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Aesthetic Elements That Put You Off From Purchasing Gear
- Thread starter TNCreature
- Start date
I won't ever buy a bass that is painted in 20th century toilet colors.
In an Electric bass- your typical „boutique“ features like weird shapes, expensive furniture-like woods and lots of different woods, quilted or birdseye maple or the like on the body. And you probably wouldn’t have guessed- I’m not really having translucent finishes aside from butterscotch or white blonde.
Gold or black hardware makes me usually steer clear as well.
In an amp: blue pilot lights. That could potentially be a bummer, but as of now, I could avoid them. They hurt my eyes. Lots of knobs is another no-go.
I don’t do pedals.
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Sidecar
Gold or black hardware makes me usually steer clear as well.
In an amp: blue pilot lights. That could potentially be a bummer, but as of now, I could avoid them. They hurt my eyes. Lots of knobs is another no-go.
I don’t do pedals.
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Sidecar
just noticed your collection ticks all my no-go boxes
. Glad we’re all different, surely a thing to celebrate as I’m sure you sound and look fantastic with those! It’s just not my cuppa. best
Sidecar
I don’t like basses with lots of knobs, it just looks too cramped, and they tend to interfere when I’m playing with a pick. Also not a fan of weirdly shaped bodies or anything pointy. And I’ve probably had enough tort/sunburst to last me a lifetime.
I can't handle the look of angled pickups. They look somewhat okay on Dingwalls, and other basses with fanned frets (but even then I'm not crazy about the look), but it's completely jarring to see angled pickups an an otherwise "normal" looking bass. 
Anything other than a dot or bar as a fret marker - no birds or arrows, I'd prefer there wasn't any ..... especially the ones that have a YEAR as the 12th fret marker. Chunks taken out of the finish - Old tuner mounting holes - chips taken out of the fretboard
I used to be the same way...
Steve Harris was/is one of my favorite bassists. But I used to actually kind of get MAD at him back in the day: "STEVE!! For the love of...you're in Iron-frickin'-Maiden, man...how can you be playing that maple-fingerboard atrocity?!!?"
Long story short, maple is now my 'board of choice, almost for purely aesthetic reasons...and don't even get me started on birdseye and flamed maple...
In no particular order:
- Gold hardware
- Sunburst finishes
- Natural finishes
- Hippie sandwiches
- headstocks with 5 in-line tuners
unelegant headstocks really kill me.
headless as well.
lots of little things but those come to mind for sure.
headless as well.
lots of little things but those come to mind for sure.
+1 on avoiding pointy horns on the body and headstock. And as much as I love Warwick basses, I find the Corvette body shape to be a bit too suggestive
1. Stickers
2. A corporate logo other than that of the manufacturer
3. Air brushed or photographic finishes.
4. Graphics designed to appeal to a 14 year old
5. General gunk or grossness. If you are selling your thing, you should at least care enough about the buyer to clean it up a little. This does not apply to natural wear and tear.
Edit: 6. Counterfits.
2. A corporate logo other than that of the manufacturer
3. Air brushed or photographic finishes.
4. Graphics designed to appeal to a 14 year old
5. General gunk or grossness. If you are selling your thing, you should at least care enough about the buyer to clean it up a little. This does not apply to natural wear and tear.
Edit: 6. Counterfits.
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