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Post by oscar on Sept 23, 2012 21:24:24 GMT
Suffering from a shoulder trauma the guitars I played got smaller and smaller over the years. I ended playing slide on a ukulele. The resonator ukuleles I tried were very loud but lacked sustain. So I use cheap wooden soprano ukuleles.
Here are some videos:
(live)
(live)
(Electric ukulele duo with with drum machine and hula dancers)
(Sleepwalk)
(Imitating Dobro sound)
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Post by Mike on Sept 24, 2012 7:14:49 GMT
Nice one! You could also check out some slide mandolin from the Grand Slambovians - the best band I've seen in the last couple of years ....  |
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Post by Michael Messer on Sept 24, 2012 9:38:07 GMT
Hi Oscar,
Lovely stuff! Thanks for sharing the clips of film with us.
The slide parts sound great on the uke. Indian slide guitarist, Debashish Bhattacharya, has a ukulele Weissenborn-style lap steel that he calls an Anandi, it is a wonderful instrument. If you play lap steel you should check it out. Lap steel ukulele.
I have been around a few U-Basses and they are very impressive instruments.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by oscar on Sept 25, 2012 18:53:59 GMT
Thanks for you comments.
The ukulele bass has evolved from the solidbody Ashbury bass but now has polyurethane strings instead of silicone strings. I have heard "regular" strings (doublewound, nylon core) will be available soon.
The very short scale only delivers little sustain, but the thick strings produce a deep sound, more like a double bass. Good addition to a resonator guitar, does not interfere with its more midrangy bass strings.
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Post by mikeshipman on Sept 27, 2012 11:11:30 GMT
I wasnt quite expecting the dancing girls!
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Post by oscar on Sept 27, 2012 20:33:13 GMT
they always surprise our audience when they show up at the end of the second set. it's not "real" hula but a mixture of hula dance and belly dance.
here are some more videos with them:
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Post by eggy on Sept 28, 2012 12:24:07 GMT
I like very much.
eggy
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