I was looking for some really "dark" bass sound for my little project and at the end ended up with the short scale with nylon tapewound strings. These little things sound so massive when it comes to it. And yes, they are fun and easy to live with.
@meyersguitars21968 ай бұрын
Dude, the riff you played with distortion, was one of the best riffs I have ever heard from anyone! Please make that into a song or let me know where I can hear it if it a song already.
@tommyapocalypse60968 ай бұрын
Agreed 100 percent!
@blousug8 ай бұрын
Patrick has seriously the best demos and bass tone on KZbin 💯💯💯
@samgtrbssdrmteacher12453 ай бұрын
What is the pedal used to get this Distorsion sound ? :o
@I.O.M.8 ай бұрын
I use to have the acoustic Uke bass before. Was a life saver for gigging when I injured my wrist.
@barackmycat94488 ай бұрын
I love small basses. I had the model with the rubber strings and they were hard to keep tuned. This is a step up. I have a CNZ and a Hofner Shorty and they are bargains!
@brendanm69216 ай бұрын
Really? That is strange. I have a really cheap model from a much smaller company with very basic (honestly really not that great) tuners and I find that the rubber strings basically never go out of tune.
@CricketbugSessions8 ай бұрын
Sounds Great Patrick!! I just Finished a whole series on it as well. Very Very Impressed. Great Job! 🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸
@stevebarnes73532 ай бұрын
I just ordered the fretless version this morning!
@lilmelvin117 ай бұрын
Well-done critique, loved the distorto part...
@sanjinadum96348 ай бұрын
This bass is SOOOOOOO cool!😍😍😍😍
@differenttigers5 ай бұрын
Im gonna be doing a 6 month stint on a ship this year, this looks like a perfect size bass to bring with me
@stevenlewis904720 күн бұрын
Looks good for travelling ps love your show dude
@mikkooijala16838 ай бұрын
Flatwounds are also now available from Kala
@I.O.M.8 ай бұрын
Very smart of them.
@alexskibicki22628 ай бұрын
Pretty cool demo, Patrick 😎🤘🏻🎸 I’ve recently have been seeing small basses similar to that. Only some of them have a single cut body. And since you’ve mentioned rubber bass strings, my brother had one small bass that uses those type of strings. I’ve tried it and it was interesting. Other than that, these basses seem great travel basses.
@skajohncarter4 ай бұрын
Wasn't expecting 110-50 strings from LaBella. That's double surprising.
@lostinpa-dadenduro75554 ай бұрын
It looks like a lot of fun.
@bananaghost4278 ай бұрын
That's pretty neat. I wonder if they make flats for it. Nice demo, Mr Hunter.
@jorgegarza71118 ай бұрын
me too
@stonemanguitars8 ай бұрын
There are lots of different string options, but I would recommend some regular bass flats because Ubass strings are insanely overpriced.
@gerbish8 ай бұрын
I've built a headless 4 and 6 string fretless u-basses, they're rly nice and they make storage so much easier
@madbrowndog48878 ай бұрын
As a hack guitar player who loves mucking around on bass, I want one! But it will probably be ~$1000 when it lands in Australia.
@scarletskunkjob98426 ай бұрын
😢 it was too real, you didnt need to say it, it was too real. ... * Cries while throwing money into the fireplace *
@jameslewis26358 ай бұрын
Now take that bass to a metal gig and see what reaction you get when people see you with it.
@charlesdoca71458 ай бұрын
I have 2 acoustic uke basses. Fretted an fretless. The rubber strings don't really bother me. Super light and fun to play. Both sound pretty good plugged in. Of course they will not be replacing my standard size bass
@josecardenas40133 ай бұрын
So Cool!!!
@drewhitchens394Ай бұрын
The 5 string kala is insane if love to own one but there like 1,500
@HeretekNC7 ай бұрын
You playing one of these is making me want one in Charlotte FC colors at this point.
@MajicFreeman8 ай бұрын
shorter scale means less overtones which means it sounds way tighter and punchier
@rugzwreckage79356 ай бұрын
I'd love one of these in a full scale bass. Love that body shape. Anything out there that has a similar body shape but full scale?
@_thepowly_8 ай бұрын
best alternative to the mayones cali bass ^^
@UncleDanBand642 ай бұрын
Actually sounds great for such a tiny bass.
@Stick3x2 ай бұрын
Where can purchase 5 string flat-wound or black tape-wound for the kala-5 string solid body
@Weirduniverse2Ай бұрын
that's gotta be the most fun 350 dollars you could ever spend.
@WoWwYnAtoR5 ай бұрын
Dude! Gotta great your opinion on the t string version!
@legoobi-wankenobi30808 ай бұрын
An electric bass uke! I want. I want now.
@thehachisquad2467 ай бұрын
Perfect for F standard meshuggah stuff.
