I Denby Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 I'll come straight out with it -I cannot pick up a p-Bass looking bass and try it. The style just doesn't inspire me, despite knowing there are some top-notch ones. However THIS Base really makes me want to pick it up. Do you have bass prejudice too? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny-79 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) There are a quite few basses out there that are much loved by there owners and sound great but personally I wouldn’t go anywhere near for no other reason apart from don’t like the way it looks Edited January 12, 2019 by danny-79 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzoid Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 47 minutes ago, I Denby said: I'll come straight out with it -I cannot pick up a p-Bass looking bass and try it. The style just doesn't inspire me, despite knowing there are some top-notch ones. However THIS Base really makes me want to pick it up. Do you have bass prejudice too? Funnily enough, that's one I would walk right past as visually I find it totally uninspiring - even while recognising it's most likely a very good bass. But not a P-bass person either - prefer 80-90s style headless basses. Takes all sorts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 I find 99% of singlecut basses absolutely foul to look at - would not be seen dead playing such a thing - even if it was a £15000 Fedora. Really don't know why theses vile, bulbous, lumpy things, with their extra 2kg of unnecessary wood, seem so popular with people who spend huge money on luthier-built basses. Likewise basses with more than 5 strings - which funnily enough seem to go hand -in-hand with a massive exotic-wood body-plank shaped like Snoopy's head. You just know someone's going to pick it up and start endlessly noodling out anaemic, bloopy-sounding, atonal "solos" don't you? 4 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 2 hours ago, I Denby said: I'll come straight out with it -I cannot pick up a p-Bass looking bass and try it. The style just doesn't inspire me, despite knowing there are some top-notch ones. However THIS Base really makes me want to pick it up. Do you have bass prejudice too? Agree with the P bass thing and that Maruszczyk looks amazing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Denby Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 43 minutes ago, TheGreek said: Agree with the P bass thing and that Maruszczyk looks amazing... Just had a look. A few models look really nice, but most look horrible to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 2 hours ago, I Denby said: I'll come straight out with it -I cannot pick up a p-Bass looking bass and try it. The style just doesn't inspire me, despite knowing there are some top-notch ones. However THIS Base really makes me want to pick it up. Do you have bass prejudice too? I'm totally with you. I think that thing is absolutely gorgeous. I think Fenders are at best bland, at worst ugly. P basses being the worst of the lot. They do nothing for me at all. No accounting for taste I suppose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Denby Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 I realise that having this prejudice might mean I miss out on an outstanding bass to play, but I just can't pick one up...not even make eye contact with it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 I like Precisions, Jazzes, Rickenbackers, Thunderbirds, Les Paul’s and that’s it. I suppose I’m a bit of a traditionalist but all these modern things just look dreadful to me. Don’t care how they sound or play, I’m walking past. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassfan Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 I’m not a P Bass fan. I love the sound but I can’t get on with them...don’t ask me why I have no idea! I’ve had a couple of absolute crackers but they just didn’t suit the band sound I was looking for and there’s something about the playing position. I do however love a good jazz. I’m very much into the looks as well as the sound. I would dismiss buying anything in tobacco burst, I can’t stand it, despite as you say, knowing full well that the bass might be amazing. I can appreciate some nice wood grains, although I don’t own any. My collection has finally reduced and they all happen to have matching headstocks, just a look I like, they all happen to be amazing basses too, in my opinion... Its horses for courses I guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 don't like sunburst, especially with a tort pickguard, really like white with a tort pickguard though 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Those oval bridge plates on Laklands. Can’t get past them. I know it’s their visual signature so it would never happen but give me one with a regular rectangular bridge and I’d be all over it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I’m with Bassassasin on this one, can’t stand single cuts or see the point of them. Oh of course they haven’t got one have they, point that is. Don’t see any reason for more than 5 strings either. Why would you want to go higher on a bass, you’re supposed keep the bottom end going and leave the nurdling around to the guitarist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 (edited) 18 hours ago, I Denby said: I'll come straight out with it -I cannot pick up a p-Bass looking bass and try it. The style just doesn't inspire me, despite knowing there are some top-notch ones. However THIS Base really makes me want to pick it up. Do you have bass prejudice too? Does absolutely nothing for me. I’m just not into fancy dancy woods on a bass, it’s just a bit meh! Shape is odd too. Oh and I’m generally not a fan of that kind of headstock either😂 oh and no headstock is just wrong! I’m definitely a simple P bass man and the more worn the better, suppose it’s horses for courses 🤷♂️ Edited January 13, 2019 by walshy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealting Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 15 hours ago, TheGreek said: Agree with the P bass thing and that Maruszczyk looks amazing... I think that’s a Mayones? Which isn’t really my thing either. I’m definitely a P man, but I used to be a J man. It’s surprising how your tastes can evolve. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Another ‘I don’t like single cut basses’ vote here. Of course I love single cut guitars and own a Les Paul. I wouldn’t play a headless bass either. I like modern approaches to instrument making but those are my only two exceptions. A headless single cut bass is bound to exist right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, thodrik said: Another ‘I don’t like single cut basses’ vote here. Of course I love single cut guitars and own a Les Paul. I wouldn’t play a headless bass either. I like modern approaches to instrument making but those are my only two exceptions. A headless single cut bass is bound to exist right? Would you make an exception for this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 32 minutes ago, ped said: Would you make an exception for this one Okay, that is actually pretty damn cool! What is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 19 hours ago, Bassassin said: I find 99% of singlecut basses absolutely foul to look at - would not be seen dead playing such a thing - even if it was a £15000 Fedora. Really don't know why theses vile, bulbous, lumpy things, with their extra 2kg of unnecessary wood, seem so popular with people who spend huge money on luthier-built basses. Likewise basses with more than 5 strings - which funnily enough seem to go hand -in-hand with a massive exotic-wood body-plank shaped like Snoopy's head. You just know someone's going to pick it up and start endlessly noodling out anaemic, bloopy-sounding, atonal "solos" don't you? Don't mess around, Jon - give it to us straight......... 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Many years ago I was in a large guitar emporium looking for a Jazz. The only example they had at the time was in "merde brown" and I wouldn't go within 10 feet of the thing. It might have been a brilliant player, but I was not about to prance around a stage with a turd round my neck Not a fan of single cuts either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 3 hours ago, thodrik said: Okay, that is actually pretty damn cool! What is it? I'm going to guess that it's a modern, headless iteration of the 60's Fender V, tuned EACGC. With midi, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Back on topic... I do not suffer from bass prejudice! I'll play anything. Once, in IKEA, there was a P bass copy adorning a wall in one of their rooms. It was knackered and had 3 strings. They'd screwed it to the wall to prevent people stealing/playing with it. Undeterred, I plucked a string. BOOM! The stud wall it was screwed to acted like a huge soundboard. And because it was screwed to it, the energy transfer was very good! I tuned it to itself, loosely in EAD, and played it (fretting it from the front) until they asked me to leave because of the racket. Moral of this story; Play everything you can get your mitts on. You might get a pleasant surprise! It's easy for me; tone & ergonomics > aesthetics. Others' mileage may vary, of course! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 6 hours ago, ped said: Would you make an exception for this one I didn't realise this was actually yours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyguts Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I don't like a bass to look like something off the Antiques Roadshow, fiddly bit's of wood and brassy hardware are best left as a sideboard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 9 hours ago, ped said: Would you make an exception for this one Funny thing is, that body shape & minimalist design would work really well on a full-scale headless build. I did say "99% of singlecuts". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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