I was thinking back to when I was younger when I hated the look of Stingray but then actually heard how good they sound and how well they play. The look grew on me and now I'd like to own one (someday). It got me to thinking, does anyone own any basses they don't care for the look of but own because of the sound and the way it plays? I know in the long run it should be about the sound and feel but there has got to be a line some people won't cross.
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Anyone own a bass they hate the look of?
- Thread starter DudeLeap
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Still don't really like the look of them even after owning them for about 8 years now...
but the necks are really sweet, and the do active and passive both !
I have a Dean Jeff Berlin.
The body is a not so nicely grained piece of alder.
Wouldn't be bad if they would have covered it with a solid finish. Instead, it's finished in a transparent Bilious Green.
So awful my camera refuses to take a picture.
Plays like butter, though.
The body is a not so nicely grained piece of alder.
Wouldn't be bad if they would have covered it with a solid finish. Instead, it's finished in a transparent Bilious Green.
So awful my camera refuses to take a picture.
Plays like butter, though.
Every Fender or Squier, with the MB5 being the exception. The headstocks not matching the rest of the Bass bothers me.
that's my favourite colour on a ric
I had a Dean Rhapsody 8-String bass. Loved the sound, absolutely HATED the way it looked. Sold it to a friend and bought an ESP LTD B-208. And i like the ESP better anyway.
I have an opposite situation of a bass I love the looks of but absolutely hate playing - my Rick 4003.
But as for the other way around, the only line I don't think I'll ever cross is the Carvin SB4000/5000. And I"m a Carvin fanatic - I have 2 Bunnies and am contemplating a 3rd Carvin, probably a Bromberg.
But that upper horn just makes the poor thing so absolutely butt-homely I don't think I'd ever get one. Even tho it's one of the best Jazz style basses you can get, I just can't pull the trigger on it because to me it's so hideous.
All the rest of their basses I love the looks of, just not that one.
However, if one landed in my lap I'd certainly play it.
LS
Still don't really like the look of them even after owning them for about 8 years now...
but the necks are really sweet, and the do active and passive both !
Only thing I don't like about those Trabens is the God Aweful looking bridge. Other than that I think the body shape and woods are quite attractive
I'm kind of strange on this. I have never seen an ugly dog, or an ugly bass/guitar.
I bought two Fender Jazz basses because I like their thinner necks, and I love their sound. I think they are nice looking instruments, but that had nothing to do with why I bought them.
I bought two Fender Jazz basses because I like their thinner necks, and I love their sound. I think they are nice looking instruments, but that had nothing to do with why I bought them.
