Better Sounding Bass Ukuleles - Guide To Improving Your Bass Tone
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- Better Sounding Bass Ukuleles - Guide To Improving Your Bass Tone
Does your bass ukulele sound horrible? Why is your U Bass sounding strange?
I guide you through how to improve your bass tone and what may be causing your sound issues. I use 3 different bass ukuleles to demonstrate how you can change or improve the sound you get whe playing your bass ukes.
Advice on how to make your bass ukulele sound better:
00:00 Intro to how improve your bass tone
01:14 Always tune your bass ukulele
02:21 Long nails can make a bass uke sound awful
04:02 Why playing techniques are important for your bass tone
07:29 Tone controls and bass EQ - cheap solid body bass ukulele
14:15 Tone controls and bass EQ - Kala electro acoustic U Bass
17:29 Tone controls and bass EQ - Nik West California U Bass
20:04 Overview of improving your sound and tone of your bass ukulele
Ukuleles and equipment featured in this video:
No brand cheap bass ukulele from Ebay
Kala U-Bass - SMHG FL Fretless Bass Uke
Kala California U-Bass Nik West sig model
Genzler Magellan 350 Bass Amp Head
Barefaced One10 Bass Cab
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Many thanks again Rachael for taking the time to guide us in our bass playing. All sure does help. Much appreciated.
Thanks Janice, and support from you guys really makes it all worth while. :-)
These video lessons are brilliant, Thank you Julie.
You're very welcome, Thanks Julie.
Thanks Rachel. I've always wondered why a bass player plugs into an amp then uses headphones to play. Why not just play the bass (especially an acoustic bass) without the amp? Now I understand. Setting the tone correctly means everything to enhancing the sound and enjoyment of playing the bass.
It's all about the tone Tobias ;-)
Yep, even with headphones or super low volume I prefer to be plugged in.
Oh, this is so good! The part about the tone controls was particularly helpful! I never really understood how to use them effectively. Your demonstrations of using the bass and treble controls all up, all down, etc. were so perfect to hear the differences. Thank you for all this!
Glad it was helpful Nikki, Thanks 😊
Another great video, Rachel! Thank you!❤️
Thank You Julie as always, Thank You for your support.
Very helpful. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Importance of muting techniques to overall sound and how best to execute. Maybe another video topic perhaps. I am finding you lessons exceedingly helpful, great to know what to do with the knobs.
This would be a great topic Kay, I do slightly mention it in the Stand By Me tutorial but you are right, it is so important I’ll go Ito it more in the future.
Thanks for this, Rahel. That camera on the instrument really helped me understand the "across the strings" technique.
Very glad it helped Cate. I actually bought the camera for overhead shots for the effects pedals but it's not great for that but I thought I'd have a go at strapping it to the uke and have to say, quite impressed with the shot. Even better knowing it helped so I'll use it again if I can. :-)
Wow, this was very helpful, thanks Rachel.
Glad to have helped Loree, it's the nails that always get me.
Love your bass videos! What is the riff that you play when demonstrating the various tones. I would appreciate the tabs for it. I am 75yrs and my U Bass arrived yesterday, looking forward to your bass videos
Thanks Neville. Hope you are enjoying your u-bass. Here is a link to a video where the tab is. Give me a shout if you have any questions.
ua-cam.com/video/AJWOv9nsNds/v-deo.html
You haven't mentioned finger and palm muting and also with rubber strings a felt and or a leather plectrum work better that plastic or nylon .(by the way before your tongue drum video I'd just ordered a small purple one which arrived today and it sounds gorgeous.
Trying to keep it very simple for this one, I will definitely be looking at picks and plectrums and also various right hand techniques in the future. Just never enough hours in the day. Thanks for helping Alan on another comment too, much appreciated.
True confession: I'm more than a bit obsessive about tuning, and now you've added logs to the flame! LOL! Oh, and nails are a struggle, for sure. I play banjo with a longer nail on my middle finger for striking down on the strings clawhammer style. I've been searching for picks to use for clawhammer banjo and am experimenting with some now. My goal is to be able to play my U-bass without that click sound from my middle digit. Also, and most importantly: Barefaced mini rig!! Oh, it sounds amazing!! Looking forward to hearing more. p.s. My fret wrap is on the way. 8^)
The nails thing is a tricky one, sometimes I really loathe cutting my nails but then it clicks..................
