Does it offend you when?

[Din Of Win]

I don't get too annoyed at people in that regard.

However, it is a little irksome when people will base their bass/guitar choice on its looks rather than it's tone and playability.

Having a certain aesthetic is one thing, but not at the expense of good playing, IMHO.

 

[Marlat]

Nope, someone literally compared my bass (here on TB) to dog poop. I dug it (the comparison, not dog poop).

 

[spade2you]

It annoys me, especially when I designed it.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

It's all relative. It doesn't matter how ugly your bass is if you're uglier. Then your ugly bass looks like a beaut.

 

[akaTRENT]

I get offended when people tell me that, "Im just the bassist"

 

[ubado]

I don't get too annoyed at people in that regard.

However, it is a little irksome when people will base their bass/guitar choice on its looks rather than it's tone and playability.

+1

If a band member likes one bass over the other ... I understand ... it's about the tone. However if someone doesn't like my bass due to looks ... it's rather irksome since it's just plain rude.

Once upon a time ... I had a Westone 5'ver in high school (when Westone first came out with them ... back when seeing a 5'ver was a rare sight). At a local "battle of the bands" a singer from another band saw my bass and stated ... "Cool bass ... too bad it a Westone" ... Yea, that bothered me a bit; mostly since he was a singer, making a statement like that out of ignorance.

Just to show how looks/name mean nothing compared to tone ... I later traded that Westone for a '69/'71 Fender PJ hotrod! (the only bass I truly regret selling)

 

[bhass]

People I know (non-musicians) often say that my Fender looks "cheap" because it "looks like every other guitar". They don't understand so I don't get annoyed or offended. It's only MIM, but they are referring it to a 50 quid starter pack.

I suppose that if someone claimed to know what they were talking and said the same thing I might get annoyed.

 

[Joe.shaffer]

It's really their problem if they think my bass is ugly. I couldn't care less what it looks like.

 

[L-A]

It upsets me when people put a half-question in a thread title, though.

 

[mrwink]

no, but I usually pole 100-300 people consisting of an equal mix of age/income demographic groups before I buy a bass to establish that I did, in face, choose a bass that looks cool, hip, sexy, or whatever "they" want it to look like.

Pshh!

 

[lorenk]

I want ugly basses, see, since I'm so damn good looking. I need to lower my sex appeal so the rest of the band doesn't get jealous

 

[Bongolation]

Does it offend you when?

...people don't make their points in the topic title?

Why, yes! Yes it does! Thanks so much for asking!

 

[cassanova]

...people don't make their points in the topic title?

Why, yes! Yes it does! Thanks so much for asking!

Fortunately for me, I don't care if I offend someone.

 

[groooooove]

i play a purple 6 string with gold hardware and an ebony board.

if anyone said it was ugly, i'd shrug and think to myself, theyre obviously just jealous..

 

[cassanova]

Groooove that bass sounds like it's pretty hot lookin, do you have a pic?

 

[finalrequiem]

No way! That is one of the coolest things about genuine musicians and their instruments. We all have different tastes and for most non-posers it's cool that a bunch of other people don't think your dream instrument is the coolest thing they've ever seen. It creates so much more variety and choice. I've seen some basses that I thought were freaking awesome but ugly as sin. I have one, actually. For the people that realize how much more important playability, tone, etc. is than looks and brand, it takes so much pressure off of trying to pick the right looking bass, etc. Then looks/brand become fun.

 

[Moe Monsarrat]

I never hear stuff like that. All I hear no matter what I'm playing at the time is " How do you get that SOUND?"

 

[GreaserMatt]

Why would you care what somebody else thinks? It's only what we think that matters.

+1, LOL

 

[Nino Valenti]

Does it offend you when people find your bass or basses ugly or don't like it for whatever reason?

No.

 

[madbassplaya]

Does it offend you when people find your bass or basses ugly or don't like it for whatever reason?

I will admit that when I first started playing, I did. I was very self concsience about the basses I thought about buying and would ask different people's opinions about how they looked.

Now, I could care less of what others think of my bass. I like it...and that's what matters.