Basses you love to hate?

[Korladis]

Fender made a series of very nice basses in red and blue with a paisley design on the front - don't remember what they're called. I got overdosed on paisley during the 60's and wouldn't own one just because of the cosmetics....even though every word I've heard about them is positive.

I wouldn't own any bass with a paisley design, ever.

I also really dislike almost every tort pickguard I've ever seen. Same with sparkle and pearloid.

 

[bass_lord_mutha]

I think Carl Thompson basses are absolutely hideous looking, but man I'd kill for one. Especially one like Claypool's Rainbow Bass, or even his main 4-banger with the Kahler trem.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

Not a Peavey fan, but I'd sure like to try a G-Bass. Seems like such a great idea (poor man's Modulus), and they don't really sell for all that much.

Not a Warwick fan, but I have a Warwick ovangkol neck on one of my FAVORITE basses.

Made fun of Dano's and Silvertones growing up (we called them "bathroom scales"), but a Longhorn reissue would be a cool weapon in the sound arsenal. I now get their "kitch cool" factor.

I had a ric copy, it was physically painful to play night after night (binding cut into my forearm) but I sure wouldn't mind a Walnut Cheyenne.

 

[I<34080]

Warwick, Spector, Musicman, Ibanez, Schecter, Dean, Wish.

Sorry to those I'm offending, feel free to hate Rics.

 

[BioDriver]

Rickenbacker and Gibson Thunderbird basses. One trick ponies and I don't like those tricks.

 

[Joe.shaffer]

I'm not a fan of Fender so much.. I really really want an old tele bass though.

 

[Munjibunga]

Anything without a head.

 

[JD1014]

I NO LONGER hate on 6-strings...in fact, I WANT one. NOTHING, in 6 years of playing, has felt quite as "right" as the neck of a 6-string. Was afraid to try one because I owned a HEAVY Spector ReBop 5, and always joked, "if I wanna play 6 strings, I'll just go back to guitar!" Now that I'm wanting to learn slap, the first order of business is to find a comfortable bass...on a WHIM, picked up at Schecter 6 and was AMAZED at the light weight. Next trip to my local music shop, they had a nice light Ibanez SR506.

So....in essence, I guess I "hate on" all "heavy" basses. ESPECIALLY basses with EFFING NECKDIVE issues! THAT bugs me!

 

[xk3smith]

Peavy or those cheap ibanez basses.... No thank you.

 

[cnltb]

appart from warwicks I'd say signature basses that actually carry a signature.

 

[engolf]

Fender.. Dear god i hate Fender. Iv'e been hating Fender since i began playing bass guitar. Hate the neck, hate the pickups, hate the sounds... ANd i especially hate the fact that they are overprised (just my opinion). But i do have respect for those who play Fender

 

[rodl2005]

Spector Just don't like the body..... sound OK tho

 

[Baron Von Vik]

I've always said "friends don't let friends play Epiphone,"

...but I love those Jack Casady models. I know I'm being subjective, but the goldtop is the most beautiful bass I've ever seen. I just need the wife to give me the go-ahead on the $800 bucks...

One day.

 

[plangentmusic]

Anything without a headstock.

Anything with more than 4 strings.

Anything where I'm paying extra for fancy carpentry.

 

[5StringBlues]

I'll play anydamnthing,as long as it will intonate and not have mile high action.

 

[delta7fred]

Warwick, Spector, Musicman, Ibanez, Schecter, Dean, Wish.

Sorry to those I'm offending, feel free to hate Rics.

Now I don't actually hate Rics, more like I was put off them at an early age. In 1968 when I was looking for a replacement bass, for the one I had just snapped the truss rod on, I walked into the music shop with what bit of cash I had. In my price range (bargain basement) they had a beat up Ric and 62 Precision that someone had refinished with a brush.

I first tried the Ric but didn't like the look, the feel or the sound. The P looked 10 times worse but I picked it up and plugged it in and even with it's original strings (probably) it sounded better to me. It also felt like I had been playing it forever, just so comfortable. I bought it and refinished it again and still own it.

I have tried Rics since but still think they feel numb and I am still not keen on the shape. I currently have 8 basses, all Precision or Jazz or derivatives (MM and G&L). Next one I buy should be a Gibson maybe!

 

[DaLoCo]

Everything that looks like a Fender, because I cannot tell the difference without a second look. 60s re-issue, 70's re-issue, 50's original, and whatever other models and issues. I cannot tell the difference. Others see the inlays and can almost name the week it was made....I have to look to see if it isn't a Lakland, or Sadowsky, or SX.

That said, it is awesome that there are so many different styles and genres that are done on these...so I am grateful that at least the players are unique

 

[5string5fingers]

SX ursa,just because of the new headstock shape

steinbergers,hofners, and single H rays.

 

[MUSHROOMSeAcOw]

I think Spectors are the ugliest basses on the planet. They're all melty and amorphous. That said, they're some of the most comfortable basses I've ever played, and would not mind owning one all that much.

 

[Pillgrimm13]

im a bc rich guy and i dont care for fenders, nothing wrong with them but to me they just look blah like a seen one seen them all me too bass and im not a fan of the way most p basses feel or sound (never played a jazz bass though i might like one of those) but i do really like the aerodyne model and really wouldnt mind owning one.