Does this bug anyone else?

[Volker Kirstein]

I'm looking at a bass (best offer), and the pics look beautiful, until...

I lost interest.

I figure if the Luthier can't line up string holes in a straight line, who knows what else lurks under the facade. Plus it triggers my OCD. Next!

Or am I being hypercritical?

 

[RattleSnack]

Yap, that's sloppy work.

 

[Duder]

SX guitars are like this and, as I recall, they said it was by customer request.

 

[B-Mac]

I'm looking at a bass (best offer), and the pics look beautiful, until...
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I lost interest.

I figure if the Luthier can't line up string holes in a straight line, who knows what else lurks under the facade. Plus it triggers my OCD. Next!

Or am I being hypercritical?

Run away...fast!

 

[mongo2]

Oops!

 

[JIO]

I'm looking at a bass (best offer), and the pics look beautiful, until...
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I lost interest.

I figure if the Luthier can't line up string holes in a straight line, who knows what else lurks under the facade. Plus it triggers my OCD. Next!

Or am I being hypercritical?

No reason why anyone would deliberately do that - functionally it wouldn't make a difference but aesthetically...

 

[P. Aaron]

Started late Friday, finished on Monday morning.

 

[ixlramp]

Looks too big to be sloppiness, maybe the string through holes in the bridge are also unaligned? Perhaps there's a reason, you could ask.

 

[Volker Kirstein]

Looks too big to be sloppiness, maybe the string through holes in the bridge are also unaligned? Perhaps there's a reason, you could ask.

No reason to ask: my OCD won't let me own a bass like that.

I can't own a bass where the string bends to the side at the nut to reach the pegs, either.

 

[Slater]

That might be intentional. It might be done to mimic some string through guitars.
(See pic in link)
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[Volker Kirstein]

That might be intentional. It might be done to mimic some string through guitars.
(See pic in link)...

That I could live with, it has order.

The holes on the OP, which may or may not serve a purpose, look higgedly piggedly.

 

[bholder]

Depends on the price of the bass. For under $200 or so, I'm possibly willing to tolerate such things...

 

[B-Mac]

No reason to ask: my OCD won't let me own a bass like that.

I can't own a bass where the string bends to the side at the nut to reach the pegs, either.

Didn’t you see the fine print?
Special non-OCD Player Edition

 

[Bass V]

if it otherwise checks out, I'll go with IT ADDS CHARACTER, and easy to ID in case of some need to ID

 

[twinjet]

I'm looking at a bass (best offer), and the pics look beautiful, until...
View attachment 3455242
I lost interest.

I figure if the Luthier can't line up string holes in a straight line, who knows what else lurks under the facade. Plus it triggers my OCD. Next!

Or am I being hypercritical?

As long as the length of the string from nut to saddle witness point remain unchanged, I don't think it'll be a problem (except for tapered strings?). But don't quote me on this.

 

[PWRL]

I can't see it affecting anything, but yes, it would bug me.

 

[capnjim]

Maybe he hit a knot while drilling???

 

[Gougedeye]

That does not sit well with me either!

 

[Jim C]

I don't understand this.
It's not any harder to make things line up even by hand.
For those that make things without jigs and fixtures or automated equipment, locating a hole this far off is like telling the buyer FU.
What brand?
It would make sense if all the ones made on a single shift were like this.

 

[Mordamir]

It doesn't bother me but not much does. I can see why it would bother some. Is this someone's DIY or did the factory do that?