The bowtie posture makes first position reach feel much longer, as well as putting a nasty bend in the right wrist. A good ergonomic design can be played up high, down low, and everywhere in between.
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Basses that you have owned that should never have been built!
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The bowtie posture makes first position reach feel much longer, as well as putting a nasty bend in the right wrist. A good ergonomic design can be played up high, down low, and everywhere in between.
I had a Vox Cougar hollowbody. The neck made a Hofner look wide. I never could play it with fingers, and it was hard with a pick. It looked like a 335, but it had no solid center and the top warped with any change of the weather. Developed cracks all over the body. Really cool looking bass, but a total piece of @#$%.
My 1973 Epiphone Embassy is a horrid little thing. No matter what you do, it always sounds the same! Luckily it was free.
http://www.musoscribe.com/images/wurlitzer_tone_cabinet.jpg
That one isn't mine, but that's what the abomination look likes.
http://www.musoscribe.com/images/wurlitzer_tone_cabinet.jpg
That one isn't mine, but that's what the abomination look likes.
I had this Hagstrom Swede bass in black, back in about 1981. It passed through my hands like a hot potato.
In the words of a great bass-playing poet, "Looked like a beauty, played/sounded like doody."
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In the words of a great bass-playing poet, "Looked like a beauty, played/sounded like doody."
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I played a Gittler a couple times -- a Gittler is essentially the six-string electric guitar version of whatever that bass pictured is (Andy Summers used one in a Police video, if that helps) -- and I can assure you, on a fretted instrument you do not need a fingerboard for vibrato/slide techniques nor to stop your fingers from going thru the back of the neck.
Actually, it used a magnetic pickup under the bridge which vibrated along with the strings. The reason for this being Ampeg thought metal strings were a fad, and so you could use gut strings on it.
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You don't want to do that. Trust me.
apparently some folks are having a problem with basic comprehension. this is about basses -you own- or -have owned-. not "what kind of ugly bass can i find on t3h int3rw3bz".
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We already covered that no fretboard shouldn't be a problem- the lack of much space for your thumb on the back of the neck looks like it would be though.
my experience with a Bronco bass:
took it of the shelf, sat down, plugged it into the hartke Lh500/410xl stack I was demoing with.
played an A on the E string. Immediately said out loud "No" and put it back
took it of the shelf, sat down, plugged it into the hartke Lh500/410xl stack I was demoing with.
played an A on the E string. Immediately said out loud "No" and put it back
Awesome bass, all but the color... Rarity be damned, I'm still tempted to strip and refinish it.
I hate a natural mahogany Cort 5-string that I purposely stripped and painted this color
Here are a few just shown in other threads in the last few days...the russian ones look like weapons:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=572717&highlight=russian
The fretless home job looks like something out of a bass version of a dog pound:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7847356#poststop
Only on TalkBass....
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=572717&highlight=russian
The fretless home job looks like something out of a bass version of a dog pound:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7847356#poststop
Only on TalkBass....
Back in the early 70's my brother came home with a Japanese copy of the Hofner Beatle Bass. I've looked all over for it, but can't find it - so it's lost in the mists of time.
What I remember of it is that it had a very high action, the pickups actually rattled in their mounts, and when plugged in it alternated between cutting in and out and feedback.
Any budget bass you buy today from China or Korea would be made better.
What I remember of it is that it had a very high action, the pickups actually rattled in their mounts, and when plugged in it alternated between cutting in and out and feedback.
Any budget bass you buy today from China or Korea would be made better.
The Thumb's design was primarily a "slap" bass first,in conjunction with a bassist called Johnathon Davis.He wanted a small bodied neck thru with 26 frets that balanced quite horizontal.He slapped from below the strings.It was also meant to be headless initially,but due to popular responce,was kept headed.This model has proved to be one of the most popular for Warwick amongst a broad range of players.But just like anything.It cant possibly appeal to everyone,or meet everyone's expectations.
fwiw.
It's a good starting bass. To keep it as your main bass for long would be foolish though.
I've seen a two string bass. It was pretty cool though, it was look-through, and lit up different colors when you played. It was at the Chicago Music exchange.
That literally made me laugh out loud.Washburn AEB5. Had the slots where the sound hole is. It was so top heavy that the neck would dive down and take chunks of wood out of the stage. The top went through a snare drum head, the top of an amp, into a bowl of chili, and smashed an old ladies walker. Of course this is all made up............except for the part about the Washburn. ZZ Top would love it because with one good push it would spin around like the second hand on a clock.
my friend had a Ibanez Bass that he smeared with dog crap and then after it dried he shelacked (sp?) over that and he called that his S*&t Bass and he loved the thing (band called Nightstick from Boston)
I knew of another guy here that somehow attached wood to his bass to make it look like a skinny long penis with a penis shaped headstock with two big giant balls down at the body section and he played that live during certain songs and the crowed loved it when he came back carrying it--> like a novelty act but it worked for a decent following at following shows .
I think there is no ugly bass out there,,, its all in the eye of the beholder,,, I had a Pedulla series two that was a yellowish lime green and whn I joined a hardcore band they finally talked me into stripping the finish off and I always wished I didn't becasue I thought it was more funny than anything.
as for sound,,, I'm brought up on the principle that the sound is the head/amp and speaker cabs,,,, any bass can sound awesome just turn around and adjust the setting s OR buy another amp---> there is AMPS that Suk but Basses stand in another category.
I knew of another guy here that somehow attached wood to his bass to make it look like a skinny long penis with a penis shaped headstock with two big giant balls down at the body section and he played that live during certain songs and the crowed loved it when he came back carrying it--> like a novelty act but it worked for a decent following at following shows .
I think there is no ugly bass out there,,, its all in the eye of the beholder,,, I had a Pedulla series two that was a yellowish lime green and whn I joined a hardcore band they finally talked me into stripping the finish off and I always wished I didn't becasue I thought it was more funny than anything.
as for sound,,, I'm brought up on the principle that the sound is the head/amp and speaker cabs,,,, any bass can sound awesome just turn around and adjust the setting s OR buy another amp---> there is AMPS that Suk but Basses stand in another category.