The Barefaced stuff truely is stunning, fan sound and as light as a feather, I've been dreaming of this combo for years! Have to ask, what colour fret wrap, obviously important!
@@UkuleleWales Don't hate on me, but I chose black. First, there were too many color choices! I could NOT decide. Also, my Kala Journeyman U-Bass is black, so I thought, "Quit floating your cursor over all the colors and just go with black." I can't tell you how relieved I was when it was over and ordered. LOL!!
Heo Rachel. Thanks for another informative video. I have recently fitted round wound strings to one of my solid body u-basses. I find I get an audible clicking sound as the strings contact the frets. This is very annoying as I didn't have a problem with the Aquila Black strings that were on it previously. Can you advise me how I can eliminate this clicking noise. Regards. Gary.
Hi Gary, what's the action like on it. It tends to be quite high with my rubber strings which isn't a problem but it may be a little high for the round wounds. Another thought (but probably not), is it definitely the frets cause the noise? I somtime find if my nails are a little longer than normal, they can cause a clicky noise too.
Hi Rachel, just wondering if you might possibly be doing more uke bass videos some time soon. Thanks!
Yes! I'm looking at some for next week, I was hoping to do some last few weeks but there's some prepping work for backing tracks etc. Watch this space. ;-)
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Chaneing The strings Will help, do you have tjat groovy little basline you play on tas, many thanks from a snowy Sweden Johan
Hi Johan greeting back to Sweden from rainly Wales! Yes, it's one of my own little riffs and there are tabs for it here. ua-cam.com/video/AJWOv9nsNds/v-deo.html
Part of the problem that I've been having with learning bass is that I'm primarily a finger picker on guitar, so the nails on my right hand are a little longer. Thinking I should probably just move to a felt pick for the bass. Thoughts on picks for basses?
(Also, thanks for the video.)
Ooooph, picks and bass - that's some dark places! LOL Only joking. Personally I only ever use a pick if I have got sore fingers but I can completely understand the need for the nails. I'm laughing, as a kid I used to glue actual felt material onto picks for my bass as all felt hadn't been invented. Stiff leather, felt, even stubby nylon, you may have to find your tone! ;-)
Well done Rachel. I've cut my fingernails and half my problems have been solved. All I need to do now is figure out why the E string is quieter than the other three. As it's like this on the Kala Journeyman and the Mahalo solid body, I guess it's the amp settings. Too many wretched knobs! Fender Rumble 100 - Gain, Drive, Level, Bass, Low Mid, High Mid, Treble, Master, Bright, Contour, Vintage.
Could be uneven pressure if it's a piezoelectric pick up (could be the saddle is curved slightly under the quiet string)
Hi Alan, it might be the amp settings as it's both instruments. It could also be a case of applying firm pressure on the string and saddle (bass bot plaugged in), this sometimes fixes it as William ags also mentioned. I can't remember, are you in the Ubass Freaks FB group - there is some really good advice about the pick ups in there too. Just checking, is it a bass amp?
@@UkuleleWales Yes Rachel it is a Fender 100 watt “practise” bass amp. I’ll try all the above and seek out the Ubass Freaks. Happy World Uke Day!
Can you explain the differences, pros and cons between fretted and frettless?
Hi Rebecca, in short - fretless you can make sound more like an upright but you really need to listen to your tuning. Fretted, easier to get notes in tune. I've done a bit of a comparison here. ua-cam.com/video/du_ZEG1kTws/v-deo.html
Thanks, I have a cheap u bass and I must be in The middle of The freet or else it buzz and rattle do you think
Yes, where you place your finger can certainly make buzzing if it is not right.
Flat?
Please explain, what leaving the controls flat means.
Great question, sorry for not being clearer. Generally I mean that the tone knobs or EQ settings are set to the middle ie. not more bass or treble, the same.