Does this bug anyone else?

[JRA]

am I being hypercritical?

yes, of course you are, let it go....

 

[guts]

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.

All of that would have me leaning toward thinking that they did it intentionally for some reason that I cannot comprehend.

 

[jd56hawk]

Might be intentional, but if you're one of those bassists who's constantly showing the back of his bass to the crowd...

 

[BassFishingInAmerica]

What was this guy on?

 

[Thumpin6string]

Some 14 year old Chinese kid making pennies per hour probably drilled the holes and you expect perfection?

 

[bigswifty1]

There are several basses around these days with holes that line up. I'd keep on the lookout for one of them.

 

[edencab]

helps with intonation & sustain......

 

[gln1955]

I know the concept of craftsmanship escapes some people, but that is just wrong. Couldn't live with that.

 

[Spent]

Tequila is a cruel mistress.

 

[roller]

That's like a bad tattoo.

Or am I being hypercritical?

 

[JimmyM]

I don't like stringing thru body in general. I think it makes zero difference. I do have a bass with it, but I never use it anymore because it makes no difference.

 

[Thatbastarddon]

It mimics the saddle positions when in position for proper intonation. So when the strings come up through the body, they bend close to equally.
Not my thing, but I’ve seen it before...in Tele knock-offs.

 

[non]

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What was this guy on?

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You forgot the LSD web.
In Albert Hofmann's book My Problem Child, didn't he say the spiders on LSD wove the most intricate webs?

 

[Smooth_bass88]

audience won't care

 

[juancaminos]

What does it look like on the other side?

 

[Matt Liebenau]

Having drilled holes for string through bridges on both guitars and basses I will say that it can be a bit more intricate then it seems like it should be to get the string holes perfectly perpendicular on both sides of the body. If you use a bit long enough to go all the way through the body and it hits a soft spot in the wood it can wander and come out in a very different spot then where you expected.

To the OP’s question, it would bother me a lot more on a $1000 bass then a $100 bass.

 

[Magthegrate]

I couldn't own it. No good reason, but it would be a deal breaker.

 

[scuzzy]

Having drilled holes for string through bridges on both guitars and basses I will say that it can be a bit more intricate then it seems like it should be to get the string holes perfectly perpendicular on both sides of the body. If you use a bit long enough to go all the way through the body and it hits a soft spot in the wood it can wander and come out in a very different spot then where you expected.

To the OP’s question, it would bother me a lot more on a $1000 bass then a $100 bass.

Like this.

May people who build get the tight cheeks when drilling string-through-body pilot holes. Not easy to get perfect.

Price? Looks like a home modded Ibanez from the back.

 

[sikamikanico]

It mimics the saddle positions when in position for proper intonation. So when the strings come up through the body, they bend close to equally.
Not my thing, but I’ve seen it before...in Tele knock-offs.

This, if it was intentional.

Having drilled holes for string through bridges on both guitars and basses I will say that it can be a bit more intricate then it seems like it should be to get the string holes perfectly perpendicular on both sides of the body. If you use a bit long enough to go all the way through the body and it hits a soft spot in the wood it can wander and come out in a very different spot then where you expected.

This, if it wasn't intentional.


These two explanations would be my guesses at least... I could live with it if the other things (including price) checked out. I'd probably convince myself it was the first explanation of the two above...

 

[bassbenj]

Hey, all (unmodded) Wishbasses are this way. We call it character.