Kala Ubass Megathread, Part 1

[bigchiz]

I just bought a $340 di from them & they gave me 15% for just that reason!

Personally, I like the acoustic 'uke' waaaay more than the solidbody version. Possibly because I already have an Ashbory bass - but there's just a lot cooler aesthetic with the uke. Just my opinion!

As far as I know, all U-Basses come with either a gig bag or fitted foam case. I've been touring pretty hard with the gig bag for months - it's great (although the strap 'd' ring did come off in an airport shuttle incident, I hand stitched it back to good working order...). My uke bass has been getting jostled pretty good in overhead compartments, busses, shuttles, etc... it's even fallen out of a few parked cars. Still no damage!

Had a problem with the top D ring on the gig bag too. Got a lot of use when commuting home on the bicycle, with the bass.

I love this bass!

 

[caeman]

Looks like need to restring the A and D strings. They have begun to over-wind.

I think I have spent nearly 3 hours with this new bass already!

 

[scotch]

Looks like need to restring the A and D strings. They have begun to over-wind.

I think I have spent nearly 3 hours with this new bass already!

It's addictive! Glad you dig it!

 

[caeman]

I have a capo I use that clamps down on the strings fairly tightly that should help me keep the string tension and making re-stringing quicker. It works for everything but my lap steel.

 

[scotch]

I have a capo I use that clamps down on the strings fairly tightly that should help me keep the string tension and making re-stringing quicker. It works for everything but my lap steel.

Good idea! I'm stealing it.

 

[MarkusBass]

Got mine yesterday! Boy...I can play all kinds of Food Network bass lines on this thing

 

[caeman]

Got mine yesterday! Boy...I can play all kinds of Food Network bass lines on this thing

And if an episode of Barney Miller comes on?

 

[MarkusBass]

Yep! Seinfeld....not so much.

 

[GBassNorth]

I've had the hollow body all mahogany U-Bass now for a few months and am really lovin it! Picked it up new for $330 with a fitted soft case and extra one year warrenty (I think they had it marked with the wrong price, all the other ones I've seen are going for well over $400 for the mahogany version.
Anyone try the solid body 5 string yet? Is it as much fun?

 

[Feral Feline]

I don't have a UBass; I tried one at the local ukulele shop quite a while ago; now I'm considering getting one and thought I'd do my homework/research starting with this thread.

I've read up to page 35, and will finish reading the thread later. However, as a club, it's a mess.

People who requested numbers didn't get them and were skipped over. Somebody had a good idea to indicate in the numbering who got a fretless, but that was implemented only once. Now, nobody is getting their cherished club numbers, despite repeated requests from the club founder to have somebody take over the numbering.

I have no interest in taking on the responsibility of ironing out all the skipped people and the latest number requests, but I scanned quickly through the rest of the thread to see if any more numbers were handed out... and there weren't any new additions.

I have nothing but well-wishes for the club and its members; I hope someone will take the mantle and everyone who wants a number gets sorted. Meanwhile, this is where your club is at, as of page 35 (not everybody indicated which UBass they bought).

All Fretted unless otherwise noted in parenthesis:

#1 cb56 – spruce
#2 Tijuana bass
#3 Showdown
#4 Tommy Hagen
#5 MingusBass
#6 CaballoViejo
#7 bassfiddlerman – spruce
#8 fourstringbliss
#9 Neon Scribe
#10 Baird6869
#11 mrspiffy
#12 AJ Brown (Fretless)
#13 ducati08
#14 adhus (spruce Fretless)
#15 bad_andy – spruce
#16 DeanT mahogany + Hutch Hutchison
#17 mwesth (Fretless)
#18 bassguy675 – spruce lefty
#19 jsb22257
#20 Jack Clark
#21 MX21
#22 Downunderwonder (Fretless)
#23 elskeetro
#24 Bill Wright
#25 richnota (Fretless)
#26 LowDown Hal – spruce
#27 bullT
#28 Beaver Creek – Spruce
#29 pathdoc2
#30 sublimestylee
#31 BassBot5000
#32 Tahoe_Ed – spruce
#33 57pbass
#34 rlanier
#35 Ojeb
#36 kevwalker
#37 4Mal
#38 Big Brother
#39 bassuker
#40 midi jab
#41 butisitart solidbody
#42 we tigers


- red stapler, skipped #, fretless
- minorthreat spruce
- [bassmagics, sevenyearsdown - spruce; tr6drvr – Hutch spruce]

Best wishes for 2012!

 

[Matt R.]

So... What happens when you get a number in these clubs?

 

[MarkusBass]

OK...have to honor the no pic, no bass rule. Here it is...couldn't resist leaning it against another little dude.

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[scotch]

OK...have to honor the no pic, no bass rule. Here it is...couldn't resist leaning it against another little dude.

That's awesome! From across the room, the pic makes the U-Bass look like a giant instrument propped up against a full size svt!

 

[SBassman]

I've had the hollow body all mahogany U-Bass now for a few months and am really lovin it! Picked it up new for $330 with a fitted soft case and extra one year warrenty (I think they had it marked with the wrong price, all the other ones I've seen are going for well over $400 for the mahogany version.
Anyone try the solid body 5 string yet? Is it as much fun?

You got a great price on that one. If I could have scored a mahogany for 330 I would have done it. I paid 375 for my spruce.

 

[SBassman]

So... What happens when you get a number in these clubs?

Um, er, we'll be right back to ya.

I think what ya get is - the ability to say you're in the club.

 

[SBassman]

That's awesome! From across the room, the pic makes the U-Bass look like a giant instrument propped up against a full size svt!

That's what I was thinking.

What a monster bass.

 

[MarkusBass]

That's awesome! From across the room, the pic makes the U-Bass look like a giant instrument propped up against a full size svt!

That's what I was thinking.

What a monster bass.

Well...its tone is monstrous anyway

 

[Matt R.]

Um, er, we'll be right back to ya.

I think what ya get is - the ability to say you're in the club.

Ohhhh. So then what happens?

 

[caeman]

I have learned something about the U-Bass' pickup...it is HOT! I find myself attenuating DOWN the input, not boosting.

 

[SBassman]

I have learned something about the U-Bass' pickup...it is HOT! I find myself attenuating DOWN the input, not boosting.

Yup.