spectoremg Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 29 minutes ago, la bam said: Cream coloured or white plastic pickup covers. 21 minutes ago, Jonse said: When I was about 13 I had a go at putting a parts bass together. I got an awful Tele body from eBay or somewhere and a full scale P bass neck. Needless to say that the bridge was in the wrong position so it wouldn't intonate but I didn't understand that at the time. I mixed creosote with red food colouring to stain the body and that really didn't look too bad. It had two 51 P style pickups in the Tele positions and I seem to remember that I wired up them pretty good. Think it was all firewood after a year or so 😁 X 100! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Jono Bolton said: IIRC, that shape was used for 12-string Teles, but it doesn't really work for a 6-string. It barely worked for a 12-string. The only good Fender 12-string headstock was the one on the Electric XII An MDP job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 7 hours ago, Silvia Bluejay said: This 'thing' I saw at Warwick's NAMM stand, and photographed in utter disbelief. 😱 If you look straight at the pickups and ignore all the other stuff going on, it looks like a snap shot of an endoscopy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, Japhet said: If you look straight at the pickups and ignore all the other stuff going on, it looks like a snap shot of an endoscopy. Jabba The Hutt’s Bellybutton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, Silvia Bluejay said: This 'thing' I saw at Warwick's NAMM stand, and photographed in utter disbelief. 😱 It looks like it has severe stretch marks. Edited March 31, 2020 by bassbiscuits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 5 hours ago, linear said: But could we, perhaps, build a bass that was universally hated? We could start with stick on f-holes and work from there. Oh my word. I feel an interesting photoshop project coming on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 White scratchplates, especially big ones like on P basses. Just looks cheap no matter how it's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 6 minutes ago, lemmywinks said: White scratchplates, especially big ones like on P basses. Just looks cheap no matter how it's done. I was going to say I agree with you but for some reason a Rickenbacker with a white plate just works. Maybe you just get so used to a design that it becomes wrong to change it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Tortoiseshell. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 14 hours ago, Maude said: I was going to say I agree with you but for some reason a Rickenbacker with a white plate just works. Maybe you just get so used to a design that it becomes wrong to change it. That's because the rest of the bass is so ugly the silly scratchplate becomes a tertiary consideration after the janky shape and shoddy workmanship. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 7 minutes ago, lemmywinks said: That's because the rest of the bass is so ugly the silly scratchplate becomes a tertiary consideration after the janky shape and shoddy workmanship. 😆 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezz55 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Styling Cues I Do Not Like. 1 Coloured Headstocks 2 See above Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Spector Coda headstock. Hideous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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