WAGWAD
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Anyone know what strings come on this bass?
Held up very nice against three acoustic guitars and singers. This is a real neat addition to the uke bass family!:shaka:
The horse may be dead, but I'm going to say it again.This isn't a bass. It's either a piccolo bass or the bottom 2/3rds of a guitar.
I have logged many miles on the UBass. If anybody needs info or recommendations, PM me.
This is Not a bass.
A UBass, on the other hand, IS a real bass. That can do - anything.
Anyone here exploring the UBass world - do yourself a favor, throw the stock strings in the garbage, and
get some Aquila Thunderguts or Silver Rumblers. You'll thank me later. An unbelievable combination.
Also, I happen to like the stock Pahoehoe strings, and so do most other UBass players. By all means experiment with different strings, but your comment is a little simplistic.
I was just offering encouragement to try the other alternatives. Yes, many people like the stocks. Usually those people, though, don't know about
the alternatives yet. The Aquila strings reach stability in a fraction of the time of the stocks, and they don't take a wrestling match
to put them on. A whole lot of people who try the Aquilas never go back to the stocks.
The Kamoa is essentially baritone uke, but instead of tuning same as the top four strings of a guitar, it's tuned to the bottom four.
A u-bass tunes the same as a bass guitar, using a baritone uke scale length and body.
So as a bass player, my perception is the Kamoa plays in the "piccolo bass" range, an octave above a "true uke bass."
Again, since it's tuned identical to a guitar, that's what it's going to sound like.
Bass players are frustrated lead guitar players, anyway.
I think I hear the potential of the instrument based on the video. I can imagine turning off the reverb, dialing in a more bassy tone and playing "real" bass lines on it.
But however real the bass lines, they would sound an octave above "real" bass pitch, right? Just like if a guitar were playing them.
Happens all the time. Why do you think there's a ukes for sale forum here?
Mim has a 14 day return policy, you pay return shipping, can't be more fair than that.
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Good luck in your "true" uke bass journey, there's getting to be an embarrassment of riches in instrument and string options.
Speaking of which, have you tried Pyramid wound strings or any of the Aquilas on your u-bass?
What ~~dave~~wave~~ said .
Pretty much, IT'S NOT A BASS !
Pretty much, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
Think of the pitch of a bass relative to a guitar. Pleasing, right? The Kamoa is tuned to the same relative relationship to a uke.
I have logged many miles on the UBass. If anybody needs info or recommendations, PM me.
This is Not a bass.
A UBass, on the other hand, IS a real bass. That can do - anything.
Anyone here exploring the UBass world - do yourself a favor, throw the stock strings in the garbage, and
get some Aquila Thunderguts or Silver Rumblers. You'll thank me later. An unbelievable combination.
I was just offering encouragement to try the other alternatives. Yes, many people like the stocks. Usually those people, though, don't know about
the alternatives yet. The Aquila strings reach stability in a fraction of the time of the stocks, and they don't take a wrestling match
to put them on. A whole lot of people who try the Aquilas never go back to the stocks.