Pet Peaves

[eyeballkid]

This

this lived at my house! I blame it for all my bad luck.

 

[Vincent P]

this lived at my house! I blame it for all my bad luck.

Mothman Bass is like Herpes. It just keeps coming back!!!

 

[Rip Topaz]

Mistreated instruments. Unplayed instruments. Bugs the **** out of me. If you're not gonna play something, pass it on to someone that will.

 

[cronker]

I don't want to peeve on anyone's parade, but I dislike the oval bridge on the Lakland.
I will get flamed (exotic wood style) probably, but I also dislike furniture basses - probably because I don't want to spend a ******** of money on something that might get dinged.
I'm not a fan of 717 string basses (you know what I mean)
Just sayin

 

[xUptheIronsx]

Will use this as a template - with some changes - since I agree with most of it...

• Fanned frets
• More than 5 strings
• L.E.D. lights
• Beautiful tonewoods
• Headless basses
• Short-scale basses
• Carbon fiber basses
• Clear pickguards

also, to add some:
- it is not really a "peeve", but I don't like all of the "burled" woods, or flame top or "fancy" wood finishes. Some are cool, but many times it is "over the top" to me
- I don't like the pretension that sometimes comes with amateur level players who play boutique basses
- over effected bass sounds/tones
- distorted or fuzzed bass tones for the most part. (In some genres it fits, but in many it gets in the way)
- "refrigerator" type cabinets...bigger does not necessarily mean "louder"
- I also agree with Rip Topaz about abused and especially unplayed instruments...

 

[woofdoggy]

• Rush
• Fenders-->Leo Fender
• Geddy Lee
• Flea
• Fodera
• MusicMan
• Jaco
• Victor Wooten

 

[nukes_da_bass]

I used to love a quilt top. I changed.

 

[cronker]

Might get flamed for this too, but:

Dislike the pretentious tone of comments from some TB'ers.
We don't all have endorsement deals or 400 years of experience.
The whole point of this site is to share and experience the bass guitar.
I don't care that your custom Jerzy Drozd is better than a Cort. Just share without prejudice.

 

[DiabolicLow B]

Rics & anything by Gibson.

White or cream basses, god awful.

 

[michaelstrand]

White or cream basses, god awful.

not even the cream colored fender mustangs?

 

[monkeyfinger]

Fret sprout.

+1. First thing I check on a bass I am considering is the neck edge. Bumpy or sharp edges are the clear sign of a poor quality bass to me.

 

[Jazzcat]

>4 Strings
Frets
Color other then natural, brown, black, white
Figured woods
Electronics on ABGs
Cheapo basses

 

[chef wong]

Some things I could do without seeing in the bass world:

Traben basses..they're for MMA fighters that play bass.

Neck binding...feels tackey and a real pain to refret.

Over routing from Fender...can't they just do it like they did in the 50's and 60's?

Wood covered pickups..look great but too expensive to have strings grinding up against.

Obvious glue joints under the paint...I can understand this on an old bass with the wood shrinking and all, but it just looks bad and isn't that hard to avoid for the companies. It really says alot about their real values.

Relics...open the door for companies to actually use factory seconds.

 

[cronker]

How I get Geddy's tone?
Which is better, P or J?
Is this Fodera worth it?
Was Jaco really any good?
What does Ohms mean? (I plead guilty on this one, my brain doesn't get it
Do you like penguins?

Discuss.

 

[hairy_walnut]

How I get Geddy's tone?
Which is better, P or J?
Is this Fodera worth it?
Was Jaco really any good?
What does Ohms mean? (I plead guilty on this one, my brain doesn't get it
Do you like penguins?

Discuss.

Penguins are alright. I like some better than others.

 

[Thrust Meatnozl]

Most factory strap buttons.

 

[king_biscuit]

Pickguards on Fender style basses and Fender style basses with explosed cavities on the top so that you can't remove the pickguard.

I'm just the opposite. I can't stand Fender style basses without pickguards or with fancy tops.

 

[JTE]

Badass bridges on Fender-style basses
Crappy preamps in lower priced basses. While I like active basses, no pre is always better than a crappy one.
Skinny necks.
Blocks 'n' binding- painful reminders of trying to justify the price of new Fenders when I was a dealer in the late '70s.

John

 

[BawanaRik]

I remember a CAR P Bass I used to have. Like every other P Bass I loved the sound but found the neck too wide. Actually it's as much the way the neck spread as it goes from the nut to the body.

And every time I see a Peacock blue Pedulla MVP I wish I was till working so I could buy it.

Drool. But like it's been said by someone much wiser than I : Listen with your ears, not your eyes.

I might even suggest applying that to girls. Many of us would be much happier.

I don't like candy apple red basses. But I have no problem with red guitars. It's weird.

 

[I<34080]

Ibanez, Warwick, and Spector's shapes.