Your dealbreakers on basses?

[Ed_S]

This is probably somebody's ideal custom-shop build specification, but...

- Multiscale

- Fretless

- Single-cut

- Ramp

- Nitrocellulose

- Sunburst

- Roadworn / relic

- Tort pickguard

- Gold hardware

- Wood pickup covers / knobs

- Angled pickups

- Loads of knobs and switches

[BreadBin]

On 08/04/2022 at 19:48, NancyJohnson said:

What's with the 40mm nut thing?  I didn't realise there were so many wussies here.

 

You never eaten an apple?  Have difficulty picking it up?  Sheesh.

I don't know about you but I rarely grip an apple for four hours on a Sunday.

[nekomatic]

My cancellable bass take is that I like sunburst, I like tort, but tort+sunburst?? Noooo…

 

Single cutaway and relicing are also both just wrong, obvs. 

[tauzero]

• Fewer than 5 strings
• Fender/Squier/clone
• Painted
• I would say "headstocks" but there aren't enough headless basses around to do that
• Fat necks
• Single cuts
   

[Newfoundfreedom]

Elephant ear tuners

Glossy paint

Fender logo

 

[Britsie]

neck dive

[ahpook]

Another vote for neck dive (Even if you can 'fix it with a broad strap' it's still an badly balanced instrument and that bugs the hell out of me.)

 

Pretend wear

 

Hugely figured body woods - they're gauche and should calm down

[dudewheresmybass]

for me - As a general rule, I don't like active instruments (although there very few exceptions.)

solely J pickups  - I've not found tone I liked despite trying many times.