Oooer - not for me

[howdenspur]

1 hour ago, charic said:

I think it's the horn being wider than the body that does it, it just looks... "splodgy" to me

Yep, "splodgy" is a good word. Looks a bit like a Music Man Ray gone wrong to me .  But then, I still think the Explorer shape look quite radical ("invented" 1958)

[Paul S]

Looks to me like the loser in the 'Great British Bake Off' bass guitar biscuit challenge.  Hand cut from ginger bread dough and then baked.

[Skol303]

The 90--degree angles of the scratchplate  also clash with the "splodginess" of the rounded body.

The upper part of the plate should have been curved upwards to match the body contour. It's like they got that far and thought, "ah feck it, pub time" and just drew straight across with a ruler.

[Dad3353]

35 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

What about these designs ?

Designs..? You speak in jest, Shirley..? A lot of thought (and marketing...) has gone into each of those, but pretty..? Nah..! I don't doubt their admirable qualities as playable instruments (well, actually, I do, a bit...), but they're all ugly (saving grace for the bodiless, headless, Steinberger-ish one, for its symmetry, but it ain't beautiful, but any stretch...). Anyone think the opposite..? Hmm; thought not.

[Hellzero]

You mentioned Fender designs basses as the standard, these basses except the Zeta don't take the Fender path. The Klein being even totally ergonomically thought...

I've always found the Fender designs ugly, but he opened the paved straight road, hélas.

[redbandit599]

To me it looks like a small octopus jetting away from the headstock...but I have got a bad cold and am doing some serious paracetamol at the moment.

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited February 25, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[fleabag]

I've been forced to phone a nurse

[Cato]

1 hour ago, Hellzero said:

What about these designs ?

That Ampeg is my 'if I won the lottery' bass.

I'd probably just keep it on the wall as a piece of art.

[Rich]

7 hours ago, HazBeen said:

Okay, I am buying one... no more people wanting to borrow my bass. And apparently I will get used to how it looks anyway

Yup, it'll only take 70 years or so 😄

[mrtcat]

If you hung one of those on the wall in a music shop with all the other basses it would be like Sally Gunnel mingling with the cast of made in Chelsea.

[spectoremg]

15 hours ago, ped said:

Futile

This. Another pointless go at a bass design.

[spectoremg]

13 hours ago, skidder652003 said:

fair enough but the proportions are just plain wrong, a fender P is just right somehow

Now if we're talking proportions, that headstock is way bigger than it needs to be.

[fleabag]

Pointless observation

[SteveK]

16 hours ago, spectoremg said:

Now if we're talking proportions, that headstock is way bigger than it needs to be.

Maybe, but aint it just perfect though!

Edited March 10, 2018 by SteveK

[BreadBin]

 

On 09/03/2018 at 07:45, musicbassman said:

Jeez, I wouldn't want one of those if it was offered for free.

I like the care that was taken to make sure the top line of the pickguard doesn't even run parallel to the strings.

It's easy to make fundamental mistakes when lining up separate elements of a guitar. Check out Dolores, my BC Rich Zombie. 

[fleabag]

Ooops.  That bridge

The strap button looks a bit mad, too

[BreadBin]

It all started with the maker lining up the top edge of the fingerboard with the through neck timber, and from there on everything went wonky! They didn't allow for the taper as far as I can see.

[fleabag]

The body shape sort of reminds me of a Viking weapon

[BreadBin]

It's evil - if you play sat down the lower horn has a bit that stabs you in the leg whilst the same feature on the upper horn sticks into your sternum!

My stepdaughter reckons it looks like a chicken. 

[fleabag]

A Viking chicken of war

[stingrayPete1977]

You know when someone bakes you a birthday guitar cake and that person hasn't got a clue what the difference between a Les Paul and Double bass is, this bass looks like that cake.

[oldbass]

the old adage..if it looks right it usually is right..eh.. that dosen't look right.

[MacDaddy]

On 3/9/2018 at 16:32, Hellzero said:

What about these designs ?

 

none of those look splodgy.

[Hellzero]

I know, but it was originally posted to show some non Fender designs that are not splodgy... So now a bit out of context. The last one is mine and is a Stradi (www.stradi.pl), a really ergonomic design.