[Rhodes22-list] Music Humor - I think: Another Mandolin Player...

[Steve Alm]

Glad you liked it Jim.

As for the ukulele, first of all it's bass, not base.  (not being anal--just
trying to help)  Next, I'm skeptical that what Rummy has is a bass uke.
>From Mark's link on that, it would seem the bass uke is an extremely rare
instrument.  I'll bet Rummy's got either a tenor or a baritone uke.  The one
we're most familiar with--the Tiny Tim uke--is a soprano uke.

But I've seen little short-scale basses before.  The strings are like big
fat rubber bands and flop around very loosely under the fingers.  Not at all
like the taught strings on everything else.  When played acoustically,
they're almost silent, so they have pick-ups.

For anything to be called a "bass" (bass guitar, bass violin, bass flute) it
has to be able to play the really low notes.  Low notes and short strings
are acoustically incompatible, so you have to jump through some special
engineering and electronic hoops to get the thing to make any noise.

Slim


On 2/10/05 4:03 PM, "Jim White" <jdwhite at utpa.edu> wrote:

> Made my afternoon with that one Slim. BTW was that a base ukulele I heard
> in the background?
> jw
> 
> At 03:51 PM 2/10/2005, you wrote:
>> With all these mandolin players, let's start with a little Led Zep.  Here's
>> a rare, live version of Going To California:
>> http://home.mn.rr.com/almhome/California.mp3
>> 
>> On 2/10/05 12:49 PM, "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I sense the possiblity of a new musical group within the list, "Slim
>> and  the
>>> Rhodies"
>>> 
>>> Rummy.....this list has talent.
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