Terrible picture, but evidence that I'm not just pretending to have one for some odd reason:
Very happy with it so far. It's fun to have one to twiddle on without an amp while wandering around and it's just so much more convenient. Sounds great amplified too, to my untrained ear.
This brings my total number of basses to two. I'll catch up with you all in no time. But even that number is enough to be confusing. My other is a standard scale Yamaha. The original plan was to buy a small bass (possibly not this small) to leave in my office as a practice one. I think I like this too much for it do only that job though.
I'm still learning the fretboard, so that will clearly be a transferable skill between them, but the very different spacing make me think about learning songs. Is it a good idea to mostly have separate songs on each so I don't confuse myself with fingering patterns? (I'm using 1-2-4 on the Yamaha, with maybe some ofpf higher up; anything other than ofpf on the u-bass seems cramped and ridiculous.)
I have a few I'm learning in E-flat tuning, so I'm also thinking about leaving the Yamaha mostly tuned down to that, which will naturally split the songs, but possibly not in the ideal way.
Any advice anyone has for a beginner with these instruments gratefully received, as are any thoughts about these u-basses in general. (Is this the best u-bass for metal?)
Very happy with it so far. It's fun to have one to twiddle on without an amp while wandering around and it's just so much more convenient. Sounds great amplified too, to my untrained ear.
This brings my total number of basses to two. I'll catch up with you all in no time. But even that number is enough to be confusing. My other is a standard scale Yamaha. The original plan was to buy a small bass (possibly not this small) to leave in my office as a practice one. I think I like this too much for it do only that job though.
I'm still learning the fretboard, so that will clearly be a transferable skill between them, but the very different spacing make me think about learning songs. Is it a good idea to mostly have separate songs on each so I don't confuse myself with fingering patterns? (I'm using 1-2-4 on the Yamaha, with maybe some ofpf higher up; anything other than ofpf on the u-bass seems cramped and ridiculous.)
I have a few I'm learning in E-flat tuning, so I'm also thinking about leaving the Yamaha mostly tuned down to that, which will naturally split the songs, but possibly not in the ideal way.
Any advice anyone has for a beginner with these instruments gratefully received, as are any thoughts about these u-basses in general. (Is this the best u-bass for metal?)
), your ax looks sweet with its short scale, f-holes, special strings, etc., almost makes me want one --- gotta be super fun, right?! 
