AndyTravis Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, ead said: Just trying to work out what is left to like Nobody’s mentioned carbon fibre headless basses... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Oh yeah LEDs fret markers. Blurgh! Side ones I can understand but still don't want but what the hell are the ones on the front for? You can't see the front so they're not for the player, and they make your bass look like a cheap toy so they're not for audience. It's just jumping on the bandwagon of, "Ooh stick some blue LEDs in and it'll be cool". Not! Warwick tuners. Straighten them up muppet! 😆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 1 minute ago, AndyTravis said: Nobody’s mentioned carbon fibre headless basses... That'll be it, can't be using wood now can we. Possibly plexiglass as a backup bass? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 12 minutes ago, ead said: Just trying to work out what is left to like Err...how about a black Precision? 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, casapete said: Err...how about a black Precision? 😄 Made of wood, doesn't qualify. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 13 minutes ago, Maude said: Warwick tuners. Straighten them up muppet! Then it just becomes the original article.... a Spector! 😁 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbuzz Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) Oh lord, Warwick... just went to their website to check whether I was being unfair, but no, almost every single one of their designs looks like it was templated from a five-year-old's first attempt to draw a bass... The wonky tuners... the dildo top horns... the nubbiny bottom horns... that one that looks like a melted Thunderbird... But also - their website...! That little window, lost in the middle of the screen! It's like travelling 20 years back in time... Edited March 30, 2020 by paulbuzz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, paulbuzz said: Oh lord, Warwick... just went to their website to check whether I was being unfair, but no, almost every single one of their designs looks like it was templated from a five-year-old's first attempt to draw a bass... But also - their website...! That little window, lost in the middle of the screen! It's like travelling 20 years back in time... The Katana is a joke isn't it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40hz Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) Things I visually can't abide; Single-cuts Ramps Those weird hair ties that people put behind the nut. 6-strings+ Musicman Bongos / Stingray 5 Warwick Vampyre (the ugliest bass aside from the Bongo) Sunburst of ANY kind (eugh) Metally looking basses, pointy headstocks. (Although my Flea is dangerously close to this 😂) Expensive basses that try to look like Fenders. Sadowsky et Al. (this is in no way a slight on quality or sound) Edited March 30, 2020 by 40hz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdw Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Really don't like the modern single cuts or relics, luckily I don't think I've ever seen both together. Not keen on front LEDs either. Sooner or later someone will make a modern single cut relic with front LEDs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleat Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) I'm really looking forward to the "Types of bass player you don't like" thread. Edited March 30, 2020 by Bleat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthedog Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) Wood control knobs / wood pick up covers. Single cut bodies. Most maple finger boards. Jack sockets on the front of the bass (except for P basses - I do not know why that is an exception but it is) Edited March 31, 2020 by Bobthedog 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysbass Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Here goes... No Scratchplates, solid paint finishes, sunburst paint finishes, maple or any similarly light coloured fretboards, bridges made out of bent metal (solid, cast Bridges only please), “relic’d” finishes, headless basses, basses without bodies (eg Steinberger), chrome hardware styled to look like it came from a 60s American diner, headstock designs that cause the strings to exit the nut at a sharp angle...... Or in short, probably 75% of the basses out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 17 hours ago, yorks5stringer said: Au contraire mon ami, the early P/Tele Bass headstock has the most pleasing symmetry and it is the later P Bass that should be confined to a darkened room! Agreed. The later ones are just too big and clunky, out of proportion to the neck. For me its too many control's on a bass, they Simply look messy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoBass Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I almost forgot... 🤦🏻♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) For some reason Fodera, and that simplfied version of Ned Steinberger's Spector NS-1 and -2. No curved body, ugly headstock and controls, astronomical price, what else not to like? Every singlecut. Spender "updates" that do not exist. Spender copycats. "New" instruments with common electronics, pickups and strings with "very special piano like tone" and something "very extra new" that was actually old before the company was founded. Tonewoods discussion. Maple necks, front dots, LEDs included. Carbon track pots which have some shiny brand name and still are just inferior carbon track pots. Some 60 year old Spender in superior condition named as some holy grail, when in real life there has been some reason not to play an instrument. Unplayable? And not playing is not good to any instrument. Ask any pro double bassist. Edited March 31, 2020 by itu text issues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Funny, most of these I have hated at some time, although to be fair, there are a few that I still dislike (orangey browny red sunburst and tort, especially but not exclusively together). But some things, singlecuts, I hated them, then saw one I liked and after that sort of liked it, bongo shape, hated it then after a while of looking decided I actually liked it. So there are very few absolutely no ways any more, just a lot of 'not nows'. Outside Foderas (and ebay customs), there are very few actually completely ugly basses, and at least they are different, so someone can love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 The Ibanez SDGR head stock logo is beyond tacky. They make some cracking basses, but I just couldn't live with that logo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 What's not to like about this? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 minute ago, yorks5stringer said: What's not to like about this? Its clearly made of cardboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: Its clearly made of cardboard! 3 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: Its clearly made of cardboard! speaking of which, did anyone mention these? https://www.andertons.co.uk/danelectro-58-longhorn-bass-in-copper-burst-dl58cblonghornbass?gclid=EAIaIQobChMItqvOy73E6AIVDkPTCh22fAAREAQYAyABEgLHJfD_BwE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: Its clearly made of cardboard! Or Caramac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I forgot this beeeeyoooteeeee 😝 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 Oh thanks, now I really fancy a caramac. Off down the shops for a spot of social distancing, then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 13 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said: What's not to like about this? That reminds me of another one for the list. Single pickup basses. They just don't look right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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