UkingViking
Well-known member
Hi forum,
Considering adding a bass to the collection of instruments that I have but only try to learn playing from youtube toturials and stuff.
I never played a bass before, but I have a guitar and have a few times added "bass" lines to ukulele recordings from the guitar. I am hoping that if I go for totally simple bass lines, it should not be too hard to get started. Am I too optimistic?
Fretless is out of the question, since my skills are not there, and I want something I can get just a bit out from without too steep a learning curve. From sound samples they sound the best, but thats just too bad.
I would prefer to record stuff with my USB microphone, and I am thinking acoustic bass guitar. But which size?
I'm leaning towards a jumbo long scale bass, thinking that though you cannot hear them acoustically through a strummed guitar, perhaps you can hear them through ukuleles or with singing. Just in case I would ever find myself in a group.
Shortscale basses tend to have a mellower sound though, that I kind og prefer. Does anyone know the difference in volume between shortscale and longscale basses?
And in this forum I'm sure U-basses will be suggested, but will they even be good to record with a microphone?
Considering adding a bass to the collection of instruments that I have but only try to learn playing from youtube toturials and stuff.
I never played a bass before, but I have a guitar and have a few times added "bass" lines to ukulele recordings from the guitar. I am hoping that if I go for totally simple bass lines, it should not be too hard to get started. Am I too optimistic?
Fretless is out of the question, since my skills are not there, and I want something I can get just a bit out from without too steep a learning curve. From sound samples they sound the best, but thats just too bad.
I would prefer to record stuff with my USB microphone, and I am thinking acoustic bass guitar. But which size?
I'm leaning towards a jumbo long scale bass, thinking that though you cannot hear them acoustically through a strummed guitar, perhaps you can hear them through ukuleles or with singing. Just in case I would ever find myself in a group.
Shortscale basses tend to have a mellower sound though, that I kind og prefer. Does anyone know the difference in volume between shortscale and longscale basses?
And in this forum I'm sure U-basses will be suggested, but will they even be good to record with a microphone?