Ukulele?

mr-mungo · #1 02-15-2009, 02:05 PM

Have any other bassists branched out into ukulele playing? I have, and have found them not a million miles away from bass guitars. Any one else find this?

MB

cb56 · #2 02-15-2009, 02:10 PM

Yep, baritone uke is a lot of fun. My 80 year old mother in law started playing a couple years ago and got her daughters (including my wife) interested in playing. Then I started jamming with them. We play nursing home gigs from time to time.

uethanian · #3 02-15-2009, 02:12 PM

i played uke before i played bass...uke feels pretty good, even tho i have large hands. i have an acoustic and an electric soprano.

GM60466 · #4 02-16-2009, 05:48 AM

I actually own more ukes than basses, and I have 25 basses in my collection

G

rfclef · #5 02-16-2009, 11:53 AM

A school I taught at 7 years ago had a buncha old baritone ukes. I fixed em up and used em with my 4th graders. Liked em so much I got one for myself. Every place I have taught since I have got a set of bari ukes to use with my general music classes. Kids dig em, they are less expensive than guitars, and only 4 strings (tuned the same as the highest 4 on the guitar). We play folk, rock, whatever. I use my baritone uke when writing songs because I suck on the 6 string.

Wafoleri · #6 03-10-2009, 11:25 PM

I love ukulele. I have a few and tend to keep the soprano in the car with me at all times for red lights and such. My tenor fluke is my favorite though.

I recently picked up a double bass. Talk about polar opposite - as far as stringed instruments go at least.

SpamBot · #7 03-10-2009, 11:29 PM

I have a bari uke. Play Django Reinhardt songs on it

After all, it is just a tiny guitar without the bottom two strings

sonic assassin · #8 03-11-2009, 12:01 AM

im going to pick up uke here soon. julia nunes has me hooked.

aikakone · #9 03-29-2009, 02:51 PM

Been thinking of getting a ukulele lately. Just have some songs on the brain that I want to play, and I did play a small amount of uke during my bachelor's degree (classroom instruments methods class).

Neat to find others who do/want to play.

By the way, I was looking up uke cover songs on YouTube. There are many. Plus, there's Jake S who is a virtuoso or something close to it. I like his version of the Beatles' "In My Life".

bluesblaster · #10 03-31-2009, 06:39 PM

just ordered another tenor the other day, insane koa wood, hope it sounds as pretty as she looks. Im trying to coax another musician friend that I work with to take up the uke so we can start a ukulele duo

Gintaras · #11 03-31-2009, 07:09 PM

I just started messing around with a bari. Easy to learn if you know basic guitar chords. Also easy to carry around. I am planning to make this my vacation instrument.

cb56 · #12 03-31-2009, 07:13 PM

My sister inlaw just bought a banjo-uke the other day and I got to play it. Pretty cool actually.

von buck · #13 03-31-2009, 07:29 PM

I got a "fluke" It's sort of like if Ovation made a ukulele

andy

ricdiculous5487 · #14 04-02-2009, 07:41 AM

I've got two uke's. I usually record songs on the uke with bass and glockenspiel. it's a fun sound. but everyone should try a uke, they're not too expensive and light. it's a perfect travel instrument.

Steve Boisen · #15 05-03-2009, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr-mungo

Have any other bassists branched out into ukulele playing?

I have, and in a big way

. Ukulele and bass make for a great combination. My daughter and I have a musical duo featuring uke and upright bass (we also play a few other instruments). We were featured on YouTube last year just released a CD of original material which has become quite popular with the online ukulele community. Check it out: The Barnkickers

- Steve

Linkert · #16 05-03-2009, 11:03 PM

Woho UKULELE! i bought one, love it. Way different than bass.

HailCorduroy · #17 05-04-2009, 11:40 AM

I've been wanting to get a uke before Bonnaroo this year. Guitar and bass are just too big to take and I hated being instrumentless for 4 days. My son bought a ocarina there, but I had nothing.