mike f Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Hello there, I have a friend who's not having much luck finding such an instrument. Anybody out there know of anywhere in the UK that sells them? Cheers, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judo Chop Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Probably a stupid question, but can't you just flip it around and change the strings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I've seen a few righty ukuleles at a music shop - some are perfectly symmetrical -at least on the outside - and can be turned upside down with no problems, but it's always necessary to replace or file/adjust the bridge and nut, although that didn't look like a huge job, given the relative thinness of all the strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike f Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 Thanks for the replies. I'm not sure that it can be flipped, particularly a bass uke. I'm guessing here but the internal structure might not be 'right' after being flipped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapiro Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 What is a bass ukulele ? Do you mean like a baritone uke ? Famously the ukulele orchestra of grea britain called their acoustic bass a "bass ukulele " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 [quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1351294406' post='1849929'] What is a bass ukulele ? Do you mean like a baritone uke ? Famously the ukulele orchestra of grea britain called their acoustic bass a "bass ukulele " [/quote] Like this http://www.kalabrand.com/instrumentsU-bass.html [quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1351205617' post='1848834'] I've seen a few righty ukuleles at a music shop - some are perfectly symmetrical -at least on the outside - and can be turned upside down with no problems, but it's always necessary to replace or file/adjust the bridge and nut, although that didn't look like a huge job, given the relative thinness of all the strings. [/quote] The strings on these are pretty thick so may be a bit more of a job than normal, but nothing a decent luthier shouldn't be able to sort out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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