charic Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 [quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1339930256' post='1696322'] ACGs... I would happily have a go on one though if the opportunity arose though. The looks just do nothing for me, and I imagine the sound to be very modern, clinical and sterile - probably totally incorrect an assumption. [/quote] If you're ever in the area then drop me a line (or come to the EABB) you're more than welcome to give mine a go (although it's in Drop C tuning ) if you decide it sounds clinical and sterile you're probably insane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 The violin bass, most ibbys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allihts Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Gold hardware is a dealbreaker for me, chrome or black all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoker Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Never liked P-basses and Thunderbirds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Some basses that have put me off at certain points in my life, though none have always put me off: In historical order: - violin basses - for the looks and the ergonomics (only tried one though) - basses with bridges that consist of wire steel and that go around the edge, where they're fixed with a tiny screw. - Rics - looks at one point. John Hall at the moment, after yesterday reading a huge [s]threat[/s] thread. - pointy things, spikey things, anything non-pointy and non-spikey that reminds of black metal (as to looks - not the music) - anything overtly woody and/or single cut with terrible design - often made by hand, and very expensive - any bass with more than 24 strings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1339976107' post='1697246'] [/quote] I see what you mean, but I think it's just a reflection of the light behind the camera. Seriously though, this should be on the wrong side for me, but it isn't. I'd like not to be seen with it if it sounds bad, but I know it sounds good, so I'll proudly wear it even though my senses tell me it's a little too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) [quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1340042405' post='1698183'] ...I'd like not to be seen with it if it sounds bad, but I know it sounds good, so I'll proudly wear it...[/quote] I'm sure it sounds stupendous, but I just don't get on with headless basses... look like shovels to me! And I don't like wood finishes either... look like furniture to me! So there it is... I don't like it because it looks like a shovel made out of furniture. Edited June 18, 2012 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudburst Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) These new Fenders with "reverse headstocks". Words fail me. Pre-f**ked basses at hugely inflated prices to cover Denmark St shop overheads and pander to Denmark St egos. Anything so complicated that it doesn't have a signature tone. One of those ill-advised abortions that had fretted E/A and fretless D/G. That hideous Fender Antigua snot-burst finish that they have seen fit to re-inflict upon us. That Fender 51 RI in visible-from-space mustard. The really really unfortunate thing here is that I own one of these with the quarter pound pickup and it plays and sounds far too good to do the most appropriate thing which is to sell it and allow style to return to my living room. If only I could have it re-finished in black like a sort of contemporary-japan-jazz-bass special one-off 51 RI. Now there's a plan... CB PS: How about a roadworn 51 RI in mustard with an antigua scratchplate, complicated active electronics, a half fretted maple neck with black block inlays and LEDs and a reverse headstock. Sorry if you're eating your dinner. Edited June 18, 2012 by cloudburst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1340042729' post='1698196'] So there it is... I don't like it because it looks like a shovel made out of furniture. [/quote] For me, it's not that it's headless. They do feel a little weird, but do contain a vague promise, and they induce my GAS. It's about the overtly "beautifulness" with graphite on top of the already mixed shiny woods, plus the amount of knobs. Lurv the shape though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Jamin Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 [quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1340046917' post='1698303'] PS: How about a roadworn 51 RI in mustard with an antigua scratchplate, complicated active electronics, a half fretted maple neck with black block inlays and LEDs and a reverse headstock. Sorry if you're eating your dinner. [/quote] Awww man! Now I've got to clean the sick out of my keyboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 [quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1340046917' post='1698303'] These new Fenders with "reverse headstocks". Words fail me. Pre-f**ked basses at hugely inflated prices to cover Denmark St shop overheads and pander to Denmark St egos. Anything so complicated that it doesn't have a signature tone. One of those ill-advised abortions that had fretted E/A and fretless D/G. That hideous Fender Antigua snot-burst finish that they have seen fit to re-inflict upon us. That Fender 51 RI in visible-from-space mustard. The really really unfortunate thing here is that I own one of these with the quarter pound pickup and it plays and sounds far too good to do the most appropriate thing which is to sell it and allow style to return to my living room. If only I could have it re-finished in black like a sort of contemporary-japan-jazz-bass special one-off 51 RI. Now there's a plan... CB PS: How about a roadworn 51 RI in mustard with an antigua scratchplate, complicated active electronics, a half fretted maple neck with black block inlays and LEDs and a reverse headstock. Sorry if you're eating your dinner. [/quote] PhotoShop geniuses where are you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Jamin Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 [quote name='charic' timestamp='1340051194' post='1698398'] PhotoShop geniuses where are you! [/quote] Nooo! That's like saying "wouldn't it be gross if someone excreted, urinated and vomited into a pot, boiled it, stirred it and served it as stew? Say, could the culinary geniuses conjure me up a sample just to try?