Ugly Basses

[Bridgehouse]

3 hours ago, Rich said:

My god, how could anyone find this piece of art ugly?

Strange, as I love it - but I do get the opposite!

 

2 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

Because some people see it as a piece of art?

 

I don't think it's ugly btw, just a bit... unapproachable.

Now that’s close to the sort of comment I get - that it looks unwieldy or difficult to get on with and a bit “odd”

 

2 hours ago, sprocketflup said:

This isn't the thread for it of course, but are there any more pics of this bass on the site? I've only ever seen that one. I'd love to see more as that is just stunning

 

There might be in the fretless thread, but just for indulgence sake:

 

 

Edited October 4, 2022 by Bridgehouse

[Bridgehouse]

And the other comment I get is that the light bits on the top look like scratches or marks and look ugly - it’s actually figuring in the African Blackwood and completely natural!

[Woodinblack]

I think the light marks make it. There is a very similar uberhorn that doesn't have the marks, I prefer the one with, it adds a highlight.

11 hours ago, Bridgehouse said:

Now that’s close to the sort of comment I get - that it looks unwieldy or difficult to get on with and a bit “odd”

 

Only because it is a fretless! The uberhorns are supremely comfortable and mine is so light.

 

Only downside is they wouldn't be so good for someone who wanted to use a plectrum at the time.

[Tim2291]

This one will definitely be ugly to a lot of people... Personally I think it's ugly, absolutely ridiculous and I've never wanted a guitar more in my life  🤣

[Rib13Bass]

20 hours ago, Bridgehouse said:

Funnily enough, I get a 50/50 split of hate/love for my Shuker fretless.

 

Some people seem to think it's the most incredibly beautiful bass they have ever seen, and yet others say it's truly hideous and an affront to their senses.

 

Certainly seems some think it's ugly but others not at all...

 

 

I definitely would NOT have put that in my video ....looks great to me

[Bridgehouse]

2 minutes ago, Rib13Bass said:

I definitely would NOT have put that in my video ....looks great to me

I like it - and I know plenty of others who do - but I’ve had some say that they think it’s really ugly. 
 

🤷‍♂️

[nilorius]

3 hours ago, Tim2291 said:

This one will definitely be ugly to a lot of people... Personally I think it's ugly, absolutely ridiculous and I've never wanted a guitar more in my life  🤣

Body form is ok, but the colors.....................................?!?

[Tim2291]

1 minute ago, nilorius said:

Body form is ok, but the colors.....................................?!?

As I said, it's ugly as anything! 

[ezbass]

3 hours ago, Tim2291 said:

This one will definitely be ugly to a lot of people... Personally I think it's ugly, absolutely ridiculous and I've never wanted a guitar more in my life  🤣

Now, if Jens had just done the colour swatches on the body and left the pickups and fretboard as normal, that would work. A real example of less being more and more being so much less.

[Woodinblack]

4 hours ago, Tim2291 said:

This one will definitely be ugly to a lot of people... Personally I think it's ugly, absolutely ridiculous and I've never wanted a guitar more in my life  🤣

 

Love that. Which isn't surprsing as most of his colourwork is good

 

[Quilly]

10 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Love that. Which isn't surprsing as most of his colourwork is good

 

It remind me of those hideous VW Polo chameleons from about 20years ago. 

[Quilly]

Badly relic'ed basses 

[BigRedX]

I love all of Jens Ritters designs except for the very slightly angled pickups which always look wrong to me. Since they are under covers, surely it would be no big deal to make the covers slightly bigger so they could be straightened up (but still have angled pickups hidden underneath). Although does that very slight angle actually make any difference to the sound?

[Woodinblack]

5 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

I love all of Jens Ritters designs except for the very slightly angled pickups which always look wrong to me.

 

Agreed, they look a bit odd like that (even more so on that one where you see how they are out). My shuker has slightly angled pickups, but as they are black on black and only jazz size, they don't really notice but as his are big, they do.

[tauzero]

16 hours ago, Bridgehouse said:

And the other comment I get is that the light bits on the top look like scratches or marks and look ugly - it’s actually figuring in the African Blackwood and completely natural!

 

I think it's lovely. I shall resist the temptation to ask about a 5-string version. No, really, I will.

[Bassassin]

1 hour ago, nilorius said:

Body form is ok, but the colors.....................................?!?

 

The exact opposite for me - it's not quite as foul as most Ritters (still a bit of a moose though) - but the colours are amazing.

 

[mikel]

I hate basses with ridiculously long horns. Just aesthetically wrong to my eyes. 

[tauzero]

4 hours ago, BigRedX said:

I love all of Jens Ritters designs except for the very slightly angled pickups which always look wrong to me. Since they are under covers, surely it would be no big deal to make the covers slightly bigger so they could be straightened up (but still have angled pickups hidden underneath). Although does that very slight angle actually make any difference to the sound?

 

I like them too. My opinion may be coloured by the fact I love my Antoniotsai which has a distinct Ritter homage feel to it, even to the slopey pickups. I bought it in 2007, at which point I'd never heard of Ritter.

 

[tauzero]

9 hours ago, Tim2291 said:

This one will definitely be ugly to a lot of people... Personally I think it's ugly, absolutely ridiculous and I've never wanted a guitar more in my life  🤣

 

The body is lovely, not so keen on the fretboard or the pickups - I think I'd describe them as fussy.

[Bridgehouse]

2 minutes ago, tauzero said:

 

I like them too. My opinion may be coloured by the fact I love my Antoniotsai which has a distinct Ritter homage feel to it, even to the slopey pickups. I bought it in 2007, at which point I'd never heard of Ritter.

 

Stuff the bass!!!

 

That stereo!!!!!!

 

😍

[tauzero]

1 minute ago, Bridgehouse said:

Stuff the bass!!!

 

That stereo!!!!!!

 

😍

 

I plead not guilty to that. That was the current Mrs Zero's, as I'd left mine at my house along with the former Mrs Zero.

[Dad3353]

2 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said:

Stuff the bass!!!

 

That stereo!!!!!!

 

😍

 

Stuff the stereo..!

 

That drum..!

 

[Chris2112]

10 hours ago, Tim2291 said:

This one will definitely be ugly to a lot of people... Personally I think it's ugly, absolutely ridiculous and I've never wanted a guitar more in my life  🤣

 

I absolutely love that. I'm in the camp that would prefer a plain black fretboard but overall, it is just stunning. Every single colour looks so rich and glorious, and Jens Ritter's colour work actually looks great in real life too (unlike say, Kiesel). 

 

Yes, I'd play the hell out of that bass. 

[meterman]

This popped up in my instagram feed, would it count?

 

 

Personally I wouldn’t touch it with a stolen Richard but I’ve never been a fan of 1950’s kitchen cupboard formica. 

[Rich]

Oh god, my eyes. That is just horrific.