Recording last weekend. On one song, whipped out the Kala Rumbler and everybody freaked out on how amazeballs it sounded. Should make the final cut.
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Kala UBass Megathread, Part 7
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thanks, I think the post I was looking for was this one
Kala UBass Megathread, Part 5 post 674
I may go that route (no pun intended)
I got a Spruce top fretless last week! (pics coming) I kept on having to tune it up to the point where the trings got to the bottom of the post and started going back up it! I've re-done them so i still have a bit of post left. Questions: how long do strings take to settle? And, where do you all get strings from?
I assume you're referring to the black strings, which are Road Toad Pahoehoe. They take weeks to settle in, but they last a very long time, years. I've had to rewind every set I have after a few weeks as they kept stretching. I've bought those strings directly from Road Toad, also in store from Sam Ash in Hollywood, CA, and McCabe's in Santa Monica.
Saw this on reverb thought I would pass it on to anyone who may be interested in a nonreverse Thunderbird Uke Bass!
Looks like I'm not the only who modifies a Rondo Hadean bass uke. Nice looking, but the link is the photo, what's the link to the listing?
No thats actually a production uke bass! I went to short scale bass on reverb and that was on the first page!
Wow, I wonder who it is and if they make other models. Very interesting. Did your search but it didn't come up.
I just went to Reverb then to bass and the list has shortscale. I clicked on that and it was on the first page. I tried to copy the link address but all I get is the photo. Very strange!
Thanks 1st, I decided to enter just short bass and found a whole bunch of acoustic 3/4 guitars, and really like the look of the Yamaha APXT2 spruce top, 22.8" scale 34" long, good electronics, will be my next conversion.
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Hey Ubass guys, do you feel the fretless acoustic models have a significantly different tone when amplified versus the fretted? I'm not really looking for "mwah" like on an electric bass but more of a bloom of the note like on an upright. Hopefully that makes sense. I'll be using the bass for jazz gigs when doubling makes sense but I don't have room for the upright. I'm fine with fretted or fretless, just curious as to your thoughts.
No, more or less. I can't comment on the bloom but the mwah is definitely minimal, if it's there at all.
Hi guys, I got two Kalas, fretted & fretless since I'm curious if they really sound that different. After trying both I think they have their own tone each differently although not that big difference. For me I could still feel the mwah in the fretless version. But the overall tone is quite same, I just play the fretted easier since the dots on the neck are right in the middle. For the frettless, with that short scale bass, you should be more accurate that's all. Both are great. I'll keep one only though at last, and I think it'd be the fretted one. Btw, the Pahoehoe strings feel softer than Aquila but both have different and interesting tones.
Here's my Kala Ubass live for the 1st time.
Here's my frettless one.
Here's my Kala Ubass live for the 1st time.
Here's my frettless one.