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Ben Jamin' timestamp='1340052281' post='1698428'] Nooo! That's like saying "wouldn't it be gross if someone excreted, urinated and vomited into a pot, boiled it, stirred it and served it as stew? Say, could the culinary geniuses conjure me up a sample just to try?" [/quote] I'm not going to look to find out, but that's probably already on Youtube. Edited June 18, 2012 by KingBollock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Jamin Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 [quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1340052371' post='1698429'] I'm not going to look to find out, but that's probably already on Youtube. [/quote] Yep, my video hasn't got many views though so I don't know if it would come up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 In terms of aesthetics, many Fender or Fender type instruments, although I don't mind Ps so much. I'm particularly not interested in things with pale, insipid maple necks (I like old and tinted) or maple with black blocks and binding. I'm also not keen on too-new looking Fender instruments; if anything should look knackered it's a Fender. Show me a brand new bright red Jazz with a bright white scratchplate and a pale maple neck and it won't even register except as firewood. I'm not interested in Sadowskys etc (borne out by the ones I've played). Strangely I can't stand fancy wood Fender types either, although I like many fancy wood basses. It's just a clash of styles IMO. Not a fan of Burns basses or the Peavey T40. There are lots of things like Deans and ESPs and most Yams etc that don't even register with me (in fact the majority of things don't anymore), although I really like Ibanez SRs. Not a fan of the more extreme BC Riches (although I like the Mockingbird, Bich and Eagle). Wishbass? Sh**bass more like. Unlike many on this thread, aesthetically I love Ricks and Alembics and headless basses. I like singlecuts too & I love things with long top horns. I do wonder how much this is all influenced by the musical landscape you grew up in..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamPodmore Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1332168753' post='1584179'] Haha, I'm just teasing you Lefty - most of their modern range is total sh*te; and they are overplaying the pointy crap, because they know it sells well in certain markets... mainly new members on Talkbass who like to ask which basses are good for metal The top one is mine. You're welcome to have a go any time - totally kills a Fender Precision, and I'd love to add more to the collection. But, their best basses are either in the past or coming via the Custom Shop, and I don't think either is necessarily a predictable delivery route at the moment. [/quote] I think the only good bass BC Rich make at the moment is probably the BC Rich Paulo Gregoletto Warlock 5 Spalted Maple (Actually comes from the Ed Roman (R.I.P.) Custom Shop but y'know) Violin basses, Wals, a few Warwicks and singlecut basses. There's not much i don't like actually. Liam Edited June 19, 2012 by LiamPodmore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 2EQ 'Ray is my weapon of choice, but my bass no-nos are: Wals : in '86 tried a Wal in Sound Control alongside a Ray. The Ray immediately sounded great, the Wal like a goose farting in the fog (to paraphrase a certain Mr Connolly), coun't get a decent sound despite immense fiddling, ewwww..... Jazz Bass - I'm 6' 3" with large hands - cannot get on with narrow necks, need a bit of chunk in the neck (which some guys don't, fair dos) Singlecuts - why? Coffee table customs - ditto? Precisions - like the neck, monodimensional sound and looks... Anything with more than three knobs on the front - 'good design is when something is as simple as it needs to be, but no simpler' Oddly enough wouldn't play a Ricky but quite like 'em visually, and original Steiny XL2 cricket bats are awesome sounding, despite the neck being too narrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudburst Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 [quote name='MattM' timestamp='1340137044' post='1699870'] Anything with more than three knobs on the front - 'good design is when something is as simple as it needs to be, but no simpler' [/quote] Oddly enough I was told this quote for the first time in my life at about four thirty this very afternoon. CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 None. I can't tell you I don't want to own it until after I've played it. And then only the one/s I tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Thing Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Alembics, Foderas, Thunderbirds, Warwicks, Burns Bisons, Ritters, Hofner Violins, G&Ls, Dane Electros, anything with 6 or more strings, not that keen of 5, any silly shaped 'metal' bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LemonCello Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Anything that looks like its been made out of an old Ercol coffee table, you know what I mean - mahogany and matt - yuk! Esh Stinger's Anything slab sided BC Warlock's - you can get pickled onions out of a jar with those pointy horns! Thunderbird's Gibbo EB's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samashton12 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 (edited) Anything with more than 4 strings is a major turn off for me.. :search:And anything deemed as a stupid body shape.. IE Alembic's Edited June 21, 2012 by Samashton12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Thing Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 It occurs to me that I can also include basses I have but would never 'upgrade', for example my MM SUB looks and plays better than my friends pre EB MMStingray and indeed several other EBMM Stingrays I've tried. Same way my Japanese Geddy Lee JB sounds better and plays better and indeed looks better than any American Fender I've ever tried. I've also found the addition of a Status Graphite neck is the ultimate upgrade and has ruled out several future purchases. [quote name='Samashton12' timestamp='1340291236' post='1702398'] Anything with more than 4 strings is a major turn off for me.. :search:And anything deemed as a stupid body shape.. IE Alembic's [/quote] I'd have thought if you like Thunderbirds you'd have liked Alembics. Their prices are what annoy me the most however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfinbernard Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Warwicks look like squashed chickens to me, even some have a dildo shape cutaway at the top. I bet they are lovely to play though. I don't care for Ricks, they sound thin and are, in my opinion, just all flash and no trousers. Pointy guitars and basses, such as B.C. Rich are really not my bag, impractical and ugly. Not keen on the P bass because of the big neck. 'techno' basses such as stick basses, not my thing either. Ones with a million strings on. Nope. Never say never though eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 [quote name='surfinbernard' timestamp='1340450008' post='1704563'] ...some have a dildo shape cutaway at the top.[/quote] I've always thought this. It would embarrass me to be seen playing with one in public. Playing a Warwick would be pretty embarrassing too, thinking about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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