Ugly Bass thread

[robscott]

11 hours ago, SumOne said:

Tonika:

 

 

Oh no! No no no no!

[tegs07]

Not a bass but taking the taxidermy a step too far. A guitar actually  made from (not by) a relative.

Edited September 16, 2021 by tegs07

[Newfoundfreedom]

5 minutes ago, tegs07 said:

Not a bass but taking the taxidermy a step too far. A guitar actually  made from (not by) a relative.

Straight out of From Dusk Till Dawn. 😆

[tegs07]

3 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

Straight out of From Dusk Till Dawn. 😆

I really need to watch that again. I think his still had the head attached?

[Hellzero]

23 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

I'd love a 5 string fretless if they did one.

They did, I owned a few and @itu has an original one.

[Nail Soup]

21 hours ago, ezbass said:

Burns have some form in the UBG stakes:

 

 

 

Although, I also find the Fender Mustang and G&L Fallout’s looks into the challenging category and I own a Mustang.

Quite like the looks of the red one.

[BigRedX]

22 hours ago, ezbass said:

Burns have some form in the UBG stakes:

 

 

A very battered second-hand example of that was my very first bass guitar, and chosen in preference to a new Grant or Columbus P or J copy partly because it was about £15 cheaper but more importantly because ti me it had something a bit more interesting about it.

[Bobo_08]

49 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

 

A very battered second-hand example of that was my very first bass guitar, and chosen in preference to a new Grant or Columbus P or J copy partly because it was about £15 cheaper but more importantly because ti me it had something a bit more interesting about it.

The pickups remind of burns trisonic pickups as used in copies of Brian May's Red Special. 

[itu]

5 hours ago, Hellzero said:

They did, I owned a few and @itu has an original one.

Heavier in weight than the blond (fretted 4) but pretty easy to play. I do love the 19 mm string spacing.

[BigRedX]

31 minutes ago, Bobo_08 said:

The pickups remind of burns trisonic pickups as used in copies of Brian May's Red Special. 

 

That's because they are Burns Tri-Sonic pickups (hence the name of the bass). IIRC the guitar and bass versions are exactly the same electronically, just the covers for the guitar version have 6 indentations on the top and bass version have 4.

[Nail Soup]

21 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

You can argue most of the 'ugly' guitars are the adventurous designs or those trying to be different

 

I think there us something in that.

When people post a 'look at this beauty' pic on Basschat, I more than 50% of the time think 'god that's ugly'.

The remaining ones I do like do tend (as per your other point) to be kind of a classier version of a classic design.

[BigRedX]

And I find myself wondering when someone posts a photo of a Fender P or J bass (or copy of one whether it be high or low end) which attracts lots of admiring replies, what exactly makes this particular instrument any different, and worthy of special attention, from any of the other hundreds of P or J basses that get posted (or indeed any different to the hundreds of P and J basses hung on the walls of shops waiting to be sold).

 

I'm sure if it's your P or J bass then it is special to you, but that AFAICS is it.

[tegs07]

17 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

And I find myself wondering when someone posts a photo of a Fender P or J bass (or copy of one whether it be high or low end) which attracts lots of admiring replies, what exactly makes this particular instrument any different, and worthy of special attention, from any of the other hundreds of P or J basses that get posted (or indeed any different to the hundreds of P and J basses hung on the walls of shops waiting to be sold).

 

I'm sure if it's your P or J bass then it is special to you, but that AFAICS is it.

I don’t know. What makes any mass produced instrument, car or phone special or interesting?  The quality of instruments coming out of Indonesia, Korea or Mexico these days is generally excellent. Take any £500 bass from say the Cort factory and give it a decent set up and it it will most likely be worthy of praise no matter what is on the headstock. Spent a couple of hundred more and the materials will be better making it even nicer to use and listen to. The shape is down to preference. Some go for a classic look, some for novelty some for something more radical. That’s down to personal taste. 

Edited September 16, 2021 by tegs07

[Musicman666]

Anything that looks like it might have fallen off an antique Spanish galleon gets a no from me…it’s just wrong.

[Newfoundfreedom]

2 minutes ago, Musicman666 said:

Anything that looks like it might have fallen off an antique Spanish galleon gets a no from me…it’s just wrong.

 

Like this? 😁

[Musicman666]

12 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

Like this? 😁

The main offenders know who they are…

[Bobo_08]

1 hour ago, BigRedX said:

 

That's because they are Burns Tri-Sonic pickups (hence the name of the bass). IIRC the guitar and bass versions are exactly the same electronically, just the covers for the guitar version have 6 indentations on the top and bass version have 4.

Ahhh... this explains it. lol 😊 I should more carefully!

[tegs07]

Apparently this is a Japanese make called a Fandel which is new to me:

[Bobo_08]

1 hour ago, tegs07 said:

Apparently this is a Japanese make called a Fandel which is new to me:

oh dear... those pickguards..... 🤮

[BigRedX]

33 minutes ago, Bobo_08 said:

oh dear... those pickguards..... 🤮

 

They're great!

[ped]

They look like stomach lining

[Bobo_08]

9 minutes ago, ped said:

They look like stomach lining

.. kinda like tripe?

[lemmywinks]

Almost forgot Gus basses. Not sure if those are chrome dildos or those hand rails that pensioners use to get in and out of the bath. Either way an odd choice to stick on a bass.

[Bobo_08]

Just now, lemmywinks said:

Almost forgot Gus basses. Not sure if those are chrome dildos or those hand rails that pensioners use to get in and out of the bath. Either way an odd choice to stick on a bass.

Looks like the same guy that made Princes basses and guitars. 

[Musicman666]

4 hours ago, lemmywinks said:

Almost forgot Gus basses. Not sure if those are chrome dildos or those hand rails that pensioners use to get in and out of the bath. Either way an odd choice to stick on a bass.

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