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Comment by Jim Morris on January 22, 2015 at 6:14am

Thanks Eric. Yup, same tuning as standard bass EADG and what I liked with these strings is - same register! I had looked at some so called Bass ukes while researching this build and some of them are an octave higher than regular bass. More like a low strung Tenor guitar. Much easier to carry around than upright or even Fender type basses much as I love 'em both. Are you talking about that old blues, R&B riff at the beginning? It's sort of what I used to play on the old R&B instrumental Night Train. Pretty simple pattern. Open E, octave E on D string, open D, open A ,A#,B triplet and repeat. Follows the same pattern for the IV and V chords starting with open A for the IV and B on the A string for the V. Synchopated doubling up on many of the notes. Whew, easier to play than explain!

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on January 22, 2015 at 5:27am

Is the tuning the same as a standard bass?  EADG?  I'll have to study that riff unless'n you want to share it.  :)

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on January 22, 2015 at 5:25am

Phenomenal!  I love it.  I think my daughter and I will have to make one as an alternate to her upright.

Comment by Jim Morris on January 22, 2015 at 1:45am

Thanks Smilingdog. These are the Aquila Thundergut strings made for short scale basses. A couple of other brands are out there but they all run $25 and up so comparing brands can be costly. I went with these since Aquila is what I use on most of my nylon string instruments.

Comment by smilingdog1 on January 21, 2015 at 4:18pm

Your bass has such a rich and warm tone to it, rings out very clear on each note. What strings are you using?

Great vocal expressions.

Comment by Jim Morris on January 21, 2015 at 3:27pm

Thanks Matt.

Comment by Matthew Borczon on January 21, 2015 at 3:05pm

that is one very nice build. Really well done

Comment by Jim Morris on January 21, 2015 at 2:07pm

Thanks much Sammy! I think I used to sing it in a higher key but on fretless bass this was the only way I could halfway pull it off.

Comment by Jim Morris on January 21, 2015 at 2:04pm

Thanks Clock!

Comment by Sammy Lloyd on January 21, 2015 at 12:12pm

Pooh that's just awesome Jim, on so many levels. Looks great, sounds fabulous and tremendous rendition of an favourite tune of mine

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