...If you’re wanting a steel string sound, get a steel string uke...
+1........
...If you’re wanting a steel string sound, get a steel string uke...
If you want to replicate Smokey Joe in your video, hold out for a Pono steel string baritone. I was fortunate enough to stumble upon one on this forum. Mine sounds just like an acoustic guitar, and I go to it way more than I thought I would.
Good luck, cowboy!
With a ukulele, there are no bass notes. You have to imply them with what you have, or miss them altogether.
If you play a guitar arrangement on a ukulele, you're playing a ukulele like a guitar. It often won't translate. The song in the OP is a classic case in point. It won't go anywhere without the alternating bass.
Hi Rakelele,
I read through the thread in which you and Dave got the first pono UL4 prototypes. I am quite interested. I cannot find any where that has them in stock currently. I don't mind waiting if that is what I decide on.
What is the model of your steel string Kala?
Well, IMHO, if the OP wants to sound like the video he'll need six strings. It's the rocking bass notes from the thumb pick that carry the song through, the jangly treble arpeggios just "sound nice" in the background
With a ukulele, there are no bass notes. You have to imply them with what you have, or miss them altogether.
If you play a guitar arrangement on a ukulele, you're playing a ukulele like a guitar. It often won't translate. The song in the OP is a classic case in point. It won't go anywhere without the alternating bass notes.