flatwound Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 ALEMBIC,....well you did say "overrated" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Squier VMJ they are great, in fact I'm buying one but the way people go on you would think they were handmade customs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmpires Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Bass players are so overrated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 SWR 12" workingman combo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarcher Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Nowt wrong with caravans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 All the numerous fender clones, for one thing, certain manufacturers need to be slightly more original on the design front *cough*alleva coppolo, and is a £3k super jazz REALLY that much better than an £800 american fender? i get that it might be better, but is it really 2 grand better? And surely the things that make it 'better' are pretty much subjective anyway, such as feel and sound. For instance the nicest playing and sounding strat (i know, guitar) i've ever touched, was a classic vibe squier, and they're moddable anyway. [/rant] fenders... owned one, didn't see what the fuss was about, bought a warwick... heaven! [quote name='Musicman20' post='545268' date='Jul 20 2009, 01:21 PM']Cannot stand small bodied bass guitars. It a bass, not a guitar.[/quote] Can't stand large bodied bass guitars, they're supposed to be for playing, not wrestling with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 (edited) Hofner violin basses - would ANYONE have bothered with one of these horrendous pieces of sh*t if one of the bloody Beatles hadn't played one? I honestly don't think so. Sunburst finishes, especially Fender sunburst finishes. Black finishes*. Candyapple red finishes. Tortoiseshell scratchplates. *Unless it's an all black Precision or Stingray with a maple fingerboard. I'll allow them. Edited July 20, 2009 by RhysP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 ashtrays and led's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 i agree with tort scratchplates ^ urgh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 any cables not black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 [quote name='budget bassist' post='545625' date='Jul 20 2009, 07:11 PM']For instance the nicest playing and sounding strat (i know, guitar) i've ever touched, was a classic vibe squier, and they're moddable anyway.[/quote] The nicest two strats I've ever played were: My current guitarist's '86 Squier. My mate's bitsa strat, which is a mahogany body of unknown provenance he found in a shop once, and an '80s Tokai neck. I keep threatening to take it into my care if he doesn't clean it, the poor thing is covered in crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Wal basses. Tried three, both 4 strings, both customs, heavy, uncomfortable necks, poor finishing. IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 [quote name='mrcrow' post='545669' date='Jul 20 2009, 07:51 PM']ashtrays and led's[/quote] Front LEDs, I totally agree.. Side leds are the greatest thing to happen to mankind since the invention of the radial tyre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 (edited) Any LEDs on a bass hahah! Its a bass! Too many settings and controls on an amp...if you need to fiddle with it too much, its a sh*t amp, (note this is half just a joke). (I do this next one)...thinking about great tone and striving really hard to get it..when all it takes is a little skill, a little patience, a non-complex bass and amp/cab. Should spend more time on practice and enjoying it! But...I kinda enjoy GAS sometimes. Edited July 20, 2009 by Musicman20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 [quote name='bubinga5' post='545273' date='Jul 20 2009, 01:25 PM']Sei Jazz 5; too many of these being sold here lately, guess they look great but are too clean and polite sounding unless you play in a jazz-fusion trio?>>>QUOTE There is nothing overrated about a Sei Jazz![/quote] Indeed, I play in jazz fusion trios from time to time and I like my bass to burp and fart like Rab C Nesbitt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 [quote name='Musicman20' post='545768' date='Jul 20 2009, 09:49 PM']Any LEDs on a bass hahah! Its a bass! Too many settings and controls on an amp...if you need to fiddle with it too much, its a sh*t amp, (note this is half just a joke). (I do this next one)...thinking about great tone and striving really hard to get it..[b]when all it takes is a little skill, a little patience, a non-complex bass and amp/cab[/b]. Should spend more time on practice and enjoying it! But...I kinda enjoy GAS sometimes.[/quote] LED's: wait til you are old and your eyes are not so good .. then those tiny little Fender side marker dots just dissapear under stage lights and in the dark ... oh and "Tech 21 Sansamp BDDI" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 (edited) [quote name='OldGit' post='545879' date='Jul 20 2009, 11:36 PM']LED's: wait til you are old and your eyes are not so good .. then those tiny little Fender side marker dots just dissapear under stage lights and in the dark ... oh and "Tech 21 Sansamp BDDI" [/quote] Man I need quite powerful glasses! I hope they don't get too much worse. The laser option might come up soon! Although strangely theyve got better recently. Sansamp is love/hate like marmite. Its the ultimate lightweight rig...I just took that and a bass/leads on tour last year...with all the normal other bits n bobs...but no amp/cab. We just didnt have the space. Edited July 20, 2009 by Musicman20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 [quote name='Musicman20' post='545887' date='Jul 20 2009, 11:41 PM']Man I need quite powerful glasses! I hope they don't get too much worse. The laser option might come up soon! Although strangely theyve got better recently. Sansamp is love/hate like marmite. Its the ultimate lightweight rig...I just took that and a bass/leads on tour last year...with all the normal other bits n bobs...but no amp/cab. We just didnt have the space.[/quote] When you are fumbling about looking for 9th position to start the bass intro to the next tune those little glowing markers are a god send I went for laser treatment but they can't fix what is wrong with my eyes .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I know its all subjective (and very late/early, blame really bad insomnia!), but here is my personal list of things I don't rate, didn't take to and don't believe are the be all and end-all. Don't think it was ever-rated, but the S1 switch on Jazz basses, for me, was pointless! Don't like the Hartke cabs with the aluminium speaker cones, just never liked sounds I got from them. Very cutting and a lot of punch, some people like that, I found it almost to be excessive! I tried a Wal, which while impressive I didn't think matched the hype that had been attached to it. Though the fact that they recently become so rare as to be almost mythical, probably puts hype at an unrealistic level, so I won't be harsh on it here. The Jazz bass. Awesome for sure, I just don't like the way people seem to think that its impossible to play anything remotely complicated on anything other than some derivative of the J-bass. Likewise, would I get killed if I said 8x10s in general? Albeit a good one is awesome, I just have never agreed that they are holy grail to rock bass. Don't like the way Ampeg almost consider it impossible to rock out without the 8x10! The following items are everywhere in Glasgow and while I do think are a bit over-rated, but really I am just sick of the sight of them! Ashdown Evo II 500 and Ampeg Svt 450. Decent amps but not great, but just about everybody is using them. Boss ODB3 and Big Muff Pii for distorted bass. Everybody has distorted bass now. Gibson Grabber/Ripper basses. So many guys in 'hardcore'-type bands playing these with afore-mentioned pedals. I tried them, and could understand why they didn't sell originally. Also, zero frets. They probably are a good idea, I'm just annoyed that my strings ended up eating a hole into the one on my Vigier after 5 years, leading me to have to send the bass away to get a new fret put in. I probably have found the reason for my insomnia though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 semi acoustic design Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 I was going to buy some new gear this weekend but I don't think I'll bother anymore!!! Perhaps I'll take up fly fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 [quote name='old36' post='546601' date='Jul 21 2009, 03:40 PM']I was going to buy some new gear this weekend but I don't think I'll bother anymore!!! Perhaps I'll take up fly fishing.[/quote] ha ha be prepared for hoooge GAS if you get into angling .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 [quote name='OldGit' post='546637' date='Jul 21 2009, 04:05 PM']ha ha be prepared for hoooge GAS if you get into angling ....[/quote] Hah, yeah, i'm really bad for that, and cycling GAS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Thankfully all my GAS is bass related, sometimes guitar. I get no GAS for cars....thank god. Cars just annoy me...unless its a high end Audi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 headstocks with tuners on one side only Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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