Aloha everyone!
First time forum poster and beginner ukulele player here. I would like to share with you my band’s first session video and the story behind it.
When I was younger I was really into all kinds of punk, rock and heavy metal music and that inspired me to start playing bass guitar. I even applied and got accepted to local music academy where I studied for a year. However, I had broken my wrist as a child which had caused permanent damage to nerves in my left hand. So I gradually started to lose gripping strength and getting nasty pains on my hand and elbow, and had to abandon playing because of it.
Now several years later I happened to stumble upon Ukulele and got really excited as I noticed that I was able to play it properly. The lighter strings required less gripping strength than bass or guitar. I started practicing and have been playing for a year or so now.
However, my passion for playing punk rock in a band never went away so I started to wonder if I could do that with ukulele. I found couple of videos of people playing overdriven or distorted ukuleles and started experimenting with my electro-acoustic ukulele and different effect pedals. When I was happy with result, I contacted couple of my friends and we formed a band together. From the get-go, our shared vision was to make fast and dirty lo-fi garage punk. The sound I managed to got from my ukulele was a pleasant surprise and perfect for this kind of music. So I am pleased to present you our first session tape called “Treble Yell” (named after the high-pitch feedback sound that my ukulele emits when my effect pedal is turned on).
For those interested in technical details, my ukulele is standard electro acoustic Kala Makala Tenor Ukulele with wounded Aquila low-G string set. I run it through TC Electric Rusty Fuzz effect pedal (turned to 11, of course). To compliment this setup, our bassist-vocalist uses 5-stringed bass with Big Muff fuzz pedal.
Please let me know what you think and if you have good tips on how to get rid of the “treble yell” I am all ears. (This far I have tried stuffing several woolly socks inside my uke and blocking the sound hole with beer coaster, did not work). Cheers!
First time forum poster and beginner ukulele player here. I would like to share with you my band’s first session video and the story behind it.
When I was younger I was really into all kinds of punk, rock and heavy metal music and that inspired me to start playing bass guitar. I even applied and got accepted to local music academy where I studied for a year. However, I had broken my wrist as a child which had caused permanent damage to nerves in my left hand. So I gradually started to lose gripping strength and getting nasty pains on my hand and elbow, and had to abandon playing because of it.
Now several years later I happened to stumble upon Ukulele and got really excited as I noticed that I was able to play it properly. The lighter strings required less gripping strength than bass or guitar. I started practicing and have been playing for a year or so now.
However, my passion for playing punk rock in a band never went away so I started to wonder if I could do that with ukulele. I found couple of videos of people playing overdriven or distorted ukuleles and started experimenting with my electro-acoustic ukulele and different effect pedals. When I was happy with result, I contacted couple of my friends and we formed a band together. From the get-go, our shared vision was to make fast and dirty lo-fi garage punk. The sound I managed to got from my ukulele was a pleasant surprise and perfect for this kind of music. So I am pleased to present you our first session tape called “Treble Yell” (named after the high-pitch feedback sound that my ukulele emits when my effect pedal is turned on).
For those interested in technical details, my ukulele is standard electro acoustic Kala Makala Tenor Ukulele with wounded Aquila low-G string set. I run it through TC Electric Rusty Fuzz effect pedal (turned to 11, of course). To compliment this setup, our bassist-vocalist uses 5-stringed bass with Big Muff fuzz pedal.
Please let me know what you think and if you have good tips on how to get rid of the “treble yell” I am all ears. (This far I have tried stuffing several woolly socks inside my uke and blocking the sound hole with beer coaster, did not work). Cheers!
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