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

[ghostwheel]

2 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

And yet... it does.

It's an irrational prejudice.

[SumOne]

Left handed Basses, especially Jazz basses. They are just the mirror image of the right handed ones but they look gross! 

[Stub Mandrel]

Just now, SumOne said:

Left handed Basses, especially Jazz basses. They are just the mirror image of the right handed ones but they look gross! 

 

No different from seeing yourself in a photo, rather than a mirror, all the asymmetries are exaggerated as you see them doubled.

[MichaelDean]

2 hours ago, iamtheelvy said:

Not sure that the fade is the main reason why this bass looks iffy…

I like the meteora shape, just wish they did a 5er. Other examples exist too. F Bass are a prime suspect. It clearly takes a certain amount of skill to blend them all together, but it just looks wrong in that direction to me. 

Edited 16 hours ago by MichaelDean
Autocorrect nonsense!

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, MichaelDean said:

I like the meteora shape, just wish they did a 5er. Other examples exist too. F Bass are a prime suspect. It clearly takes a certain amount of skill to blend them all together, but it just looks wrong in that direction to me. 

Those look good.

[MichaelDean]

7 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Those look good.

You're a broken man 😂

[SimonK]

If we are talking about finishes, and maybe this is more of a guitar issue, but mismatched tops really get to me. While I understand it is difficult to predict how the stain will take surely it's possible to do better given the price of these things? PRS & Gibson seem to be the main transgressors:

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by SimonK

[prowla]

1 minute ago, SimonK said:

If we are talking about finishes, and maybe this is more of a guitar issue, but really mismatched tops really get to me. While I understand it is difficult to predict how the stain will take surely it's possible to do better given the price of these things? PRS & Gibson seem to be the main transgressors:

 

 

It just shows they're using random pieces of wood rather than a bookmatched cut and don't really care.

Presumably they're on the cheaper models (or maybe you have to pay more for the carefully selected matching ones).

[SimonK]

48 minutes ago, prowla said:

It just shows they're using random pieces of wood rather than a bookmatched cut and don't really care.

Presumably they're on the cheaper models (or maybe you have to pay more for the carefully selected matching ones).

 

No - it's the expensive ones as well! Funnily enough I bought myself a milestone guitar a few years back (PRS CU24) without really thinking much about the top, but the longer I've had it, while it plays beautifully, I'm just getting more and more triggered by this issue. The question is do I care about this enough to move on something I saved a very long time for?

 

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by SimonK

[Stub Mandrel]

21 minutes ago, SimonK said:

 

No - it's the expensive ones as well!

 

 

 

 

I'd say that one is bookmatched... it's just the peculiarities of how the wood has taken stain/reflects the light.

 

But I agree, if you can get a bookmatch on a Sire or even a sub-£200 Harley Benton, PRS should be able to manage it.

Edited 5 hours ago by Stub Mandrel

[Dad3353]

2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

...if you can get a bookmatch on a Sire or even a sub-£200 Harley Benton ...

 

That's more likely to be a 'photoflame', which is a lot easier to predict. 

[Stub Mandrel]

44 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

 

That's more likely to be a 'photoflame', which is a lot easier to predict. 

 

Not at all... photoflame doesn't change when you move the bass in the light. It's not AAAAA on the Harley but definitely real flamed maple.

[SimonK]

16 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Not at all... photoflame doesn't change when you move the bass in the light. It's not AAAAA on the Harley but definitely real flamed maple.

 

I'm guessing the cheaper ones are veneer caps?