Reasons that keep you from…..

[-Stingray]

If it weighs more than 8 pounds it's an instant no-go for me. That by itself has curbed my gas by 90%.

 

[Watchootognbout]

Paint,pickguards and chrome keep me from buying a bass.

 

[ShadowGroover]

What keeps you from trying or buying?

Find your invisible bass and the need for trying or buying will disappear, too.

The best instrument is the one that provides such a great music-making experience, that the physical instrument is no longer the focal point, just the music itself.

Once the bass becomes invisible, the need to try and buy does, too, along with the pesky, lengthy, and ever-changing list of requirements.

 

[Zazie Moondust]

It's got to look cool, usually a matter of finish but also shape.

It's got to feel right and sound good enough to inspire me.

Ideally it should have an active control layout for easy modding.

But the main factor for me not biting a bass is I already have too fretted and one fretless and it's tough to justify and more atm.

 

[retslock]

I'm not seriously looking anymore. Partly because I live in a small house and space is an issue but mostly because I have six really nice basses - three made to my specs - that I can play gigs with and they don't let me down.

 

[LowEndSoul]

Traditional 6str basses are tuned BEADGC.

I meant a bass vi, as in the fender bass vi, tuned eadgbe.

 

[DJ Bebop]

What are the reasons that keep you from trying or buying a bass?

None. I’ll try anything once, maybe even twice

 

[elvish_paisley]

Same here. For example, if there is only one pickup and it’s located right by the neck I know that sound probably won’t work for me.

Ya, pickup placement?
I’m the opposite, looking for the pickup closest to the neck (maybe fine with just that one). Got an Ibanez SG I’m happy enough with. Still not sure what style I’m looking for.

 

[embellisher]

Traditional 6str basses are tuned BEADGC.

Depends on what you consider "traditional". The 6 string Danelectro bass guitar predates the contrabass guitar by about 20 years.

 

[embellisher]

Too many strings. I'm intimidated by more than 4. I saw a nice 5 string Yamaha at my local shop last week, but I've only been playing for like a year, with a little rudimentary guitar playing before that. Maybe I'd like a bass 6, ironically, because its extra strings are tuned like a a guitar. But a regular 5 string or 6 string confuses me. I'm a very simple fellow....

Too few strings. I hate seeing a great looking bass only available as a 4 string. I started on a four back in the late 70's, but I've played 5+ strings about 90% of the time the past 20 years.

 

[alack]

Currently I’m not in the market for another bass and plan to stay that way, so all of the above.

 

[pepj]

Depends on what you consider "traditional". The 6 string Danelectro bass guitar predates the contrabass guitar by about 20 years.

Yep, no one uses them here so not 'traditional' in the general sense, imv.

I know quite a few 6 stringers and they are all conventionally tuned.
Whether they need 6 strings at all is another question

 

[embellisher]

Nobody you know uses them, you mean.

There are definitely people using them.

 

[pepj]

Well yes, but I do know an awful lot of bass players. I do not recall even seeing one on a gig..and thats a lot of gigs and a lot of years.

 

[dougjwray]

I didn't vote, because my reason wasn't there. My reason: when played unplugged, the bass sounds dead. No resonance. A related issue: the bass has uneven response... I can deal with the infamous Fender 1st string dead spot, but other than that, every note has to ring out equally clearly.

 

[ragetoca]

If price was not a factor, these are the top 5 reasons that keep us from buying a bass (based on all the votes)

#5 Brand
#4 Body Shape
#3 Scale Length
#2 Bass Color
#1 Weight

 

[singlemalt]

I checked all the boxes.

Just picky that way. And I have enough basses. The four survivors are more than enough.

In fact, it’s getting close to time for another bass purge.

Sparkly guitars are another matter.

 

[P. Aaron]

Want but don't really need.

 

[bobba66]

I already have one.

 

[songwriter21]

If I do try a bass out, it'd better have a good neck, as in straight, or able to be adjusted so. If not, there's no point in going any further.