Things I'd like manufacturers to do...

[msb]

58 minutes ago, chris_b said:

All bass manufacturers, add a small anti gravity device to all basses. One that can lift about 8lbs.

Danelectro with Masonite construction.

[SH73]

Fender- Fender rumble put the control knobs at the front NOT the top!

[BlueMoon]

G&L : lose the “batwing/bottle opener” headstock on all models.

[bass_dinger]

Manucturers - create and maintain a Legacy page on your website, with the history of your equipment, by model, and schematics for repairers to refer to.

[Woodinblack]

9 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

A recent JLo interview would suggest this may be on the horizon...

 

Wow, I didn't know Jennifer Lopez even used the hyperdrive!

[dmccombe7]

Fender - improve quality control

 

Mesa - start selling outside US

 

Strings - make everlasting rounds

 

Handbox - find a UK distributor to let people try them.

 

General observation - we need more gear in shops across the UK to let us try it out.

[la bam]

Some great ideas, keep em coming. You never know someone might act on some of these.

[cetera]

Epiphone - Put out high quality, authentic, affordable reissues of Grabber/Ripper & G3 basses, like you did with the Tbird Vintage Pro.

Spector - Make the Euro X a standard model (& reverse X). Make 'metallic purple' a standard colour on Euro models. Change all necks to Kramer dimensions and round off the body shape at the base (as per old look). Stop chasing the 'look at me' instagrammers for promotion. Reward your most loyal customers/users 

Jackson - stop with the horrific 'PJ meets Ricky' stylings and get back to making proper active thru neck PJ loaded rock 'monsters' again!

Rickenbacker - sort your attitude, your QC and your pricing. Get a Euro factory to make a competitively priced version of your most popular model.

Darkglass..... enough already!

Gallien-Krueger - Reissue authentic sounding 400RB/800RB heads in smaller housing like the Legacy heads.

Fender - make a collection of 70's P & PJ Precision basses with Jazz necks, bound & blocked. Choice of classic body colours and maple/rosewood boards.

Edited November 17, 2022 by cetera
Added more info

[Cosmo Valdemar]

19 minutes ago, cetera said:

Epiphone - Put out high quality, authentic, affordable reissues of Grabber/Ripper & G3 basses, like you did with the Tbird Vintage Pro.

Spector - Make the Euro X a standard model. Stop chasing the 'look at me' instagrammers for promotion. Reward your most loyal customers/users 

Jackson - stop with the horrific 'PJ meets Ricky' stylings and get back to making proper active thru neck PJ loaded rock 'monsters' again!

Rickenbacker - sort your attitude, your QC and your pricing. Get a Euro factory to make a competitively priced version of your most popular model.

Darkglass..... enough already!

Gallien-Krueger - Reissue authentic sounding 400RB/800RB heads in smaller housing like the Legacy heads.

Fender - make a collection of 70's P & PJ Precision basses with Jazz necks, bound & blocked. Choice of classic body colours and maple/rosewood boards.

Hard to argue with any of these. Imagine, an Epiphone Grabber! 

[Lozz196]

Not sure if this is already done but:

 

Rickenbacker - Introduce a "Made in Mexico" or Squier/Epiphone type range

[dclaassen]

6 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Hard to argue with any of these. Imagine, an Epiphone Grabber! 

How about  an Epiphone RD Artist? Maybe chambered, so old guys can hold it for more than 5 minutes....

 

Totally agree with power switch on the front...

 

All bass manufacturers...stop with the baseball bat necks already!

 

Spector-make a version of the Spectercore fretless with a hard-finished fretboard, like a pentabuzz.....

 

[mario_buoninfante]

2 months later...

ta-daaaaaa

 

Edited November 17, 2022 by mario_buoninfante

[miles'tone]

15 hours ago, bass_dinger said:

Orange amps in other colours...

 

 

You can have any other colour you like as long as it's black. 

 

- Henry "OJ" Ford

[miles'tone]

Rickenbacker - make a proper 4005 you bloody clowns.

[TheGreek]

3 hours ago, cetera said:

EVERYBODY!!! - Stop chasing the 'look at me' instagrammers for promotion. Reward your most loyal customers/users 

 

 

FIXED

[Stofferson]

All bass amp manufacturers - more class A/B options, not everyone wants class D 

[dudewheresmybass]

BC Rich - any bass range (sorely lacking ATM), but I'd love to see new twin P passive basses without the testicle rest headstock - the 2+2 paddle headstock or a normal 4 in line would be perfect

 

 

[MacDaddy]

Useable multi fx presets, that require minimal tweaking.

 

 

[msb]

2 hours ago, miles'tone said:

Rickenbacker - make a proper 4005 you bloody clowns.

 

 

 

It appears that Rickenbacker is about to do just that ! 

[BlueMoon]

For those bass manufacturers who don’t already…………….

 

Install Luminlay (glow in the dark) side markers in the neck of the instrument, especially fretless.

[Woodinblack]

10 minutes ago, BlueMoon said:

For those bass manufacturers who don’t already…………….

 

Install Luminlay (glow in the dark) side markers in the neck of the instrument, especially fretless.

 

Depends on the instrument - in some cases it is worse than not having it

[Cato]

Fender put the Bass VI into all your ranges and offer it in something other than sunburst/tort.

[casapete]

32 minutes ago, Cato said:

Fender put the Bass VI into all your ranges and offer it in something other than sunburst/tort.

Squier do the FSR Classic Vibe Bass VI in various non burst colours, including Shell Pink, Lake Placid

blue, Purple Metallic and Walnut. 😊

[msb]

My VI was the first Squier I’ve ever purchased. No complaints. I’m happy Fender made it available as an inexpensive import. Vintage and Custom Shop would be beyond my discretionary budget. 
I spend more time on it than I ever expected to.

[Barking Spiders]

Mayones - stop with those stubby Cali 4 basses. They may be fine for Tyrion Lannister but ugh!

Non Fender manufacturers - stop churning out endless P and J basses. 

Bass and amp manufacturers - I second what another said about black amps, which I'll extend to basses. 

Bass effects manufacturers - please come up with a unit that emulates the Roland TB303.

Bass manufacturers- stop with the sunburst finish. It's a look that belongs in the 60s.

Bass manufacturers  - enough with ERBs please. They're a gimmick that's past their rightful expiry period. And they're mostly fugly.

Warwick - why do you still design basses with body parts that look like marital aids?