Bass Ukulele anyone?

[wmsheep]

Some pretty instruments [url="http://www.bassuke.com/Gallery.html"]HERE[/url]

Sorry if it`s the wrong forum!!

[Paul Cooke]

[quote name='wmsheep' post='400517' date='Feb 4 2009, 10:59 PM']Some pretty instruments [url="http://www.bassuke.com/Gallery.html"]HERE[/url]

Sorry if it`s the wrong forum!![/quote]


I'm a bit confused how he can call them Ukuleles when they're tuned EADG... to me, they're just very short scale acoustic bass guitars... and you certainly can't play ukulele chord shapes on them

[7string]

The bass player with the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain plays an acoustic bass guitar.

Maybe he should get a bass uke for more authenticity.

[wmsheep]

Doesnt he also play a tenor guitar?

[7string]

Could do. I only have the "Anarchy in the Ukulele" DVD to go by, so I may be a bit behind the times.

[markytbass]

[quote]I only have the "Anarchy in the Ukulele" DVD to go by, so I may be a bit behind the times.[/quote]

A mate of mine leant me the CD of this.

[EssentialTension]

When I saw the UOGB, the bassist called his acoustic bass guitar a bass uke as a sort of joke.

[wotnwhy]

oh my god... i've actually fallen in love..

[BigBeatNut]

[quote name='wotnwhy' post='403592' date='Feb 8 2009, 06:04 PM']oh my god... i've actually fallen in love..[/quote]
Yeah, I spotted that one. Trouble is, they say it's a prototype, and a production one would be shorter scale, and not have the fifth string.

So it's barely any longer than an Ashbory, and that's close to half the scale length of a standard 4-string bass.

I'll bet it's much more expensive than an Ashbory ... for a limited use/holiday/travel bass

Edited February 8, 2009 by BigBeatNut