Doing Things Wrong

Uke-Scale Basses

Basses built with a uke scale length of 21 inches.

Uke-Scale Bass


This bass is a 21" scale, with a piezo saddle mounted in an adjustable bridge. The soundhole is just for looks. The strings are metal-wound Kalas. The fretboard is cut out of the ugliest piece of wood I ever received. For such a small neck, I managed to cut around most of the ugly, and the result isn't half bad.


21" neck, adjustable bridge with piezo saddle, active electronics. EBay body. Now has metal-wound strings.


This is an Evets '90s-vintage original reissue, made in Korea. These reissues are actually much better instruments than the originals from the 1960s. While a copper-burst would be more authentic, I like the sky blue better. The newer reissues are even more true to the originals.