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Old 08-11-2022, 08:46 PM
Pine Cone Pine Cone is offline
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Well my new Kala U-bass arrived yesterday along with some replacement string choices. The u-bass has a solid sitka spruce top, laminated Pao Ferro back and sides, Fishman electronics, Hipshot tuners, and black (Pahoehoe?) poly strings.

I bought a sets of Kala round wounds, Aquila ThunderBlack, and Aquila ThunderBrown strings to help me figure out what might work best for me.

It is a pretty instrument which never hurts. The current strings are louder at the treble side, with the G much louder than E with flat eq on both the uke and bass amp. Tweeking the eq helps, but still not really balanced volume between the strings.

I ordered a Fender Rumble 100 amp, and before it arrived I found a deal on a nice used Fender Rumble 25 about 5 miles from my house, so I bought it too. Both weigh about 22 pounds, but the Rumble 25 is much snaller. The 25 will be my practice amp while the 100 will be used for jams, performances and recording.

I am enjoying fooling around with it and I think it will work well for me.

Thanks again for everyone's comments and advice.

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