I Need A Geeky & Uncool Bass...

[mongo2]

Play these basses:

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wearing this outfit:

 

[JonathanF]

 

[JustOpenYourMind]

Man, I wish I could wear an outfit like that. Unfortunately it won't be that easy. This is what we'll look like:

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Actually, a sunbusrt jazz bass really fits the 70's nerd genre, in a weezer way.

If you are dressed like that having a really stupid looking bass would be overkill, don't forget that doing too much can totally ruin a look.

A good example:

 

[skaliwag66]

danelectro '63 in aqua!

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awesome!

 

[Sneckumhaw]

nothing says geek quite like Paul McCartney circa 1960.
although, it may fall flat playing 80s tunes.

just a thought.

He didn't play bass yet in 1960!

 

[RockNRollAl]

I found one that caught my eye - I bought this last week!

It's a Rogue. I've bought a guitar/mandolin package from them before and the quality was quite good. So, I felt I could risk $200 on this. Yes, just $200.

It's a 31" scale. It's solid, good finish, low action, intonation perfect, electronics work smoothly. I got much more than $200 worth.

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[air_leech]

These are what I consider Geeky and Uncool...

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is that a joke? these are super cool basses!
in the "right" hands I can see how Woody's bass and the violin Hofner clone could be turned into geeky but you'll have to be Mclovin to strip the Cassidy off it's coolness.

 

[BlackLake]

We'll be playing and singing, but there is a backing track with backup vocals and keyboard parts. There is a click that only the drummer will hear. We'll all be using in-ear monitors.

From what I've seen in the photos, the guy in the LA band plays a P-Bass with a checkered pickguard, most of the time. But I have also seen him with something headless.

There is the answer:

P-Bass with a Checkered Pickguard...just get an SX or a Squier, and some paint.

or, if you want to be slightly different:

Cover the pickguard with a piece of really ugly, tacky 70's wallpaper.

Man, imagine this pattern (on your pg, or you kitchen walls)

 

[BlackLake]

I just knew this guy would play a steiny style:

 

[John Webb]

..there is a "middle finger, penis head" bass on ebay right now.....No kiddin'....go look!

 

[GoesThump]

Gibson 20/20. WAY geekier than a steinberger.

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GT

 

[Kenny Allyn]

A bass to set any Off!

... I mean 4 count em FOUR lipstick pickups ... and a "Mother of Toilet Seat" finsh!

 

[tom once dead]

BC Rich

How exactly is that "nerdy and uncool"
I would say its METAL and EXTREME

 

[BlackLake]

A bass to set any Off!

... I mean 4 count em FOUR lipstick pickups ... and a "Mother of Toilet Seat" finsh!

Whoa, fugly as fugly gets, but I would love to hear what the pups sound like.

 

[evito]

A bass to set any Off!

... I mean 4 count em FOUR lipstick pickups ... and a "Mother of Toilet Seat" finsh!

That is so gawdy and ugly...............im in love. Where can I get one?

+1 for hearing the sound of it too.

 

[evito]

Play these basses:

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wearing this outfit:

I just laughed so hard I pee'd a little.

 

[willg95]

i see you guys try hard here, but there is nothing more geeky in this world that this one

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Unfortunatelly it is made in Slovakia, central Europe.

omg i just died laughing when i saw that XD

and yeah, it's the boxiness that makes it nerdy

 

[Sound Chaser]

So I've been recruited by a startup band that has pro management/promotion from an LA-based outfit. They are looking to "franchise" a certain band that is very popular in LA here in Atlanta.

This band is very...different. Only 80's covers. And there is a theme: Super Ultra Geeky. For example - I'll be wearing a bowtie, huge nerdy glasses, a crash helmet, and a Spongebob backpack. The primary focus is "money gigs" like corporate events, weddings, etc.

I really don't feel my sunburst 60's style Jazz will fit the theme. I never thought I would be shopping for an "uncool" bass, but I am.

Any ideas? I need a bass that screams "Geek" like nothing else.

I HATE the music industry.

 

[peterbright]

I think your outfit will be nerdy enough. Stick with what you normally play.

 

[evito]

I HATE the music industry.

Ok, you got me interested. How do you really feel?