FS: Kala U-bass

**craigb** · #1 06-30-2010, 07:11 PM

This little guy is mega-fun. It sounds cool and is light as a feather. However my finicky wrists don't like it so well (just like they don't like much of anything except G&Ls with skinny necks). So as much fun as it is if I can't play it much, it's not sticking around.

It's in the exact same shape as when I got it new. There's one spot on the front of the body that I look at and think it might be a "scratch" (really more like an indentation/line in the finish?) or might be an attribute of the wood grain. I just can't tell.

Minimal playtime, factory soft case/bag.

$350 shipped to your door, paypal OK (contiguous 48)

possible trades:

Carvin BX1500
fEarful 12/6/1 (cube) or equivalent
Line6 M9
G&L SB2 or JB2 (under 9lbs, 1.5" nut width, satin neck)
Godin Shifter
Zoom R16

The pics are lousy as it's dark here - I'll take some better ones this weekend in natural light

cb56 · #2 06-30-2010, 07:50 PM

Had the same wrist problem until I started using a strap with it. Keeps the Ubass at a 45 degree angle. Just a thought for you.
anyway, bump for a great little instrument.

RS · #3 06-30-2010, 07:54 PM

I don't need this...

**craigb** · #4 06-30-2010, 09:09 PM

Sure you do

cb56 - my wrists are just mega-finicky. Heck, even a G&L JB with the offset waist jazz body makes them unhappy when compared to a JB with a more symmetic/P-bass body shape. It's a pain as there have been many very great sounding basses that I just couldn't keep because they weren't comfortable enough for me. This is just another in a long line of "great bass, just not right ergonomics for me". C'est la vie.

See quadrogong's thread at rockin' my new Kala U-Bass ! for some great video clips with nice U-bass content (they swayed me to have to try it out)

gm2_in_co · #5 06-30-2010, 09:42 PM

Does it have a pickup?

**craigb** · #6 06-30-2010, 09:51 PM

Yep, it's got a passive Shadow pickup system with 4 individual piezo elements and compensated saddles. The jack is in the endpin - single strap button on the bridge end. To use a strap I tied on to the headstock behind the nut (the old folk guitar method) for the other end.

http://www.kalaukulele.com/Ubass_Details.html

cb56 · #7 07-01-2010, 05:06 AM

Yeah I understand about the wrist problems. Mine's probably not as bad as yours. I can't play Warwicks or Spectors or anything with small bodies for too long.
the Ubass sounds fantastic plugged in! Kind of like a plugged in standup bass with a bit more attack to the notes.

**craigb** · #8 07-02-2010, 07:51 AM

I do like how it sounds - I can see lots of places I'd use it if I could. But I'll just have to live with my skinny necked G&Ls.

**craigb** · #9 07-02-2010, 05:19 PM

Still raining here in Houston but here are a couple of natural light (such as there is tonight) pics

I'd probably go for $325 on this - my goal is to net $300 so MO, e-check would be appreciated . . .

bassinstincts · #10 07-02-2010, 06:16 PM

Not a toy. Bump for a real musical instrument with a unique and ballsy sound. I am subbing for a tuba player in a dixieland funk band on July 4 and taking my UBass.

gm2_in_co · #11 07-02-2010, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassinstincts

Not a toy. Bump for a real musical instrument with a unique and ballsy sound. I am subbing for a tuba player in a dixieland funk band on July 4 and taking my UBass.

A dixieland, funk, ukelele, bass subbing for a tuba... my head is swimming.

**craigb** · #12 07-03-2010, 08:17 AM

*** SOLD ***