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I just did something to my bass collection that I thought would be a fun question to ask. Of my 15 bass ukes/mini bass guitars, aside from the obvious, what is common between them all? (You should think out of the box.) I'll acknowledge the person who gets it, will give it 24 hours.

After going through about 65 bass ukes/mini bass guitars since mid 2014 when I started playing bass for my uke group when I was 64, I settled on one model that is most comfortable for me with the nerve damage I have in my neck and shoulders from radiation for lymph cancer many years ago. It's...

I've posted to the thread about what gear for the weekend, but I thought I'd do a separate post of my gear that I just redid to be more compact and efficient.

Because I always want to be as compact as possible, I've been using a Phil Jones Bass Double Four amp for the last eight years. It served me very well with my bass ukes and my 35 person ukulele group. It's not just a practice amp, I use it in the backyard of one member, in a large Veteran Center...

I know I'm going to get some strong opinions about this, but to me, the bass uke nomenclature is very clear, the generic name to use is bass uke, not uke bass. Bass uke follows the established naming of ukuleles; soprano uke (not uke soprano), concert uke (not uke concert), tenor uke (not uke...

This is my latest 21" scale bass uke, a RondoMusic Hadean violin/Hofner knockoff that's the only type I play now. I have Eric's Guitar Shop in Sound City, Van Nuys, CA do a variety of modifications using items I provide; replace the floating wood bridge that has a wonky piezo saddle with a...

Last Friday I was in Eric's Guitar Shop, who does all my bass uke modifications. I hang out there all day, and one of his clients brought in an Epiphone Les Paul Adam Jones with an antique silver burst paint job, which knocked me out. I knew that was going to be my next paint job. I recently...

This is number 11 of the ultimate 14 bass ukes in my 21" scale collection. This time I added the flame maple looking self stick vinyl wrap on the top and back, also on the truss rod cover, and even added it to the battery box frame. Eric's Guitar installed the mini-humbucker pickup, battery...

Since the update, when I have a notice number on my name and open a new tab to read the posts, when I come back to the original page, the number does not clear. It did on the old software.

I don't see way to delete a thread I started with no replies. Is that possible?

When I discovered the Korean made ($85) all metal fully adjustable bass bridges with individual piezo pickups in each saddle, I had Eric's Guitar replace on my solid body bass ukes, and now on my violin/Hofner knockoffs, the semi adjustable wood bridge with a piezo pickup assembly that had...

Friday I picked up the Hadean 21" scale bass uke Eric's Guitar worked on and Pat Wilkins painted. As always, it came out great. Eric made the cream pickguard and truss rod cover, a stick-on sound hole I had made, added cream Strat knobs, changed the wonky floating bridge/piezo pickup with a...

Picked up my new bass uke from Eric's Guitar, a RondoMusic Hadean violin/Hofner style 21" scale ($179 on sale) that was painted Les Paul gold by Pat Wilkins ($350). Eric's mods ($293) included a full setup plus with parts I provided, replaced the limited adjustment floating bridge with a Korean...

I've been a Top Contributor member of a Facebook group, UBass Freaks, but the Facebook interface and functions are so cumbersome, I just don't want to do it anymore. I've told them that Talk Bass is a real forum with far more members, is much easier to navigate and that I prefer to use it. My...

Here's another new bass uke. I wanted it to feel a little like a Fender Olympic White/Tortoise, so I had it modified by Eric's Guitar and finished by Pat Wilkins. Eric used parts I provided; Korean fully intonation adjustable piezo bridge with individual pickups in each saddle, plus a riser for...

Here's my next RondoMusic.com Hadean 21" scale bass uke mod. I wanted a finish that looked like the ukuleles in my group. At first I sanded down the original black finish, but the wood had no figuring. Then I went online and after some searching, found a thin, real cherry wood self stick veneer...

I buy from Sweetwater fairly often, they assign each client one of their sales people who has pretty good knowledge of their products. I've discussed various items with Keith in the past. I just received a call from him checking in if I have any questions or needs at the moment. I really like...

The other day there was a post mentioning the bass Mark Ruffalo used in the movie "Begin Again." I love that movie, but I always question why it was edited the way it was, jumping back and forth in time. This evening it happened to be on cable, so I watched the copy I have in my library. I then...

I just received the new D'Addario Nexxus 360 Rechargeable clip on tuner from Amazon for $30. I've been using their Micro tuners for a long time on my tenor and bass ukes. I loved that the screen could be oriented to four directions, but with playing outdoors often now, the screen is difficult to...

Felt a little whimsical, so I posted this. With nerve damage to my neck spinal cord from radiation treatments for cancer years ago, I found the most comfortable bass for me now is the RondoMusic Hadean violin/Hofner style 21" scale bass uke with Kala/Galli flatwound nylon core strings. I got...

A couple of weeks ago I brought over to Eric's Guitar in Sound City (thee Sound City), Van Nuys, CA, my latest Hadean violin/Hofner style bass uke to mod, including a tortoise pickguard and truss rod cover. When I asked about doing the more elaborate pickguard, he mentioned how labor intensive...

