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Bassists on the Uke?
- Thread starter JonahTheAmazing
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My girlfriend has one, but she doesn't play it at all. I've noodled around on it, but have not yet fallen for it's charms.
Hey, good news! There's roundwound and flatwound strings for uke! Let the battle begin!
http://www.southcoastukes.com/linear.htm
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Yeah, that's Dirk. Very nice guy and extremely knowledgeable. He's the "Circle K" of the uke string market.
Last night I played a garden benefit for a theatre company with Chalmers Doane's 4-man trio (it's a running gag) and James Hill sat in for much of the night on uke. It was a complete gas having two world-class ukulele players trading off jazz licks with each other, one on either side of the bass player. There was a photographer taking pictures so I hope I get one to post on TB.
Just picked up a Kala tenor 
It really is a lot of fun and I plan to take advantage of the portability. I tried a concert but the frets were a bit too tight for my fat hands
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At some point I might look into a U-bass, they look like a lot of fun too but at the $500 price point it requires more thought.
Later
Rob
PS - my Kala is good for metal, I play Toxicity by SOAD on it, sounds pretty cool
It really is a lot of fun and I plan to take advantage of the portability. I tried a concert but the frets were a bit too tight for my fat hands
.At some point I might look into a U-bass, they look like a lot of fun too but at the $500 price point it requires more thought.
Later
Rob
PS - my Kala is good for metal, I play Toxicity by SOAD on it, sounds pretty cool
