{"id":11600,"date":"2017-09-20T10:16:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T15:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=11600"},"modified":"2017-09-20T10:16:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T15:16:45","slug":"so-you-want-to-build-a-bass-ukulele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/ideas\/so-you-want-to-build-a-bass-ukulele.html","title":{"rendered":"So you want to build a bass ukulele…"},"content":{"rendered":"

What you’ll see in the video below will give you a basic idea of how to build one of these things, and yes the video contains a demo so you can hear how it sounds.<\/p>\n

Bass ukes are fun build projects, and the reason for showing this particular build is because it’s a solid-body electric. Ukes are ordinarily supposed to be acoustic or acoustic-electric like the Kala U-Bass. However, even in solid-body form you can still get a passable sound out of it.<\/p>\n

You of course need piezo<\/a> for the strings to be heard, since traditional electric bass pickups won’t pick up the vibrations of non-steel strings.<\/p>\n

Is the solid-body uke easier to build than the acoustic?<\/h3>\n

Some of you may find it easier to shape a solid piece of wood compared to shaping a hollow acoustic body, but of course that’s up to your personal preference.<\/p>\n

If you have a few pieces of wood that you can’t use for larger long scale builds, constructing a solid-body bass uke is a good way to make use of that material.<\/p>\n

Solid-body bass uke, cool or dumb?<\/h3>\n

Watch the video below and post a comment with your opinion on what you like or didn’t like about the “Jazz Bass” uke.<\/p>\n