P-T-P Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 [b]Love[/b] Maple fretboards Unlined fretless boards Lakland oval bridge Old school Fender custom colours - shell pink, sonic blue etc. Block inlays and binding (as long as they're real inlays, not stick on type) Seriously bird's eyed maple necks sometimes found on MMan basses Brown tortoiseshell pickguard on 3TS Fenders (and similar) Cherry sunburst Colour matched headstocks Gold hardware, but only on white or black basses [b]Hate[/b] Strat type jack sockets (that means you, Warwick Rockbass Streamer Standards) $$ EMG pick-ups 5 in a line tuners (Fender, that's you) Inappropriate tuners - eg Gotoh type on a Fender-a-like headstock (Yamaha particularly guilty of this one) Gold hardware on blue bass - wrong Lake Placid Blue P-Bass type knobs on a passive jazz bass Top hat type knobs on anything Gibson Les Paul type knobs White pickguard on natural or sunburst bass Scratchplates that aren't white, black or tortoiseshell - certain solid or mirror colours may be permissable in special circumstances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyJay Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I can normally find something visually pleasing about almost any bass I've seen but as a rule: Like: Basses that look like vintage American cars Dislike Basses that look like coffee tables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 (edited) Like...... Singlecuts Fenders Naturally worn Fenders Red 'Nice' figured woods Spalted Fingerboards No front markers-except 12th fret. 2 over 3 headstocks Black Hardware EMG's Chrome pick up cover on Jazz Bass Sparkle finishes Uprights Dislike....... Short scale Electric uprights Overly ostentatious wood Delano pickups Basic Fender style bridges Edited January 13, 2010 by Doddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Dislike: Lottery winners dining table tops Translucent colour finishes (esp. turquoise / aqua / other such manky blue-green shades) Gold hardware (esp. when combined with the above) Figured maple (esp. when combined with the two above) Cheesy peace n' love (or satan n' death) fingerboard inlays Single-cutaway bodies Transparent pickguards Jerzy Drodz Wooden knobs, wooden pickup covers Fingerboard LEDs Maple fingerboards with block inlays Pointy headstocks, pointy anything Black basses (purely because of the grubby fingerprints that you never notice until someone photographs you) Like: Wood. Plain wood, not gaudy wood Chrome Pickguards Fingerboards with no inlays, fretless boards with no lines Rosewood boards with MoP blocks Bullet truss rod nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 (edited) Like - Musicmans (men?) -esp. Rays Fender Precisions & variants Dan Armstrongs Danelectro Longhorns (anybody got one they want to sell?) Ampeg (the proper ones) Gallien Krueger (esp. 800RB) Mesa Boogie Dislike - Ugly stuff (step forward Warwick,Spector,Status,Overwater etc etc) Pointy headstocks (Ibanez,ESP etc) Skinny narrow necks that make playing the damned thing even harder. Abused gear - todays crap is tomorrows vintage so take care of it. Edited January 13, 2010 by casapete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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