Horns? Yeah! By section! Like the Tower of Power Horns? Next someone won’t like those three lady singers! 
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Anyone else not like horns?
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You can always turn the horn down or off.
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Depends on what kind of horns you're talkin bout
Sax, trumpet and bone? eff yeah, I'm an old reed man, give it to me... one time.... two times
Mid-high drivers in cabs? eff yeah, I like hearing crisp, full range sound out of my cabs, none of that muffled boom for me
Protrusions on bass guitars so the instrument balance on a strap so you don't have to support it with your fingering hand? eff yeah, that too.
OK I guess it doesn't depend; I like 'em all
Sax, trumpet and bone? eff yeah, I'm an old reed man, give it to me... one time.... two times
Mid-high drivers in cabs? eff yeah, I like hearing crisp, full range sound out of my cabs, none of that muffled boom for me
Protrusions on bass guitars so the instrument balance on a strap so you don't have to support it with your fingering hand? eff yeah, that too.
OK I guess it doesn't depend; I like 'em all
I like horns but only up to a point. The Ibanez BTB is a little too much with the horns. On the other hand, I'd rather have exaggerated horns than singlecut, which I think is totally fugly.
Single cuts make it difficult for me to wank around way up in the dusty end without changing my technique quite a bit, which in my mind is a very good thing.
Any bass design, including the horns or lack thereof, may appeal to my sense of elegance in design...or not.
For playability while seated (due to my medical condition) the most efficient production bass for me is a Bronco, Musicmaster or Mustang for their short scale and, more importantly, their offset slab body design but I'm not a fan of their horn aesthetic. The offset body of the Hofner HCT Galaxie short scale sort of works and has nicer horns but it also has body contours.
For playability while seated (due to my medical condition) the most efficient production bass for me is a Bronco, Musicmaster or Mustang for their short scale and, more importantly, their offset slab body design but I'm not a fan of their horn aesthetic. The offset body of the Hofner HCT Galaxie short scale sort of works and has nicer horns but it also has body contours.
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