Bass uke nomenclature.

[KohanMike]

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 tenor), baritone uke (not uke baritone). How uke bass started is strange to me. And the name U-Bass is strictly Kala's name for their bass uke, which really shouldn't be used as a generic.

I know, people call all tissues Kleenex, I actually don't, I say tissue. If it happens to be a Kleenex, I might say that. People call a refrigerator, frig because they think it came from Frigidaire, but I think it comes from re-FRIG-erator.

 

[HaphAsSard]

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 tenor), baritone uke (not uke baritone). How uke bass started is strange to me. And the name U-Bass is strictly Kala's name for their bass uke, which really shouldn't be used as a generic.

I vehemently disagree. I'm not aware of any instrument family where the baritone instrument and the bass one are tuned almost two octaves apart.
[OK. To be fair, I don't know of any other instrument family where the tenor and soprano can and mostly do have the exact same tuning, either. )

IMO, a true bass uke should be tuned either to octave-down "my-dog-has-fleas" (whether it be reentrant or linear low-G), or to guitar-octave EABG as the Luna Tattoo was(/is?).
There have been some who tried to call the Kala style basslet a "contrabass ukulele", which I thought had merit, but it hasn't really caught on. This is why I call it a uke-bass. It is, in effect, a hybrid in my view: a crossing of a uke and a bass guitar, or a(n acoustic-electric - very important!) bass guitar in ukulele form/size.

 

[MotorCityMinion]

I just call em" ukes.

 

[Pdaddy1978]

All cotton swabs are Qtips
All adjustable wrenches are Crescent wrenches.
Bass uke, Uke bass?..
6 of one, half a dozen of another.

 

[KevInDaBassment]

All cotton swabs are Qtips
All adjustable wrenches are Crescent wrenches.
Bass uke, Uke bass?..
6 of one, half a dozen of another.

I play mine in the Jacuzzi

 

[Pdaddy1978]

I play mine in the Jacuzzi

Behind your Winnebago.?....