RandomBass Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 [quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1439217634' post='2840946'] It's probably a condition, I could get a parking badge or something... [/quote] Ditto. Except in my case the badge would either be the wrong colour or the wrong shape. Or something like that... Quote
Muzz Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 [quote name='Rich' timestamp='1439416171' post='2842783'] You've encompassed pretty much everything I own with that list [/quote] That's OK, I'll bet my mixing silver and gold hardware on my Fenderbird would bring you out in a rash... Quote
Muzz Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 [quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1439533855' post='2843571'] Ditto. Except in my case the badge would either be the wrong colour or the wrong shape. Or something like that... [/quote] Or it would just be too heavy... Quote
JapanAxe Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1439362732' post='2842095'] What like this? [/quote] Aargh! Yes. That one also features another pet hate, i.e. through-necks visible as contrasting stripes down the middle of the instrument. Quote
CamdenRob Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1439563455' post='2843974'] Aargh! Yes. That one also features another pet hate, i.e. through-necks visible as contrasting stripes down the middle of the instrument. [/quote] Yes I did think that might arouse your disgust! I think I'm in a minority in that I find modern coffee table basses attractive and I also love the Leo shapes and designs. Quote
Grangur Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1439564246' post='2843993'] Yes I did think that might arouse your disgust! I think I'm in a minority in that I find modern coffee table basses attractive and I also love the Leo shapes and designs. [/quote] With all the things wrong with that bass, as a great favour, for £10 I'll help you out and take it away... how's that? I can't say fairer than that, can I? (It's a good lookin' bass, honest, and you like it... nuff said.) Edited August 14, 2015 by Grangur Quote
CamdenRob Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1439564549' post='2844004'] With all the things wrong with that bass, as a great favour, for £10 I'll help you out and take it away... how's that? I can't say fairer than that, can I? (It's a good lookin' bass, honest, and you like it... nuff said.) [/quote] £15? I absolutely love it and I couldn't be happier, but it won't be to everyones taste and I fully understand that.. it has six strings for a start! It's being reviewed in BGM next month and I'm dying to know what they thought of it Quote
lee4 Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 Slab bodies,pointy headstocks,24 fret necks,exotic woods. Burn them I say. Quote
TrevorR Posted August 14, 2015 Author Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1439563455' post='2843974'] Aargh! Yes. That one also features another pet hate, i.e. through-necks visible as contrasting stripes down the middle of the instrument. [/quote] Except that is a bolt on not a thru neck... An old Wal trick when you have some different coloured heart and sap wood on the bookmatched facings. My Wal has a similar but more subtle version on the front... Edited August 14, 2015 by TrevorR Quote
ead Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1439564246' post='2843993'] Yes I did think that might arouse your disgust! I think I'm in a minority in that I find modern coffee table basses attractive and I also love the Leo shapes and designs. [/quote] There's at least two us! Whatever any perceived faults, I think Leo's basses are all design classics along with the Gibsons and RICs. The fact they are all much copied is a testament to that surely? Quote
tauzero Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 Something I'd forgotten: paint. I can't stand painted basses. They've got to be a nice natural wood, preferably something interesting. Quote
Oopsdabassist Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 I'm the opposite, dislike natural wood basses that one of trevorR's about 3 posts up reminds me off a coffee table we had as a kid, sorry Trev! A bit of paint adds to the mystery, you never quite know whats under there...might even be plastic..or cardboard......or whittled bogies...anything!! Quote
Sibob Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 For me it's gold hardware and non-angled (or flat) headstocks on high-end boutique basses!! Si Quote
DarkHeart Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 Ive got an example of everything people dislike in my collection, from pointy headstocks to headless and basses with gold hardware and one that combines both....all i haven`t got is sunburst yup I dont like sunburst Quote
odysseus Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 All that metalwork over the strings on Rickenbackers looks bloody awful. And some basses have those damn great bridges that look like a massive metal ashtray from a 70's working men's club. Yuck! Quote
HazBeen Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 White finishes Gold Hardware (on most basses) Headless basses < 4 strings is just wrong IMO > 6 is just showing off Very narrow string spacings (16.5 and below) Ritter basses Benavente basses And any others that look like my 3 year old designed them... > 24 frets I could live without That felt great for a Monday morning rant Quote
ezbass Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 I'm not overly keen on the Lakland bridge, but I had a 5502 and got past it (the rest looked fine and it sounded good too) but you always know it's a Lakland bass. Small bodies look a little silly on my frame, but my 2 Ibbys are so comfortable and sound great. Gold hardware isn't a fave, but one of those Ibbys has gold on it (it fits in with the burr top). So if the sound is good and the ergonomics work, I can get on with anything except...[b]the G&L ASAT bass; a Telecaster body with a long bass neck, just seems wrong[/b] (I understand that they are lovely basses though). Quote
Scoop Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 I hate every bass that I don't own yet. ...and drummers that can't timekeep. Quote
Mykesbass Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Lots of people disliking large, ugly headstocks, but nobody has named my number 1 culprit for this, marring what would otherwise top my GAS list - Wal. Sorry Wal owners (esp CamdenRob who seems to be on the receiving end in this thread) but, when you consider the care and attention that has gone into the rest of the bass the headstock looks like an afterthought. Also another vote for the Lakland bridge, did actually put me off when I was looking for a bass in that price range. Quote
CamdenRob Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Yes I must admit my mk1 would come in handy should I ever find myself adrift at sea... Quote
Cameronj279 Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 As much as I love Wal basses I do agree the headstocks are less than pleasing to the eye. Still want one right enough. Quote
TrevorR Posted August 18, 2015 Author Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) CamdenRob, I'll be able to row faster with my Pro, though! :-) Edited August 18, 2015 by TrevorR Quote
CamdenRob Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1439928847' post='2846891'] CamdenRob, I'll be able to row faster with my Pro, though! :-) [/quote] We could do the pairs in Rio next year... On a related note. Is the Wal history site yours? It an excellent piece of work, I've enjoyed hours on there. Quote
eightbitraptor Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Gold hardware (on anything other than pearl white) Sunburst finishes in general oh... and the ESP LTD F-series body shape specifically, seriously? The B series look great, why spoil them by sawing chunks out here and there Quote
Treb Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 [quote name='Naetharu' timestamp='1439237491' post='2841220'] Its got a sort of Larry Graham vibe going on. [/quote] Yeah, either Larry Graham or Verdine White. Gold hardware, headless, coffee table wood, single cuts look clunky to me, +1 on Fodera 4 string headstocks being too big, 5 or even more strings, LEDs, pointy heavy metal shapes, Rickenbacker and Gibson basses, weird organic shapes, light brown rosewood (it needs to be dark brown!), soft basswood bodies, huge bodies (JayDee, Alembic, regular J-bass), sunburst on a headstock looks weird cool on bodies though, Quote
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