What are your irrational prejudices? I have some bonkers ones...

[petecarlton]

There is some very boutique bonkers-ness going on in this thread now.

 

Time for a reset?

[Elfrasho]

Folk that turn up to the local dive with 3k custom fenders and 8x10 cabs. Hate it. I absolutely love seeing top players or top bands sounding great using very much affordable gear. Seeing a bass playing a £300 yamaha bass that they;ve had for 20 years is something i love. 

[RhysP]

On 28/08/2025 at 20:38, bnt said:

I meant the f-hole shape specifically, not the general idea of a long & thin soundhole. I have one of these guitars and it’s no problem.

 

but this gives me the willies:

 

 

 

There are few things worse than being given the willies in your f hole.

[Judo Chop]

43 minutes ago, RhysP said:

There are few things worse than being given the willies in your f hole.

 

[Terry M.]

Aftermarket thumb-rests installed on non-Fender type basses ESPECIALLY on Stingrays.

[Minininjarob]

On 07/09/2025 at 18:07, Elfrasho said:

Folk that turn up to the local dive with 3k custom fenders and 8x10 cabs. Hate it. I absolutely love seeing top players or top bands sounding great using very much affordable gear. Seeing a bass playing a £300 yamaha bass that they;ve had for 20 years is something i love. 

Friend of mine has a custom Status Black Beauty with gold plated hardware and every conceivable option. Its amazing. He also has loads of other vintage Fenders and Stingrays.

He gigs mostly with a Yamaha 5 string which cost him £120 which just sounds amazing and is super reliable. Even with his slap technique which makes Flea look like Pino it still trucks on despite the abuse.

[Minininjarob]

On 31/08/2025 at 19:31, Marvin said:

Soapy looking maple necks. The ones that are light in colour and with very little grain.

Whereas I don't like roasted maple necks or weird woods...each to their own! My latest bass has a maple neck and is almost white... 😄

[LeftyJ]

On 08/08/2025 at 18:38, rushbo said:

 

Exhibit A: The two "extra" screws on some BBoT bridges. Why oh Lord, why?

Exhibit B: That bonus bit of wood at the dusty end of the neck, often shaped into a jaunty diagonal. I don't know what it's called, I just don't like it. 

 

The bass on the right has a far worse offense going on: laminations in the center of the body to imply a neck-through-body construction, when in reality there is a bolt-on neck - and it's not even laminated the same as the body core! Can't stand it. 

 

And relic jobs on bass models that weren't even around 40 years ago. OK, so your Ibanez Soundgear looks like it has an original 1950s nitro finish and 60+ years of wear. Just like the early ones that were still built by Leo Ibanez himself! I remember vividly. What a fitting tribute to the legend! 

Edited 3 hours ago by LeftyJ