Experimenting with electric ukuleles

[Kerry Brown]

I was trying see what different tones I could get, clean to heavy. The only instruments used were a Cordoba Mini ii (22 7/8 scale) acoustic bass and a Leho solid mahogany baritone ukulele with Fishman electronics. Was going through a Broughton Audio HPF pedal, Radial JDI, into a Focusrite i4i with various plugins n Reaper

https://soundcloud.com/id%3Dkerrydbrown%252Fuke-blues-in-e%3Btrack_id%3D2115188112

 

[GrooVey]

That sounds like a lot of fun.

 

[Sargeant Preston]

I was trying see what different tones I could get, clean to heavy. The only instruments used were a Cordoba Mini ii (22 7/8 scale) bass and a Leho solid mahogany baritone ukulele with Fishman electronics. Was going through a Broughton Audio HPF pedal, Radial JDI, into a Focusrite i4i with various plugins n Reaper

https://soundcloud.com/id%3Dkerrydbrown%252Fuke-blues-in-e%3Btrack_id%3D2115188112

As interesting as those tones are...I'd rather hear that uke simply recorded straight up with a microphone.

I was never a fan of listening to Dash Croft playing his mandolin through a fuzz pedal.

I'm just saying that I prefer hearing the natural tones of acoustic instruments.

 

[67plexi]

I installed a LR Braggs Radius pickup in my F5 Mandolin into my 50 watt Dumble style amp then into a condenser microphone to the recording console
have not tried any effects so far the recordings sounds great liked it so much ordered a used Flatiron Bouzouki that has a Fishman Piezo pickup

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

I was trying see what different tones I could get, clean to heavy. The only instruments used were a Cordoba Mini ii (22 7/8 scale) bass and a Leho solid mahogany baritone ukulele with Fishman electronics. Was going through a Broughton Audio HPF pedal, Radial JDI, into a Focusrite i4i with various plugins n Reaper

https://soundcloud.com/id%3Dkerrydbrown%252Fuke-blues-in-e%3Btrack_id%3D2115188112

Koa wood has really good sustain.

 

[Kerry Brown]

As interesting as those tones are...I'd rather hear that uke simply recorded straight up with a microphone.

I was never a fan of listening to Dash Croft playing his mandolin through a fuzz pedal.

I'm just saying that I prefer hearing the natural tones of acoustic instruments.

That was the first time I tried playing anything other than clean. Well I did play in jam with a guitar amp on the gain channel a couple of weeks ago. It was fun in a jam situation. I really like the clean sound of ukuleles. It is a happy sound. I play u-bass plugged into a small amp and either a baritone or concert in re-entrant tuning in a weekly uke jam. It is all acoustic. I had to get permission to use an amp for the bass. My wife and I also do open mics, always clean. This experiment was fun but it's a one off.