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I use the strap that came with a Martin Backpacker guitar. A padded strap won't sit well at the end button. For the head end I use one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Martin-Guitar-Leather-Strap-Button/dp/B0002E37G8 Klaus

Dave, I tend to see a discrepancy between text and photos when it comes to number of frets. Klaus

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I have written on how to use cable binders to stabilize knots. The binders even can help making strings stay in the tuner slots after they have been trimmed to short to stay in the slots on their own. Klaus

Welcome! What really gave me the low range push was adding a subwoofer reproducing the low frequencies for real, not just by means of difference notes. If you have one you may feed it from the line-out of your combo amp. Klaus

I, like you, learned extended fingerings for the bass. For me the benefit of the UBass is that it allows me using the extended fingeringsm which had become impossible on the upright. As I get it there is a school of fingerings where the ring finger is considered the supporter of the pinkie so...

Is it an all laminate instrument? What is the Ergo-Slide top? The 14th fret at the body plus the cut-away look like interesting features. Klaus

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Sorry guys, I just now found out how to fix a problem coming from a bad habit combined with some limitations in my eyesight. This board has so many similarities with TubeNet, where I have been a member for ages, that I thought it had the same defaults, including getting email notifications...

Read the sfx site and concluded that the microTumpinator was what they found best for my needs. So I have ordered and paid one. They are a small outfit, so they don't promise speedy delivery of items not in stock. I won't get a moveable high pass as I would have liked, but then the clunky...

I never soldered anything myself, and my friends with soldering abilities are busy people, so I don't dare taking up such project. Yet a very good idea for people young and smart enough. Klaus

Really sounds interesting. No price information available on the website, though. Thanks! Klaus

Yes, that red one looks great. I especially like the grain pattern coming strongly through the staining. Hard to tell at this angle, but it looks like the fretless version? Congratulations! Klaus

The f-deck high pass filter is mentioned again and again. Sadly it only is sold in the US. I recognize the hazards of international distribution for a 1-man company run on the side of a day job plus extensive musical activities. So my question is: What is the internationally marketed...

Could that be dying preamp battery? Klaus

Was it one of the new models with an onboard preamp? Klaus

As far as I can see the distances between the centerlines of the strings are pretty even. But as the strings are slimmer especially the E string does not fill out the nut groove. Klaus

Did you buy it from here?: Invalid Link Removed Is the Shortbass-One Basic made out of solid woods or out of veneers? Klaus

A 22.44" octave bass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuSRLEkuwdw Told about here: Invalid Link Removed There is a reference to piano strings. Are the strings really piano strings? Klaus

Is that .029 gauge string for real or is it a typo? I am hunting a set of small gauge tape wounds for my Kamoa E3E, which has dimensions very similar to the Kala UBass, but which is tuned an octave above the contrabass EADG. The original flatwound strings are gauges .028, .040, .047, and...

Tempting like several of the experiments surfacing in these threads! My take on the string spacing would be about adjusting the nut and saddle so that the open space between the strings would be the same. What about the string tension when tuned in EADG? Would it be less buzzy tuned to...

Tried to translate your site by means of Google. The result was basically useless. What you make has some overlapping with some of the topics discussed here. Is there a chance you could give us an English resumé of your projects? Klaus

Beautiful woodwork! I couldn't have made it myself, but I know enough about wood and machines to be impressed, mostly by the headstock milling. Not the easiest access to change of strings but much more stable because the bottom was kept intact. The mahogany on the back of the neck-through is...

Very impressive in design as well as in punchy sound! Were the huge efforts to make the fret lines worth it? Klaus

To a lefthand player?

Is this weakness with all E-string notes or just with the ones up to around the 4th, 5th, or 6th frets? If all E string notes then likely a fault with the UBass. If only the lowest notes then likely a lack of amplification. Some combos only emit true notes down to a certain limit, say...

Tinstar, thanks for the Rumbler review! As an instrument collector I am very interested in the way instruments work. Normally I can visualize descriptions reasonably well, but you touch upon a matter I don't quite understand: how the strings are mounted on the Rumbler model, when there is no...

Because you have the surplus (based on talent and/or experience) to modify your intonation on the fly. When I was practicing seriously on my main instruments (brasses & recorders) I also could do that. But on the fretless UBass I need reliably pitched strings to even attempt playing in...

I would favour tapewounds over flatwounds. The octave-up strings for the Kamoa E3E are flatwounds. Even if they are much thinner than the UBass strings will be, their stiffness makes them harder to fret in the top range than any of the current synthetic UBass strings. The softer surface...

Great that the lightness of the UBass gives you relief in a difficult situation. For my arthritic hands the short reaches and the low string tension are the smoothening factors. If my memory still serves me, you had considerations about selling your UBass some months ago. I am glad you still...

Apparently Kala's own YouTube channel. Could be from their studio, where they test prototypes. I have 7 acoustic instruments with preamps and/or equalizers (from 3 different makers). All have the electronics mounted on the sides or at the end. I see problems with having them mounted on...

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Glad that strings are improved. I think we will end up with a synthetic surface over a steel core for the best combination of pitch stability and easy fretability. Another option would be flatwound steel strings, but as I see it that would take better frets than what we see on the current...

Worked some more on the problems. Gave up on plugging the Kamoa E3E into the parametric eq due to the overloading. Put it directly into the EBS 60, which was OK but for the low frequency attack noises. Put my cheap Fish&Chips eq in between the Kamoa and the EBS, and despite the sloping curve...

The Kamoa E3E bass, not contrabass, uke has been up here a few times. I became interested because much of my playing on the UBasses is about playing tunes out of my head and about improvising. This Friday my sample with the non-stained spruce top arrived. Taking it out of the gig bag was bit...

Dave, I cannot tell for sure, but I guess the Pyramid wound strings were made for this somewhat costlier variant of the Uke-as-contrabass concept: Invalid Link Removed Klaus

I have had similar Pahoehoe experiences on my fretted acoustic UBass. As I see it, the problem is with an uneven weight distribution over the length of the strings. The Pahoehoe's are stretched more by being pressed over the frets than by being plucked by the right hand finger or fingers...

Norway has a beautiful and very singable national anthem. The Norwegians celebrate their almost 200 years old constitution on the 17th of May. Took the occasion and adapted the original piano setting of this tune for 2 UBasses. Traditional notation plus tablature for both parts with no double...

Overlaying wraps could have come from tune-ups in the store. Not ideal, of course, but understandable. Klaus

Laminating spalted maple as told is a matter of combining beautiful patterns with sufficient strength. The first thing I learned about plywood too many decades ago was about its stability towards warping as compared to solid boards of similar thickness. Later on I realised it also was about...