Bass pet peeves

[Marko 1]

I haven't been playing for very long and I have only played one bass, but I do have one pet peeve: neck dive.

Maybe they should make the top horn go to the eleventh fret.

Might even bring the end of the neck closer by a bit which probably wouldn’t hurt.

 

[moody]

I guess it's a matter of style that you play and preference... not gonna hold that against you. But... if you want to buy my old strings... I'll sell them to you!

I bought a box once (not a pack, a box, must be 20 sets in it) I don't think I am ever going to run out even if I went back to round wound.

 

[PJ Muzikmansky]

Synth Bass. HATE hearing a cool line played by anything other than a stringed bass!

I urge you to check out Jimmy Smith, the jazz organist. One of the BEST jazz bass players out there, stringed or otherwise. His lines are VERY cool and sound VERY good

 

[ChefKen]

I urge you to check out Jimmy Smith, the jazz organist. One of the BEST jazz bass players out there, stringed or otherwise. His lines are VERY cool and sound VERY good

And some folks love artificial sweetners and Turkey bacon....

 

[PJ Muzikmansky]

And some folks love artificial sweetners and Turkey bacon....

LOL...sure...you like what you like, but the fact that Jimmy plays better bass on organ than many bass players do on stringed bass instruments, is still great for blowing stereotypes clean out of the water IMO

 

[organworthyplayer337]

guitar players who play bass that don't really sound like a bass player at all.

I've seen a specific video that I didn't even know what to think about it... I don't want to embarrass the guy but dang.... He was known for guitar reviews so I can't get on him but... Dang... It was really hard to watch... Still is

 

[ChefKen]

LOL...sure...you like what you like, but the fact that Jimmy plays better bass on organ than many bass players do on stringed bass instruments, is still great for blowing stereotypes clean out of the water IMO

I did not say he was not a great player....Makes it even worse! Plenty to do with a keyboard other than put our fellow bassists out of work! I even hated it when JPJ played bass pedals! Give me fingers or even picks on strings everytime!

 

[scourgeofgod]

+1 on relic'd basses, the acid-washed and artfully kneehole-ripped jeans of the instrument world. I'd be embarrassed to own something that pretends to have honestly earned mojo. No better than fake antiques IMHO.

Good comparison, I recently attempted to explain what a "relic" instrument is to a friend of mine and the jeans analogy is what he came up with.

 

[radioface]

I don't like basses that are neck heavy. I don't like narrow string spacing. I wish all active basses had an active/passive switch. I don't like lined fretless basses. After three strikes, Gibson basses are as far as I'm concerned, out. I don't like unfinished necks. I don't like reliced basses.

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

Double corollary annoyance: That my 78 jazz, sold long ago, but THE poster bass for all things wrong with 70's era fender basses; in other words, an absolute DOG, is now considered vintage, worth in excess of $3000 and no doubt being drooled over by some schmuck with a fetish for 'vintage' fender basses. P.S. A certain bass outlet here in Australia has a '69 jazz in stock and they're asking in excess of *cough* SIX GRAND. Absolutely ludicrous.

Yup - I had a 77 J. What a POS. Vintage firewood.

 

[Mediocrity Man]

If the headstock is shaped just like a foot I won't buy it.

 

[kenneffdupriest]

dont place your four dollar glass of wine on my nine hundred dollar rig, that you can't afford to replace, even if its just for a second.
Even if your super sexy and theres a 7% chance in hell that we may bump uglies later, don't touch my stuff until you are told to touch my stuff.

and no pointy headstocks or red bass guitars.

 

[Thumper19605]

Ugly overtones/undertones.

 

[CGremlin]

dont place your four dollar glass of wine on my nine hundred dollar rig, that you can't afford to replace, even if its just for a second.

This. So, so much this.

 

[Watchootognbout]

Maybe they should make the top horn go to the eleventh fret.

Might even bring the end of the neck closer by a bit which probably wouldn’t hurt.

I agree!Neck dive is my "bone of contention"Especially when extending the upper horn,as you said,is an easy design fix!Why don't makers do this?Don't they test their basses for balance?

 

[Rocky]

Taking a beautifully crafted and finished bass and bashing and scraping the crap out of it (and charging more!!), because somewhere on this planet, someone thinks (and has the cash for), that it is cool to buy a pre aged instrument that he/she has not put the miles on himself! This makes me throw up in my mouth thinking about it..................View attachment 619229

So I take it you only buy brand new guitars? I mean you didn't put any of the wear on the used instruments you bought so how is buying a relic any different?

 

[tgriley62]

When ever I pick up a nice bass & it sounds like crap. It has to be the bass's fault, right?

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

I did not say he was not a great player....Makes it even worse! Plenty to do with a keyboard other than put our fellow bassists out of work! I even hated it when JPJ played bass pedals! Give me fingers or even picks on strings everytime!

Organ bass isn't like modern computer kooks putting bassists out of work - Jimmy Smith's feet are *brilliant* and are just part of the music.

 

[CicadaSilence]

Active electronics
Less than 21 frets

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

Here's two:

Nice bass in a store with 1) Dead strings and 2) poor setup = = mega fail!!!