@Deadinside_6x6x68 ай бұрын
"Look at it it's so cute" "it looks like a regular .....but tiny."Thats what she said.
@freednighthawk6 ай бұрын
Honestly, i kinda think they should have made it headless. That would have solved the tuner issue and lightened it even more, assuming they use a lighter weight system.
@ElveyGooch5 ай бұрын
How is the sound output level from the g-string compared to the others? I don't think you hit that one in the demo, though I'm not sure.
@dynodansmoking8 ай бұрын
Is the spacing from fret to fret the same as a reg bass?
@eyeball2268 ай бұрын
Well no, that's pretty much the definition of short scale.
@PorkRollTerrier8 ай бұрын
Damn... what even is scale length? Did it ever really matter in the first place?
@davids26298 ай бұрын
Ofc it does. To a certain extent tho.
@GaryChedore8 ай бұрын
Excellent video, wish they made them left handed
@olivermateo31098 ай бұрын
and I thought my Squire Mini P Bass was small.
@blousug8 ай бұрын
The tone is just not there for me. i realize it is only $350 but I play a fretless squire bass that I paid $300 for and the tone on that is miles ahead of this Kala bass. Also like Patrick said, given its size, the strings are just too big for it. I play the ukulele as well and I could just imagine playing thick gauge strings on something that size.
@user-lz5zm7gn2y8 ай бұрын
what is the length of the scale?
@frankbreen42068 ай бұрын
Super¡
@giacomoduenas33494 ай бұрын
The notes are the same as those of a normal bass, that is, SOL is on the third fret of the fourth string???
@giacomoduenas33493 ай бұрын
Hello! Does the tuning hold well or does it cause problems? I bought this Ubass Kala Fretted Solid Body but the strings sound very “metallic” and the tuning is wrong, it is difficult to find the tuning with a clip tuner and it also sounds out of tune, no matter how many times I play a note it doesn't give the correct note? what will it be???
@patrickhunter3 ай бұрын
It held in tune well for me, perhaps it just needs a set up?
@benbugohit3 ай бұрын
Also quite have this, and also a quite "bell" sound on Low E and A strings.
@petrepetreski74828 ай бұрын
This is a bass for guitar players lol
@bless88748 ай бұрын
basically lol.
@Daphoid8 ай бұрын
Or for those with cramped spaces where a regular bass just gets banging on the desk / walls because it's too big :)
@perpoll62818 ай бұрын
Too big for them
@blousug8 ай бұрын
Hahaha I am a bass player and I recommended it to a guitar player
@beegood7 ай бұрын
Perfect for ukulele jams where full size basses are not allowed
@tymanngruter18088 ай бұрын
Edward van Halen has played this bass! 🪨🎯
@bernardrolle67095 ай бұрын
you play really agressive
@SisterRose8 ай бұрын
if this came in fretless it'd be cdope af
@evoluciontropical50388 ай бұрын
It does 🤪
@SisterRose8 ай бұрын
hell yeah@@evoluciontropical5038
@funkypunk10018 ай бұрын
great video as always, Patrick 🙂🙂. Not a big fan of the bass though
@genegleckner27328 ай бұрын
Ukala be kidding!
@itsratso.8 ай бұрын
the old kala solid body ubass was pretty much an overpriced piece of garbage - huge volume differences string to string from the piezo pickup, no truss rod, rubber stringed, ridiculously overpriced. they were way overdue for a redo. this looks (and is priced) much much better. they're a huge amount of fun.
@godsinbox8 ай бұрын
yes, but if the intonation is off the scale, then it will remain garbage
@itsratso.8 ай бұрын
@@godsinbox who is saying that the intonation is off the scale? i haven't seen any reports on this, did i miss something?
@mrgskye7 ай бұрын
Nope! it sounds exactly how I imagined it. Another novelty short scale bass 🤷🏼♂️
@slidersson15 күн бұрын
seems it´s not in tune
@godsinbox8 ай бұрын
how do we know its tiny? maybe you have hands like rabea massaad.
@darwinsaye8 ай бұрын
I think dude is a large guy. This is only one inch shorter than a standard electric six-string guitar. I have a 23” short-scale hollowbody guitar that I put bass strings on for a while and it did not really seem “tiny” like a ukulele bass - it just felt like a guitar.
@RaiderNation-North8 ай бұрын
Use a bow and play it under your chin 😂
@1234drums8 ай бұрын
Sounds convincing, yes, but aestethically it looks like you're holding a toy instrument 😅😅😅😅
@CluelessSheepNazi42708 ай бұрын
This is not the best use of $350.
@Mr.Monster13138 ай бұрын
I love it..but i dont think id pay $350 for that..too much. I can buy a full size ok quality bass for that much $$$..just saying.