Jump to content
Why become a member? ×

Do looks matter?


Barking Spiders
 Share

Recommended Posts

To me, yes. I play a Custom Shop Gibson ES 335- bass in vintage faded cherry with white binding, a Gibson Gold Top Les Paul bass and Limited Edition German made Hofner Club bass with cavern club PU spacing

So yeah that 60s look is important to me. However recently I've been gigging my Fender Telecaster basses. Only because, I don'tfeel safe bringing the basses listed above into many of the clubs we play.

Blue

Edited by blue
Link to comment
Share on other sites

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1470180022' post='3103961']
Wal's are fugly. IMO of course.
[/quote]

:)

I so very nearly added the final line "But then again, post about my personal fave bass and the dissenting comments won't be far behind, just to underline that personal views on looks are, well, personal." to my post when I first put it up.

Edited by TrevorR
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Guest bassman7755

I actually like the sound of fenders J's but would never contemplate owning one since I find large headstock's on basses aesthetically offensive (and don't get me started on those hideous tuning pegs ...). Have been temped by a brubaker brute in the past though as its essentially a J with all the horrid bits done properly (and a zero fret for bonus points)

Edited by bassman7755
Link to comment
Share on other sites

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1470127703' post='3103368']
That's why my next bass will be

[url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Other%20music%20related/Great%20Guitars/11379_736550003100145_1890228984563342328_n%20Jack-PCs%20conflicted%20copy%202016-03-18_zps9xxthlek.jpg.html"][/url]
[/quote]

Mmm. The action looks about perfect, but how much does it weigh...?

Wal.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

[quote name='waldemar' timestamp='1470223637' post='3104191']
Mmm. The action looks about perfect, but how much does it weigh...?

Wal.
[/quote]

Those spikes are nothing to do with metal ... they're actually flux capacitors which generate a localised anti-gravity field, thus rendering the bass effectively weightless.

I'm a little concerned when I play it at the Dog & Duck, what with it representing an investment of £4.7bn by the UK Defence industry, but all I've done so far is hit the mic-stand with the headstock. Radar tracking has the mic stand passing the orbit of Mars just now.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Yes looks are important. I had a period when my only bass was my very 80s hair metal Kramer fretless... Didn't get the jazz gig I went for and got some odd looks. I couldn't play a single-cut or coffee table bass with my current band. I use a "traditional" looking p bass, have whipped out the headless cricket bat bass which went down ok, and will play the next short gig with a jazz.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Ha yes , single cut. Gotta be top of the fugly tree for me too.
Eve though they play nice I can't get to love the fanned frets of Dingwalls. And as a rule I don't like the thick necks of 6+ stringers, and the shapes of the strap button parts on Warwicks, Pedullas and Mayones. As for all those Metal looks, no way Jose.
Colour wise I only go for natural finishes, cherry and deeper blues. Best looker of all is the GB Rumour though I cant a photo up

Edited by Barking Spiders
Link to comment
Share on other sites

A badly shaped headstock (which seems to be every other bass on the market at the moment) is enough to put me off buying a bass. The main reason I haven't pulled the trigger on one of those Sire Marcus Miller jobbies (yet...)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I had a Squier Troy Sanders Jaguar and it sounded killer, was a beautiful silverburst finish, too.

But it looked like a piece of stood-on chewing gum. It had to go.

Someone on this very forum said "your bass should look so good that every time you go to walk past it, you want to pick it up and play it." (Words to that effect)

I have a PINK Jim Deacon Precision copy, and I want to pick it up and have a slap at it every time I pass. That's a Jim Deacon!

Looks VERY much matter to me. Playability is important, hell yes, but your eye is the first thing to be tempted, isn't it? The aesthetics of the instrument are where the desire lies. This is why so many of us drool over pictures of basses online! The Flea Jazz bass thread is a case in point.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Ah, but green basses have been scientifically proven to sound better, on these very pages no less ;)

Wish I could find that thread, 'twas fascinating, although very much tongue in cheek.

I happen to think some green basses look sexual, but to each his own. Not a fan of white, m'self, unless it's a JB with a tort guard. All other white basses give me the heebs.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...