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tried out that one bass uke again and i need to Not buy this i am forbidding myself to buy it or any kind of bass, for bass is stupidly easy to play, too easy, if i pick it up now it will stunt my growth as a musician forever and i will die never having seen the light of Chord
the stereotype about bassists being stupid is completely unfair and not something i want to repeat because the nonexistence of iq is one of my most fundamental beliefs and principles, however, i will observe that 1% of my guitar neurons are enough to play bass and it's terrifying
ukulele basses are really really cool though, i love how it looks like a toy but sounds kinda like a contrabass, my inner jazz freak is going to kill me for my decision to never buy one
maybe i can trick myself into wanting a 7-string guitar instead
@hikari other options are what's called a baritone guitar, or a bassitar.
As for me, I've been restraining myself from buying a mandolin for over a year now
@shift_reset what actually is a baritone in this context compared to a 7-string, is that a 6-string (designed to be) tuned a whole lot lower?
@hikari Yeah, it's basically just a bigger guitar with a bigger scale length (length of neck / fret distance) and some extra reinforcement to let you tune lower. Like your lowest string could just be a B
A bassitar (or variations of that theme) is basically a normal guitar with (some) bass strings. (See e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmAMP7Knm8M)