None of these basses are ugly to be honest 
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Post YOUR ugly bass.
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I "improved" a no-name P bass many years ago, "because it felt like a good idea at the time" ... from a distance not to bad maybe, but the ugly is in the details. 
I "improved" a no-name P bass many years ago, "because it felt like a good idea at the time" ... from a distance not to bad maybe, but the ugly is in the details.
I dont know what you're talking about man, that thing is pretty all-around sexy.
I think all my basses are pretty ugly, but in cool ways I guess. One of my T-40s is pretty beat up and missing knobs and stuff, I might post a picture tomorrow.
My basses are pretty ugly, all of them!
Probably this is the ugliest one:
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Probably this is the ugliest one:
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SirMjac28
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now where are the basses?
My basses signed a petition. They want to post a picture of me
The topic is "ugly basses" not "ugly bassists". If it was the latter, I could be a founding member of the club.
Sorry you feel this way, I will take it off your hands
This is one of my basses. Not exactly ugly, in fact she looked like a supermodel in the 80s but she's still got the big hair and shoulder pads and hasn't really aged well.
It's a Palm Bay Atlantic. I got it from a now defunct music store just half a mile from home. It's active, with volume, pan (that works the opposite way to what you expect...roll it forward and it brings in the bridge pup) and a concentric Bass/Treble cut or boost. It has a nice fast neck (but needs the 19th fret levelled on the G string because it chokes), and a low action, but the neck has quite a bit of flex...it feels as if it could do with a couple of graphite reinforcing bars (I very much doubt that it already has them). It's also a weird bass in that it sounds fantastic (can sound very Rick like, which is why I bought it as a backup to my 4001), but only when it's wearing the freshest of fresh strings. Strings die on this bass quicker than any other...again, I think a stiffer neck might enable it to hang on to a bit of zing for longer.
I don't use it much anymore. I might have considered spending some money on it but I'm more into fivers these days.
It's a Palm Bay Atlantic. I got it from a now defunct music store just half a mile from home. It's active, with volume, pan (that works the opposite way to what you expect...roll it forward and it brings in the bridge pup) and a concentric Bass/Treble cut or boost. It has a nice fast neck (but needs the 19th fret levelled on the G string because it chokes), and a low action, but the neck has quite a bit of flex...it feels as if it could do with a couple of graphite reinforcing bars (I very much doubt that it already has them). It's also a weird bass in that it sounds fantastic (can sound very Rick like, which is why I bought it as a backup to my 4001), but only when it's wearing the freshest of fresh strings. Strings die on this bass quicker than any other...again, I think a stiffer neck might enable it to hang on to a bit of zing for longer.
I don't use it much anymore. I might have considered spending some money on it but I'm more into fivers these days.
I partially agree.
The wraps on the tuner posts are indeed ugly. Push em down, Bucko.
Still a cool bass though.
No comment on the washer for a string tree huh?I partially agree.
The wraps on the tuner posts are indeed ugly. Push em down, Bucko.
Still a cool bass though.
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All that bass needs is a tort pickguard and a black pickup cover
Thats where they stay, the tuners are beveled in at the top. Usually I get 4 wraps to hold them down better
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I can't believe no ones invoked "the rule" about ugly threads...... maybe there's hope for talkbass after all!
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If it's about your own bass, then it's okay. Any posts that post images of other people's basses will get deleted or get the thread shut down if they persist.
