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Best bass that the consensus says sucks
- Thread starter truebass
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Squier basses get a lot of flack on tb.
I recently got a Squier bronco and was pleasantly surprised. Great little bass for very little £££
I recently got a Squier bronco and was pleasantly surprised. Great little bass for very little £££
For me, gotta be the Tone Twins; '01 4003 and a '73 4001. They fit me like a glove; neither bridge has ever given me an ounce of trouble, and once they were set, they have both stayed that way - for about 9 years so far. Truss rods have never needed adjusting after the initial set up, either; especially the Hairpins in the 4001. The "tail lift" on them is identical, despite the 28 year age difference (barely enough to get a credit card in there). No neck dive (for me); the binding has never bothered me in the least (well, I just missed the checkerboard binding period on the 4001, but otherwise...), and the necks are thin, flat, and fast as a snake. So, for me? Yeah, Rics really suck...
Schecter bass guitars seem to be in the Bermuda Triangle of talkbass. Their brand-name seems to have a bit more clout on the electric guitar side of things. There don't seem to be any quality control issues with their basses and I almost bought one. Its like you get more for your money, but I don't think they are doing well on the marketing side of things and it might be a business decision to keep costs down by not advertising more or getting more high profile professional artists signed.
Every short scale ever made.
I've read on here that they can't be intonated, can't get proper tension on the strings, can't get any bottom out of them all top end, can't get any top end out of them all bottom, neck is too short to finger properly, can't play a bass with 18/20/21 frets, all have neck dive, won't stay in tune, etal. I'm pretty sure I've missed some reasons not to play one.
Oh yeah, almost forgot, Leo made the first basses 34" because that's the only scale length that is scientifically sound. Yes, I had to read that one twice to make sure I didn't misread it.
I've read on here that they can't be intonated, can't get proper tension on the strings, can't get any bottom out of them all top end, can't get any top end out of them all bottom, neck is too short to finger properly, can't play a bass with 18/20/21 frets, all have neck dive, won't stay in tune, etal. I'm pretty sure I've missed some reasons not to play one.
Oh yeah, almost forgot, Leo made the first basses 34" because that's the only scale length that is scientifically sound. Yes, I had to read that one twice to make sure I didn't misread it.
This^^
There is no question that short scale bass are AT the limit of how short you can make one (Standard type bass and strings etc, not a Kala Ubass, Ashbory etc.), but having played one for years I can say with confidence they are certainly not OVER the limit!
Well I have a Les Paul kit I converted to a sub scale bass. Intonates perfectly (even my luthier couldn't believe it when he cut the nut), I use LaBella White Tapes on it. it's the standard Les Paul scale length, and the neck plays better as a bass than as a guitar. But then again when it comes to guitars I've always been a Fender kind of guy.
One of my old short scales was a sort of Strat clone. Had the same scale length. I could reach so much stuff on the neck! Played great. I used GHS brite flats on it. I'd love to have a short scale again, but now I want a 5 string and I haven't been able to find a 5 string short scale with a decent B string that didn't cost an enormous pile of money. Maybe one day.
I think we all notice a negative remark against a certain manufacturer when we have a personal interest or preference for them. I've never noticed any sort of major criticism of ricks until I started reading this tread but the first couple of posts were all about Ricks. You'll notice a comment that disagrees with your opinion more than the ones that don't. Lot of people don't like Warwicks but the owners thread is on part 6 so there's definitely a lot of love for them here too.