Just picked up my Hadean bass uke, violin/Hofner style that I had modified by Eric's Guitar and painted by Pat Wilkins, both in Van Nuys, CA. Eric replaced parts that I supplied; floating piezo wood bridge/pickup with a metal fully adjustable piezo bridge, adding a riser, Gotoh tuning machines...

I've been using a Phil jones Double Four since 2014 that has been working great for me, but for larger gigs, I want to get more, so I bought a second PJD4 recently to line out to it from the first one. I just tested it and found that only the second one puts out sound, but if I disconnect the...

Picked up my $200 Hadean black violin 21" scale bass uke from Eric's Guitar in Sound City, Van Nuys, CA yesterday. He modified it, replacing the wood floating bridge and wonky piezo pickup with a fully adjustable all metal bridge that has 4 individual saddle piezo pickups that I bought from...

I just decided to make more changes to my bass uke collection while I can't sleep tonight, but let me go back to the very beginning. In mid 2014 I started playing bass uke with my uke group a year after starting to play ukulele, which was almost 50 years after I started playing guitar in 1965...

In culling my 31 bass ukes/mini bass guitars down to eight thinline 21" scale piezo, I bought a Hadean violin style bass uke on sale for $199.95 from RondoMusic.com specifically to modify it to look different than the sunburst one I have. I gave it to Pat Wilkins to paint the top and truss rod...

A few weeks ago I realized that with the nerve damage in my neck, playing my 22"+ to 24" basses has become too difficult, so I'm selling them cheap, $100, but the caveat is LOCAL PICKUP ONLY, I live in Los Angeles near the Beverly Center, Cedars-Sinai hospital and the Four Seasons hotel. I spent...

A few months ago I bought three Chinese solid body bass ukes, 21" scale. Last week I took the natural with skunk stripe to my luthier, Eric's Guitar in Van Nuys, CA (Sound City) and had him replace the standard semi adjustable wood bass bridge and ceramic saddle/pickup assembly with a fully...

I've posted a similar NBD in the past with this kind of guitar, but sold them and later had sellers remorse, but when I saw this color version of it, I couldn't resist. As always, Eric's Guitar in Van Nuys, CA did the conversion, he does great work. Yamaha APTX2 cherry sunburst 23" scale...

I decided not to sell.

Here's my latest custom bass uke made by Bruce Wei Arts in Vietnam. I saw a tenor uke of this design on his eBay store and asked if he could make it as a 23" scale bass uke. He said yes for $800 including express shipping. It took about 4 months for his work, but he doesn't do electronics, so I...

Yamaha APXT2NA Junior Guitar converted to bass uke, 23” scale, 34” long, includes gig bag. It has a pickup attached to the underside of the top near the bridge. I had an on/off switch added for the preamp to save the battery when an amp cable is plugged in. Galli 23" black round wound strings...

PRICE DROP to $175 -- Minimal use, 23” scale, 34” long, includes gig bag. It has a piezo pickup disc attached to the underside of the top near the bridge. The built-in preamp has a tuner. Great travel bass, the body is a little shallower. I never painted the four filled in holes on the...

I'm thinking about having a semi-hollow bass uke built. The builder sent me a photo of an electric tenor ukulele he made, but I don't like the look of the traditional ƒ holes. I've done some research on semi-hollow and see a few that don't have sound holes. How necessary are sound holes...

An Aiersi solid body bass uke, blonde with skunk stripe that I bought Nov. 2018 from AliExpress. It's 20”.5 scale, 30” long, about 6 lbs. with minimal use. Aquila Thundergut strings, I added a thumb rest, it has a truss rod. Includes a gig bag, does not include 9v battery. I decided to sell it...

Brand new Hadean UKBE 22-33 solid body bass uke. It's never been used, sitting in the box since May when I bought it for $202.20 including shipping from RondoMusic in New Hampshire. I was going to modify it, but decided not to. It's 23.5" scale, 33" long, 5.6 lbs, smooth black Pahoehoe strings...

Whenever I find a short scale guitar that I like, I grab it to convert into a sub-short scale bass. I bought this Mitchell at Guitar Center over a year ago and it's been hanging on the wall since. I finally got to it a couple of weeks ago and brought it over to Eric's Guitar in Van Nuys, CA to...

Sunday I was preparing for my senior uke group's regular Monday afternoon Zoom session and decided on my Gold Tone GT 23" fretted MicroBass that I haven't used for a few months, but when I tuned it, the Pahoehoe strings way over wrapped the spools. The E and A string also rattled between the 1st...

Here's another short scale guitar to sub-short scale bass conversion I had done by Eric's Guitar in Van Nuys, CA. It's 23" scale, my bass sweet spot. I bought Gotoh black tuning pegs, Aquila Thundergut poly strings to match the binding, and had Eric add an on/ff switch for the preamp so I can...

>>Lowered the price to $175<< Oscar Schmidt by Washburn Comfort Series Bass Uke, 20.75" scale, 30" long. Like new condition. Flame maple top and body, rosewood arm rest and partial cutaway, tortoise binding (it's really good looking). Built in preamp/pickup with tuner. I modified the ceramic...