couple of bass strings. I haven’t done any tension calcs, but a 28.5” scale with steel strings has got to be a real bear to play even with the .009’s. And a 28.5” bass scale has to be a little loose if it is tuned to a normal bass guitar, which is an octave below to begin with (E1 vs. E2).

What an odd duck. Skinny super high tension and fat super low tension. Seems like the worst of both worlds.

John

UkerDanno · Apr 10, 2019

There's no ukulele in that odd duck...

zztush · Apr 10, 2019

Scale is longer than guitar, hence it carries lighter strings in first 4 strings. Scale is shorter than bass, but it carries lighter strings (3rd and 2nd strings in the photo below).

Jim Hanks · Apr 10, 2019

so you're using the A string of the bass at a much shorter scale. So this must end up being an E an octave higher than the E on the bass - which makes it the same pitch as guitar. If so, I really don't see the point of this instrument, so I must be confused about something.

zztush · Apr 11, 2019

Bessangi is bit odd.
1 (see the figure below) is bessangi, 2 is guitar, 3 is bass, 4 is baritone ukulele. Bessangi looks bass plus baritone ukulele.

kissing · Apr 12, 2019

UkerDanno said:
There's no ukulele in that odd duck...

The top 4 strings (DGBE) makes it playable like a Baritone ukulele.

That being said, there's a bit of ukulele in guitars and bass too if you think about it (and vice versa).
There's nothing super duper exclusive about an ukulele. It's just a small, short scaled guitar with 4 strings tuned differently.
Likewise, guitar is just an ukulele with 6 strings and a longer scale.

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