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Which is exactly what manufacturers did to develop a string capable of producing deep bass notes on such a tiny instrument. Decreasing tension won’t work because it would make the strings floppy and unplayable.Adding thickness won’t work because the internal dampening on a string that fat would make the notes sound dull and lifeless.Adding length won’t work, because the instrument itself is too short.The problem is, to play bass notes on a ukulele-sized instrument… To lower the note of a vibrating string, you can make the string… Therefore, it makes sense that the best way to explain this instrument would be to compare it to its two parents. Later on in this post we will cover the U-Bass in more detail.īut first though, let’s learn a little about how the instrument itself actually works… The 6 Key Qualities of Bass UkulelesĬhances are, if you’re shopping for bass ukuleles, you probably already play:
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What they eventually came up with was the original U-Bass, which exploded in popularity over the next several years…and is still perhaps the most well-known bass ukulele of today. So, in 2007 Road Toad teamed up with Kala, a well known ukulele maker, to design a more affordable model that could be sold to the masses. While it had great potential, the biggest problem with the Big Bufo was that it was far too expensive for most musicians. The founder, Owen Holt, popularized this instrument with the very first Road Toad Big Bufo Bass. But the original idea for the bass ukulele came from a small company known as Road Toad.