skidder652003 Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: You really are a funny old lot. The Fender Precision, and its stable mate, the Jazz, provoked pretty much those same reactions from the staid, fuddy-duddy bass players of the day when they were announced. I don't think many, if any at all, were saying 'Now there's a nice-looking bass'. The terms of reference were very different; folks had the idea that 'bass' meant 'upright double bass'. Now, it seems, 'bass' means 'Fender', and any deviation from the terms of reference seen as 'ugly'. As an object of beauty in its own right, I'd put up very few bass guitars; even very few instruments at all. Bongo, anyone..? Firebird..? Seriously..? Amorphous slabs of painted wood; nothing graphically exciting in any sunburst (maybe, perhaps, a violin finish on a semi-acoustic, if I stretch a bit...). Still, it's healthy, I suppose, to pitch tar and feathers on anyone trying to break the mould, but those wishing for innovation and progress seem hard to please, somehow. Yes, it's ugly. In exactly the same way, and for exactly the same reasons, as most basses are ugly. You really are a funny old lot. fair enough but the proportions are just plain wrong, a fender P is just right somehow Edited March 9, 2018 by skidder652003 1 1 Quote
Dad3353 Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 47 minutes ago, skidder652003 said: fair enough but the proportions are just plain wrong, a fender P is just right somehow Somehow..? Neither of those look much like a guitar at all. This is a guitar that could lay at least some claim to beauty... 'The eye of the beholder' and all that, of course, but there's really nothing 'right' about any Fender, or similar; they're all amorphous lumps of painted wood; as much resemblance to a guitar as a Salvador Dali fob-watch. Quote
BigRedX Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: 'The eye of the beholder' and all that, of course, but there's really nothing 'right' about any Fender, or similar; they're all amorphous lumps of painted wood; as much resemblance to a guitar as a Salvador Dali fob-watch. The Fender P shape only looks right because you've had years to get used to it. 1 Quote
Dad3353 Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, BigRedX said: The Fender P shape only looks right because you've had years to get used to it. Exactly. If Fender had released the P-bass with that Tensor shape at the time, then Tensor now released the P-bass shape, I'm pretty certain the comments would be the same: 'It's fugly', just because it's not the familiar shape. 1 Quote
SteveK Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 15 minutes ago, BigRedX said: The Fender P shape only looks right because you've had years to get used to it. Loved the look of a Strat and P bass at first sight. Still think there is something wonderfully futuristic looking about them, especially the Strat. Quote
oldslapper Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 2 hours ago, charic said: Could we be on for a BC first? Everyone agreeing? Spoke too soon. 😆 1 Quote
MacDaddy Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 13 hours ago, fleabag said: They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but i managed to get it out with Optrex https://www.bassplayer.com/gear/tensor-announces-4-string-line-of-custom-bass-guitars-64667 All I can see is a white space with a 'pin it' box. Android 😖 Quote
skidder652003 Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 1 hour ago, BigRedX said: The Fender P shape only looks right because you've had years to get used to it. maybe, but its lasted 70 odd years, that thing next to it wont Quote
BigRedX Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 Is there any ergonomic rationale for shape of the the Tensor? Quote
vsmith1 Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 I'm thinking that sometimes they just have to design something different - just to be different - without any benefits of being different other than not being sued for making a copy. Not my cup of tea. Quote
HazBeen Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 Okay, I am buying one... no more people wanting to borrow my bass. And apparently I will get used to how it looks anyway 1 1 Quote
Mykesbass Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 1 hour ago, BigRedX said: Is there any ergonomic rationale for shape of the the Tensor? Increased access to the 25th (yes, 25 of the blighters) fret apparently. Quote
charic Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 I think it's the horn being wider than the body that does it, it just looks... "splodgy" to me 1 Quote
Jus Lukin Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 (edited) - Edited March 1, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote
Roger2611 Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 I bet there are a whole bunch of "look what I built home "luthiers"" out there that are now saying "see mine wasn't that ugly after all"......hideous monstrosity, even my browser didn't want to load the page properly, i had to have two or three goes before I got to see it! I wish I hadn't bothered now Quote
lemmywinks Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 It looks like a child's drawing of a guitar. Quote
charic Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 12 minutes ago, lemmywinks said: It looks like a child's drawing of a guitar. Looks like a childs playdoh model of a guitar Quote
Skol303 Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 51 minutes ago, charic said: I think it's the horn being wider than the body that does it, it just looks... "splodgy" to me I was searching for an adjective but you nailed it... definitely too splodgy Quote
Hellzero Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 6 hours ago, Dad3353 said: You really are a funny old lot. The Fender Precision, and its stable mate, the Jazz, provoked pretty much those same reactions from the staid, fuddy-duddy bass players of the day when they were announced. I don't think many, if any at all, were saying 'Now there's a nice-looking bass'. The terms of reference were very different; folks had the idea that 'bass' meant 'upright double bass'. Now, it seems, 'bass' means 'Fender', and any deviation from the terms of reference seen as 'ugly'. As an object of beauty in its own right, I'd put up very few bass guitars; even very few instruments at all. Bongo, anyone..? Firebird..? Seriously..? Amorphous slabs of painted wood; nothing graphically exciting in any sunburst (maybe, perhaps, a violin finish on a semi-acoustic, if I stretch a bit...). Still, it's healthy, I suppose, to pitch tar and feathers on anyone trying to break the mould, but those wishing for innovation and progress seem hard to please, somehow. Yes, it's ugly. In exactly the same way, and for exactly the same reasons, as most basses are ugly. You really are a funny old lot. What about these designs ? Quote
Delberthot Posted March 9, 2018 Posted March 9, 2018 5 hours ago, skidder652003 said: What I see is the headstock from a Peavey Grind, top horn from a precision, lower horn from a Stingray, cut down scratchplate from a Gibson Grabber, bridge from an Ibanez ATK and a single jazz pickup mounted there for some reason but it has the one thing that I always wanted - access to the 25th fret. That one detail makes up for it looking like the picture was taken using a fisheye lens and a bad perspective Sometimes the whole is not even close to being greater than the sum of its parts Quote
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