As both a bassist and a uke player, i am extremely eager to get a ukulele bass. However, the ones readily available are not ideal for a few reasons:
1-As i will only be playing this with other uke players, the traditional bass tuning seems too low to me, as i want to blend in more.
2-The available ukulele basses require amplification in order to be heard, however i will be doing a great deal of acoustic uke sessions where i do not want or cannot have amplification
For these reasons, i am considering buying a baritone uke and stringing it with the low 4 strings of a classical guitar. This would be an octave up from a traditional bass uke, therefore would not overpower the other ukes (i would also be able to play chords without it sounding muddy), and it would also be able to be easily heard without amplification as the frequencies are not as low. Will this work??????
1-As i will only be playing this with other uke players, the traditional bass tuning seems too low to me, as i want to blend in more.
2-The available ukulele basses require amplification in order to be heard, however i will be doing a great deal of acoustic uke sessions where i do not want or cannot have amplification
For these reasons, i am considering buying a baritone uke and stringing it with the low 4 strings of a classical guitar. This would be an octave up from a traditional bass uke, therefore would not overpower the other ukes (i would also be able to play chords without it sounding muddy), and it would also be able to be easily heard without amplification as the frequencies are not as low. Will this work??????