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[Old Blastard]

By the looks of it, I'm guessing he used this to kill the dragon.

 

[40Hz]

the very shape of the headstock, itself, screamed "diseased badger pancreas"!

ROFLMAO! Now that has got to be one of the best (and more evocative) descriptions I’ve ever seen !

Thx! I needed a really good laugh today.

 

[Mustang Surly]

"Thx! I needed a really good laugh today."

Glad I was able to tickle your funnybone.
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Here's one gentleman who is able to coax some usable tone out that very bargain basement slab:

 

[ProgressiveDoom]

The headstock logo (sticker) was a real pip and, at the time, appealed strongly to my innate sense of inflated self worth and aristocratic arrogance. Plus, the very shape of the headstock, itself, screamed "diseased badger pancreas"! The stout string-retaining bar above the nut was obviously a dire necessity, given the desperate angles at which the strings exit on their way to the tuner posts. They were clearly trying, albeit unsuccessfully, to escape from the clutches of this guitar:

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Ive never seen or even thought about one before but now I know what a "diseased badger pancreas"looks like

 

[bobyoung53]

OK is still neck and neck.

 

[dan1952]

Depends in your criteria I suppose. One person’s junk is another’s jewel.

In my case I’m tone driven. I can even tolerate a less than ideal feel or playing experience if it gets the sound I’m after. Looks to me are a plus, but not a requirement.

So to me, “junk” is if it sounds bad and can’t be made to sound good no matter what.

I try not to walk in with any preconditions about what I’ll try. I think people who go through life insisting on having just the right woods, and strings, and setup, and neck profile, and yadda-yadda are ultimately doing themselves a disservice as musicians. But maybe that’s just me.

However, when it comes to “junk,” I say: Just hand it to me and give me a few minutes. I’ll tell you what I think about it after that. Not before.

YMMV.

I'm far from a gear snob. I just remember being a kid who didn't even know music stores existed, and thought the pawn shop and Sears were the only places to buy gear. The only options were Silvertones and this kind of crap. The first time I went into a music store and saw Fenders, Gibsons, Guilds and so on, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Except for the money part...;-)

 

[40Hz]

I'm far from a gear snob. I just remember being a kid who didn't even know music stores existed, and thought the pawn shop and Sears were the only places to buy gear. The only options were Silvertones and this kind of crap. The first time I went into a music store and saw Fenders, Gibsons, Guilds and so on, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Except for the money part...;-)

By today’s standards, most of what got played up until fairly recently could be said to leave a lot to be desired. And I played a lot of it so I’m used to compromises when it comes to build quality and design. But I learned to get as much as was possible out of whatever I had to work with at the time.

That was a valuable life lesson that went far beyond just bass playing. So like you, I’m not a gear snob either. I have some so-called “good” stuff and some so-called “junk” on my rack. But whatever. It all sounds good when I play it so I’m happy regardless of the name on the headstock.

I’m always amazed at how little by way of gear you need to play bass. And also how affordable most of it is. You can get a gig worthy setup for under a grand all in if you shop and you’re not opposed to used or some less expensive brand name these days.

Good time to be a bassist.