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Anyone else like “coffee table” Basses?

#122
OK, so I'm confused. I've never been a fan of "hippy sandwich" basses, and I though that coffee table basses were the same thing. All of my basses have some visible evidence that they're made of wood - no gloss paint finishes, though I do have one with satin paint, but the grain isn't filled, so it's obvious it's wood.

Anyway, I think I may have at least one coffee table bass:

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JPMcGuire said:
I love coffee table Basses. after many years of collecting it seems all my final favorites look like coffee tables. But I love them!
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I don't own one, but yes - I do like them. However, the one's that jump out to me and scream "buy me!" always seem to be the custom ones that cost a small fortune (for me anyway). Love admiring other peoples though.....
 
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#126
That term is just the "Fender is all you need" crowd carping about basses that don't look like they were designed 60 years ago.
Yes, I love my Spector basses with trans finishes and eye catching grains. I love my Pedulla Rapture J2 5 with its dark cherry burst finish. If I had the dough, I would get a Warwick 6 string NT Thumb, or have a custom Streamer Stage 2 5 string.
 
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#128
Interesting term, and a new one on me.

I've always liked this sort of instrument (bass, guitar, bagpipe, whatever) because they tend to look better with a ding or two rather than worse. When you get that gorgeous gloss paint job 200 coats deep from a custom shop, you better be sure it never bangs up against a PA stand because it is going to look like hell the second there is one scratch in it.

IMHO of course.
 
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wneff said:
Oh how nice! How is that Ibanez? Is looks great!
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I am really enjoying it. Love the Nordstrand pickups. Neck is comfortable for me, weight and balance are good and it provides a different sound than my other basses. Punchy and articulate. The Ibanez Premium series knocks it out of the park in my opinion. I can't lie, I also like the looks.
 
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Agree. A guitar player referred to my Foderas as coffee table basses and it prompted this post. Lol

I agree with you and don't dig the term. Most of the greatest stringed instruments in history were just wood like you mentioned.
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retslock said:
I totally reject the term. Wood is beautiful and is not defined by one of it's many practical applications as furniture. Stradivarius didn't make coffee table violins. Wood doesn't become more beautiful only when you cover it with paint.
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