Before you buy a bass, talk to a pretty girl

[bassteban]

ML177/177a

[Kenzy]

Originally Posted by Gopherbassist

Wait wait wait wait wait. Wait...


You mean to tell me you used your bass a a fashion statement? And what's more, you don't make that statement yourself, you let another person tell you how to make it? Why?

It's not a fashion statement...ever heard of gigging?

[pklima]

Originally Posted by Gopherbassist

Wait wait wait wait wait. Wait...

OK... Waiting.

Originally Posted by Gopherbassist

You mean to tell me you used your bass a a fashion statement?

Yes, absolutely. That is what I mean.

Originally Posted by Gopherbassist

And what's more, you don't make that statement yourself, you let another person tell you how to make it?

Technically I have to be the one making the statement, since I'm the person on the stage with the bass. I let another person tell me how to make it more effectively.

Originally Posted by Gopherbassist

Why?

Because I'm smart.

[hernameisrio]

I AM a girl. Rumor has it I'm reasonably attractive. I beat myself up for weeks over not buying a bass because it was a sunburst finish and I don't like sunburst finishes. I felt like I was being really shallow. My bass teacher finally said, "Nothing a can of Krylon can't fix" and I went, "Hm!" Then suddenly I started seeing all these beautiful custom paint jobs online, got inspired, and am now very excited about what will soon be my lime green bass with a zebra print pick guard and strap.

What I'm saying is, why settle for function over fashion when you can have both?

[Bassbubble11]

Originally Posted by thisSNsucks

My Fiance is smoking hot, but thinks my Rickenbacker is ugly. Her opinion on basses is now null and void lol.

Pics of both please.

[SnowCal]

OP has got it figured out but I've gotta question the fashion sense of any lady who calls a Ric ugly. I bet her socks don't match either. She probably likes Fender Pawn Shops...

[Gazman]

Originally Posted by hernameisrio

I AM a girl. Rumor has it I'm reasonably attractive. I beat myself up for weeks over not buying a bass because it was a sunburst finish and I don't like sunburst finishes. I felt like I was being really shallow. My bass teacher finally said, "Nothing a can of Krylon can't fix" and I went, "Hm!" Then suddenly I started seeing all these beautiful custom paint jobs online, got inspired, and am now very excited about what will soon be my lime green bass with a zebra print pick guard and strap.

What I'm saying is, why settle for function over fashion when you can have both?

So, this is it: before anyone buys a new bass, get Hernameisrio's opinion.

[pklima]

Originally Posted by hernameisrio

I AM a girl. Rumor has it I'm reasonably attractive. I beat myself up for weeks over not buying a bass because it was a sunburst finish and I don't like sunburst finishes.

Ha, more confirmation that girls who like sunbursts are rare.

Originally Posted by SnowCal

I've gotta question the fashion sense of any lady who calls a Ric ugly. I bet her socks don't match either. She probably likes Fender Pawn Shops...

Rics have a good shape but the pickups and pickguard...

[DethByDoom]

Rics are awesome. Classic look and ballsy sound. Lime green and zebra pick guard... I would simply never play that by choice. This thread gets more ridiculous every time I look at it. There are plenty of female bassist out there playing classic basses. P basses, gibsons, plexi's etc.

If a female told me any ric, let alone, my tbird or sg bass looked ugly or old; I would instantly lose all ability to listen to anything they said. Their words would cease to be an understandable human language. I would see them only as infectious human waste.

[Matthijs]

Apparently the idea of asking advice from a non-musician-female makes a lot of tb members leap to the conclusion this will automatically lead to a Paris Hilton clone commanding you to trade your ric for a pink Danelectro.

[Matthijs]

Originally Posted by DethByDoom

If a female told me any ric, let alone, my tbird or sg bass looked ugly or old; I would instantly lose all ability to listen to anything they said. Their words would cease to be an understandable human language. I would see them only as infectious human waste.

Didn't Pklima's suggestion in post #95 already fix this for you?

