Horrible Basses

[bubinga5]

[quote name='Bassassin' post='951292' date='Sep 9 2010, 11:34 PM']Snoopy:

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Really can't see the point, apart from additional ugly & heavy.

Jon.[/quote]
im not a big SC fan either.. this is purely cosmetic though.bet there frickin solid as a rock though construction wise....

[Dood]

Headless Basses, Singlecuts, Silly multicolour paint jobs, aircraft landing strip sized fretboards and ones with too many strings

[thisnameistaken]

[quote name='dood' post='951320' date='Sep 10 2010, 12:04 AM']Headless Basses, Singlecuts, Silly multicolour paint jobs, aircraft landing strip sized fretboards and ones with too many strings [/quote]

You forgot fingerboard LEDs.

[Dood]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='951335' date='Sep 10 2010, 12:14 AM']You forgot fingerboard LEDs. [/quote]

He he he!!!! I did! Yup - Those too!! - and....and... swirly dot shapes... and ...umm.. nah.Can't think of anything else

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Active pickups!!



and.. ramps!!



[/coat]

[Brave Sir Robin]

Having owned a Thumb BO 5 once, great sound, loved the looks and build, but an instrument of torture comfort wise, and soooo heavy!

[JTUK]

Alembics, and Status for a start.
Probably Warwick as wel...they just don't look right.
Anything headless....

Gibson don't make basses worth a candle and Rickenbackers, don't get me started.
Funnily enough I really wanted one as a kid but as soon as I tried to play it knew it wasn't going to work.
I can never look at one without laughing now..

[Randy_Marsh]

Rics, Fender Jaguars, Les Paul Basses.

One thing i've noticed that seems to be able to destroy a good looking bass is those bloody horrible Egg shaped Delano pickups.

[beardybass]

Anything with Stu Hamm, Billy Sheehan, or Jeff Berlin on the end of it.

And Burnseseses.

[RhysP]

Fenders.
Warwicks - ugliest range of basses ever IMO (with the exception of the Streamer & that's only because they "borrowed" the shape from Spector).

[niceguyhomer]

Danellectro basses. Anything pointy or spiky.

[Machines]

Anything made by Dean or ESP.

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='Clarky' post='951211' date='Sep 9 2010, 10:25 PM']Even this Alembic, Wayne?

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Yep its mine and I think its sex on legs, well with strings anyway[/quote]


That's not a bad one, I hate the natural ones.


Oh but those Gus basses, looks like there is 2 dildos coming out of them, ick.

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='bubinga5' post='951297' date='Sep 9 2010, 11:40 PM']Would you play one for free Wayne? [/quote]


Yeah, I've always said I'd be a sell out at the drop of a hat.

[hillbilly deluxe]

Overpriced Fender copies
Anything with too many knobs and buttons
Block neck Jazzes
70's Fenders
Airline Map basses

[Clarky]

Agreed on Gus basses, they try too hard to be different in my view but end up looking like a "futuristic" guitar from a bad 1970s/80s sci fi film.

And Enfield basses - what's with the fugly massive pickup?

[xilddx]

Anything with more than four strings, big ugly single cuts, any Burns bass. And someone mentioned the Warwick Nobby Headless - it is indeed one of the most ridiculous looking things in the world.

EDIT: I forgot Pedulla, a horrible, horrible cartoon of a bass design.

Edited September 10, 2010 by silddx

[Fat Rich]

Never liked the shape of Pedulla MVP / Buzz basses, looks like the horns could snap off. Probably a great sounding bass though but the one I tried had a neck like a base ball bat.

Not a big fan of singlecuts, LEDs, f holes or ramps, but each to his own I guess. Didn't used to like headless basses but I'm sort of getting used to them.

Edit: Great minds think alike! Although looking at the website most of their basses look OK, it's just the Buzz

Edited September 10, 2010 by Fat Rich

[Musicman20]

Headless/Status mainly.

Some of the weirder Warwick designs.

[lemmywinks]

[quote name='Clarky' post='951197' date='Sep 9 2010, 10:13 PM']I am on record as saying Ritters look like Owen Wilson's nose ... and I stand by that [/quote]

It's true!



Rickys are horrible basses IMO, I also think Gus basses look a little silly

[charic]

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='951548' date='Sep 10 2010, 09:54 AM']Never liked the shape of Pedulla basses, looks like the horns could snap off. Probably a great sounding bass though but the one I tried had a neck like a base ball bat.

Not a big fan of singlecuts, LEDs, f holes or ramps, but each to his own I guess. Didn't used to like headless basses but I'm sort of getting used to them.

Edit: Great minds think alike![/quote]

I only like the rapture but that is one beautiful bass!

[urb]

Pretty much every bass that I don't own...

But especially these:

[xilddx]

[quote name='urb' post='951597' date='Sep 10 2010, 10:37 AM']Pretty much every bass that I don't own...

But especially these:

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Ah, the awful Warwick Vampyre. The Entwistle Buzzard is even worse, that and the Reverso have the UGLIEST headstocks ever designed, they are truly disgusting to behold.

Most Trabens look a bit daft too, with thos tribal tattoo style bridges.

[Chris2112]

[quote name='Clarky' post='951497' date='Sep 10 2010, 09:24 AM']Agreed on Gus basses, they try too hard to be different in my view but end up looking like a "futuristic" guitar from a bad 1970s/80s sci fi film.[/quote]

Yeah, they definitely look absolutely dreadful.

The thing is with the Warwick Vampyre, it just looks absolutely horrendous. I'm sure it'll appeal to 14 year old metal listeners though, hence why they made a Rockbass version!

[Truckstop]

I hate solid colour guitars.
I could never like a bass where I couldnt see the grain of the wood.

Truckstop

[Kiwi]

My 2p:

Wish basses. No amount of excuses about finishing can hide a total lack of aesthetic awareness.

Burns basses. The styling is very fussy. Fenders are simpler, functional, elegant and look a load better by comparison.

Any number of mutant Fender copies with musicman pickups and odd looking scratchplates made by US rednecks who can't tell the difference between weird and cool.

Pretty much anything by Gibson apart from the Thunderbird

Single cuts apart from the Fodera Beez Elite and the Marleaux Mbass

Modulus Vertex

Lodestone basses

Rick Turner basses

Atlansia basses