Have you ever bought a BASS and hated it

[Bass4real]

I always wanted to have a RICKENBACKER 

that is until I bought a  black 4001 in 1980

for around 700.00 .

And then I played it .

I was the worst money I ever spent on a bass

I hated everything about it 

I sold it 2 months after I bought it.

I don't like popular brand name basses.

Fender - Gibson - RICKENBACKER - etc.

 

I do like the Ibanez bTb series 

I do like some the PEAVEY basses 

I do like the SPECTOR basses from the 90s

I do like the TOBIAS BASSES

I do like 80s KRAMER 8 stringers

I do like many of the,"cheaper basses" under 400.00 I've played

the truth is" budget Bass guitars " have come a long way .

My favorite Bass right now is a

BRICE FREAK 5 str. that I paid $399.00 for 

in 2017 . It's one of the best basses I've bought in every way .

I've not one time had to adjust anything on this bass , I know I know but that is the GODS honest truth.

 

Later 

BASS PLAYERs

 

 

 

[Lozz196]

No, I’ve been fortunate that I’ve never hated any of the basses I’ve owned. Sure there have been some that I just haven’t bonded with but all of them were perfectly fine, just things like finding out I prefer gloss finish to satin, minor stuff like that.

[Doctor J]

Hate is a very strong term, needlessly so. Many basses have been bought and sole over the years, can't say I've ever been so upset as to actually hate any.

[Mottlefeeder]

I had a s/h Warwick Corvette fretless tuned BEAD, which I loved, and decided to move on to a 5-string fretless Corvette.

What I didn't realise was that the transition from 4-string bubinga body to a wider neck 5-string and lighter swamp ash body would result in neck dive. 

I tried various remedies and eventually decided I would never be happy with it so I moved it on.

[chyc]

Not everyone can do this, but I've never bought an instrument I've not played beforehand. Does that mean I've passed up the opportunity to find my ultimate bass? Maybe, but on the flipside I've never bought a bass that's anything less than great, let alone owned a bass I've hated.