[lwknives]

It was the other way around for me. I went to music shop with a girl and she suggested the Warwick Corvet, I was like yep she's the one. (she disagreed though )

[Beano_z]

Originally Posted by autodidact

Just buy a P bass, sunburst with a black or tort pickguard.

They look good with everything.

That's funny, my wife once told me that she thinks sunburst guitars and basses sound better than ones painted in other colors

I don't have any sunburst finished guitars of basses, I think they're ugly

Originally Posted by hernameisrio

Rumor has it I'm reasonably attractive

You won't see me spreading rumors about my fantastic slapping techniques and not posting a YouTube link to prove it, I would never do such a thing, never...

[DethByDoom]

Originally Posted by Matthijs

Didn't Pklima's suggestion in post #95 already fix this for you?

I quit reading at "Burberry plaid".

If I want advice on gear I go to other musicians.

[hernameisrio]

Originally Posted by Beano_z

You won't see me spreading rumors about my fantastic slapping techniques and not posting a YouTube link to prove it, I would never do such a thing, never...

Ha! Your YouTube link gets my photo! Although right now, I have Justin Bieber bangs (need trim badly), massively chipped nail polish (Apple laptop technician: does not play well with pretty fingernails), and- incidentally- mismatched socks. :P

I also have a nice start to a callous on the side of my ring finger from my new Squier VM Jazz fretless with its HIDEOUS SUNBURST FINISH OMG EW EW EW CAN'T WAIT TO PAINT IT. Ha ha ha!

[Beano_z]

Originally Posted by hernameisrio

Ha! Your YouTube link gets my photo! Although right now, I have Justin Bieber bangs (need trim badly), massively chipped nail polish (Apple laptop technician: does not play well with pretty fingernails), and- incidentally- mismatched socks. :P

I also have a nice start to a callous on the side of my ring finger from my new Squier VM Jazz fretless with its HIDEOUS SUNBURST FINISH OMG EW EW EW CAN'T WAIT TO PAINT IT. Ha ha ha!

Hm...don't have to worry about the hair and nail polish, I'm old enough to see through such superficial things, as make-up and accessories, but I hate to disappoint everyone, reality is, I suck a slapping, actually I suck at playing the bass in general, instead of wandering around the forum here, I should better spend more time practicing...

[Bufalo]

Originally Posted by Bloodhammer

I wonder if it's visible wood grain that the ladies are attracted to....

The innuendo is so subtle, most of them missed it. Well played.






I *always* ask my wife what she thinks of a bass before I go full GAS over it. Playability and tone and all that stuff, figure that out after determining if the bass looks good.



And seriously, if we ONLY think the tone and feel and stuff are important, then why are there ENDLESS threads in the Bass Guitar forum "post the coolest looking P bass," or "which finish looks best," and "should I get the burst or natural finish??"

[Pilgrim]

My wife has given me two bases as gifts, and couldn't pick them out of the dozen I own. She has never cared what basses look like - sometimes when I show a bass to her she thinks it looks pretty, sometimes not.

Her opinion about the appearance of a bass isn't a factor; she has financial input, because we talk about stuff that costs hundreds of dollars. If I wasn't married, my girl friend's opinion about cosmetics wouldn't matter. What matters is how the bass plays, how I like it, and whether it's affordable. If my wife thought a bass looked butt-ugly, I'm sure she would say so. If I still thought it filled an important need, I'd say so.

There is a certain mindset about choosing basses based on the opinions of ladies that I think most of us outgrow. Of course, in some relationships it may be quite different...and that's OK.

[notverygood]

Originally Posted by DethByDoom

Rics are awesome. Classic look and ballsy sound. Lime green and zebra pick guard... I would simply never play that by choice. This thread gets more ridiculous every time I look at it. There are plenty of female bassist out there playing classic basses. P basses, gibsons, plexi's etc.

If a female told me any ric, let alone, my tbird or sg bass looked ugly or old; I would instantly lose all ability to listen to anything they said. Their words would cease to be an understandable human language. I would see them only as infectious human waste.

LOL. You're too cool for girls.

[DethByDoom]

I really am.