I did -- felt like a piece of plywood with a 2 x 4 nailed to it. Didn't care for he sound, either.
Forgot to say I didn't like the Les Paul bass, either.
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Popular basses you hate??
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I did -- felt like a piece of plywood with a 2 x 4 nailed to it. Didn't care for he sound, either.
Forgot to say I didn't like the Les Paul bass, either.
Interesting that you glossed over both examples I gave. Neither of which were easier to manufacture than the existing designs at the time, nor existed on any other production instrument in 1954.
Mabe you dislike of Fenders is clouding your vision a bit.
Again, Leo's role was important, but I simply don't think the modification of existing designs is all that innovative. Alembic was probably one of the first production basses with active electronics and Leo designed the first production active bass, as the Stingray. I get it that you worship Fender, but I don't consider Toyota an innovator when they make something affordable that used to be restricted to luxury cars.
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Did Toyota come out with the first comercialy succesful Automobile? I don't think so.
What high end Electric Bass Guitars was Mr.Fender making affordable when the Precision was introduced?
This? Paul Tutmarc's bass of 1937? Honestly, this looks to have more in common with a lap steel than a modern electric bass guitar.
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So Alembic adding a pre amp to the bass.. basicly sticking a E/Q stomp box inside the body, isn't a modification of an existing design?
I don't, nor have I ever worshiped Fender. I do like their products, and even love some of them, yet, I have been EXTREEMLY critical of them over the years. I like it when they get stuff right though.
So, I'm not a fan of Stienbergers, but I can certainly appriciate the inovation that Ned brought to the bass world.
I guess using your logic, that would also just be a modification of an existing design.
Aren't all the inovations just a reworking of the Upright when you come right down to it?
So if it's a company you like,.... it's inovation. If it's a company you don't, it's just a modification of an existing design and not particularly noteworthy.
Let's all urinate on each other's basses!My basses rule, yours suck.........
Again. Show me a stringed instrument from 1954 with a bridge that has individualy adjustable saddles for each string for intonation AND hight. That alone is a pretty big inovation that's carried over to most modern electric basses.
Again, show me a reasonably ergonomic doulbe cut away body electric bass guitar that pre-dates the Precision.
How about ANY double cutaway body design that pre-dates the Precision Bass of 1951.
If you ask me, all your major inovations are just modificatons of that basic design.
That is a description I've never heard applied to a "real" 'bird - especially since the necks are notoriously skinny at the nut. Was it an older one? The new ones typically have a clubbier neck. The regular Epiphone is actually wider at the nut than the Gibson.
The original Les Paul bass is not my cup of tea feel-wise, but it has the most unbelievably cool sound. Totally unlike anything else.
I don't care for the newer versions of either bass, but I think the older stuff is wonderful - albeit not as versatile as a Fender.
Wait, what's the thread title again? Hi-larious.
The title is "Popular Basses YOU Hate" - which clearly implies a personal preference is requested - an opinion. I think people are hung up on the word "hate". Get over it - it's just a word, and one must keep things in context. Saying you hate something (in this context) is merely voicing a profound dislike for the item in question. Nothing wrong with that. You follow a person around long enough, and you'll find that they hate SOMETHING. People that say they don't hate anything or anybody quite often have the most skeletons in the closet.
I'm not a fan of Precision basses. Because they sure as heck don't sound precise! I'm not one for farty tones, but an ugly, awkward body shape doesn't help either imo.
Gibson basses, much the same deal...
Gibson basses, much the same deal...
Ibanez.
+1, same hear.
The only one I really like is the K5. Other than that I think they're horrible. I can't stand the tone at all. They are good for begginers though.
They are good for begginers though.
And apparently, professionals at the top of their game as well, like Gary Willis, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Frank Gambale, John Petrucci etc etc.
Oh dear I'm rambling!
1. You said it''s not about negativity. Of course it is! It's about one's NEGATIVE feelings towards a bass or brand of bass. Stop trying to change the definitions of words. Your axe to grind about "PC-ness" is irrelevant here.
2. Yes, people have those negative feelings. So what's the purpose of stating them on the board? Many of these opinions seem to be based on little to no experience with the actual bass(es) in question. What is there to learn from those opinions? Nothing. This thread is devolving into arguments that go in circles, just as anyone could have predicted when it started.
i don't hate the sound or playability, but i can't stand the look of dean basses. i'm a metalhead so i like some spikey basses but deans just look naff
I guess it's like peanut butter n jelly sammiches--some people love 'em, I don't. Now,Peanut butter & dill pickle--that's a sammich!
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