Barking Spiders Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I have, yesterday.😁. I already have three other basses, having sold four in the last 18 months. I'd only gone into the store to get some strings but it just looked so inviting I couldn't resist it. As I already have a Ray 4 single humbucker model I didn't even bother trying it out in the shop. Luckily it's great. Nice low action with no fret buzz and a great tone with the double humbuckers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Yes, a good few years ago I was in Coda Music in Stevenage and I saw a Mex Fender precision in white/rosewood, there was something about that bass that I just had to have it. I`m currently trying to resist the temptation with a bass up for grabs on here, same colour scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Yes, pretty much every bass I have ever bought. In my hands, in a band mix, most basses sound pretty much the same; so how they look is what differentiates them from each other. If you play live it is, IMO, important to have a bass that compliments the image of the band. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 No, apart from the Fender mustangs, a couple of epiphone vintage pro thunderbirds, a Guild starfire, a hohner B2A, a danelectro longhorn, and a few others that I can't see from where I'm sitting. 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Nation Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I bought a Parker P42 back in my youth because I love the shape. I don't even play guitar (not that I can really play bass either ). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Yup, many times. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Bought just one? 🤔😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 All the time, probably my main criterion for any bass purchase ever. And that's a lot of basses. Couple of examples, one good: And one absolutely bloody awful: The Lottery Of Functionality aspect might well be a factor in the whole thing, but I don't know. I just like shiny stuff. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Yes, I bought a Fender MIM 70s reissue because it looked so purty. I never play it, I just look at it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Yup. They all sounded good too though, it wasn't purely a looks thing... Hohner B2A was bought mainly for looks but the passive tone with EMGs was excellent. Only moved it because I found the string spacing a bit too tight and I was acquiring more basses than I felt I should have had. Washburn Status for a proper 80s style bass to front an 80s band with... Actually canned the project six months ago and the look didn't fit with the new band. Epiphone Jack Casady. Love the look, it's a stunner. But also I wanted to try a semi hollow for ages and it gets great reviews. My band also wants to do acoustic sets and I don't really want an acoustic bass. I've used the JC at a few "electric" gigs anyway, it's a great bass. It complements the other basses I have too giving me a really good range of tones available across four basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertbass Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Being left handed I don't have a lot of choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Yeh. Most of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 1 hour ago, gjones said: Yes, I bought a Fender MIM 70s reissue because it looked so purty. I never play it, I just look at it. One of my students has one of these, I love the sound of it. Wouldn't mind one myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, Dood said: One of my students has one of these, I love the sound of it. Wouldn't mind one myself! When I first bought it, I wasn't so keen on the sound. I fitted a J-retro to it and still wasn't convinced. I then removed the J-retro and put a set of Fender roundwounds on it and, all of a sudden, I liked the sound. I sometimes have days like that, where I one day I hate a bass and the next day I love it........ I'm weird. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Only once. Turned out OK, but was the first to go when I needed the money. Everything else has been a known quantity- I'd played it or another of its kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I'd like to think that as a sensible, logical engineer I would make all purchases based on the item precisely meeting a strict specification but I have got an Epiphone Thunderbird vintage pro and if I'm honest, I wouldn't have bought it if it didn't look so good. The headstock seems to be made of lead and the neck is a bit narrow for my gorilla hands but it does look good. It does sound amazing tuned down to C with a nice bit of dirt and my favourite DR DDT strings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adee Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Absolutely, once I saw this I had to have one !! EBMM Stingray Starry Night Short Scale … I’m a sucker for sparkly 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Yellow USA Fender P Zebra stripes Hamer Blitz White Charvel M2 Black Guild B301 All bought on looks before I played them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 37 minutes ago, SteveXFR said: I'd like to think that as a sensible, logical engineer I would make all purchases based on the item precisely meeting a strict specification but I have got an Epiphone Thunderbird vintage pro and if I'm honest, I wouldn't have bought it if it didn't look so good. The headstock seems to be made of lead and the neck is a bit narrow for my gorilla hands but it does look good. It does sound amazing tuned down to C with a nice bit of dirt and my favourite DR DDT strings. I too am supposedly a rational, logical engineer, but I'm a sucker for good looks...in general! There sure are a lot of fugly basses and guitars out there. Even if they play beautifully, I still wouldn't even try one in a store. After all, as guitars/basses spend more time hanging on the wall than actually being played it makes sense to have the nice lookers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 As I said in the bass confessions thread, I don't really care what a bass sounds like as long as it is capable of going 'dum dum dum' on a gig. Therefore looks are pretty much my only criterion (bar weight, due to dodgy back) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Never, I am a sober and rational individual. Only 6, or maybe 9 of them. If I could afford a Ritter Isabella Bass in Orange I would have one already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 These are only £166 from Thomann so probably not much cop. I've never played one but still really want one! 😆 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, MacDaddy said: These are only £166 from Thomann so probably not much cop. I've never played one but still really want one! 😆 Just needs the Hello Kitty logo added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishfacefour Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 43 minutes ago, MacDaddy said: These are only £166 from Thomann so probably not much cop. I've never played one but still really want one! 😆 Argh, my eyes! That bass needs a content warning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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