Should you put stickers on a bass.

[japhy4529]

Your bass = yes.
My bass = no.

^This

 

[flam]

I don't really get the purpose of stickers. The only thing I own that has any is my tool box, because I've already started down that road. For the most part, I don't own anything I'd like stickers on, and any time I end up getting a cool sticker I don't want it permanently attached to something. Everybody can do what they want with their own property, though.

 

[MoeTown1986]

If it makes you happy, sure. I think it looks cheap and cheesy.

 

[Smelly]

my squier yes. everything else nooooooo...

 

[EdwardofHuncote]

I would not put one on my bass, but here is a classic vintage Alembic Series I that at some point recieved a The Who sticker, and also an autograph by John Entwistle. When Alembic restored the bass a while back, they left the sticker...

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...so I guess the adage' about different strokes applies evenly. Besides, at this point, isn't the sticker part of that particular basses history?

I came within minutes of buying that bass a couple years ago... for the record, if I had been successful, I'd have taken the sticker off, but at least tried to save it. The 'Ox' autograph is almost completely rubbed out, but still there.

 

[James Collins]

I've got stickers on mine, what do you think, yay or nay!

I say no. I am of the minimal customization post production mind set though.

 

[FugaziBomb]

Yeah, stickers for sure. I mean, I wouldn't plaster a bunch of stickers all over my Stingray, but I've got a cheap Washburn that is almost totally covered. I think it looks pretty cool. Also a fair amount of stickers on my acoustic.
Danielle Meyer very similar to yours.

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• FugaziBomb
• Aug 10, 2017
• washburn

 

[Smelly]

I'll elaborate on my answer... I tour with my Squier Matt freeman, I add stickers from bands I have played with, artists I've met along the way or significant places I stopped. My scrap book of sorts....my Carl Thompsons, Hilton, or custom shop guitars would never get that treatment, or probably see the road either.

 

[HotelX]

Did it once. Never again. I still have the bass covered with stickers. It is a US jazz and I know I have hurt the resale value so I can never sell it for much. Luckily I don't really want to sell it. It is my reggae bass strung with flats and covered in reggae type stickers.

SO my advice is don't do it unless you know you will never sell the bass.

 

[Bob_Ross]

No

Nope.

NEVER.

No way.

No

NO.

Me, no.

No

Sticker? No.

Nay.

Sorry but NO.

I vote NAY

Nay.

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...well, I see my work here is done. Carry on.

 

[Charlzm]

I've got stickers on mine, what do you think, yay or nay!

I like mine the way they come from the factory. Well, the finish, anyway.

 

[faceless_master]

Ok here's how this is gonna go:

1. OP is thinking of putting a sticker on his bass. Unsure of himself and concerned about devaluing his instrument, he turns to TB to see what the prevailing opinion is. This is a mistake.

2. By now, OP should have just realized that the bass belongs to him, and put whatever stickers he wants on it. OP instead decides to post a thread. This is a mistake.

3. Failing to use the search function to read one of the other hundred million sticker threads that have been posted here since time immemorial, OP posts a new thread, still blissfully unaware of what he has put into motion. This too, is a mistake.

4. The TB community takes notice of the thread and responds as though this has never happened before. At least 8 people in the anti-sticker camp will think themselves witty for calling the sticker guys 12 year-olds. This is an ad hominem argument.

5. The pro sticker people will respond by posting pictures of Flea and Duck Dunn and whatever other famous or respected bassist that put stickers on their instrument. This is an appeal to authority.

6. OP has now backed out of the thread, unaware of the hell he would unleash by simply asking a bunch of anonymous strangers on the internet if it was ok for him to adhere a neat picture to a piece of wood he owns. This is OP's first correct decision.

7. The thread will continue for another 29 pages, with OP's absence going completely unnoticed, until the people involved become tired of it and go off to find something else to be angry about, like someone's string preference, or whether or not a pattered sheet of plastic looks nice.

8. About a week or two later, a TB user is thinking of putting a sticker on his bass. Unsure of himself and concerned about devaluing his instrument, he turns to TB to see what the prevailing opinion is. This is a mistake...

 

[Runnerman]

Ok here's how this is gonna go:

1. OP is thinking of putting a sticker on his bass. Unsure of himself and concerned about devaluing his instrument, he turns to TB to see what the prevailing opinion is. This is a mistake.

2. By now, OP should have just realized that the bass belongs to him, and put whatever stickers he wants on it. OP instead decides to post a thread. This is a mistake.

3. Failing to use the search function to read one of the other hundred million sticker threads that have been posted here since time immemorial, OP posts a new thread, still blissfully unaware of what he has put into motion. This too, is a mistake.

4. The TB community takes notice of the thread and responds as though this has never happened before. At least 8 people in the anti-sticker camp will think themselves witty for calling the sticker guys 12 year-olds. This is an ad hominem argument.

5. The pro sticker people will respond by posting pictures of Flea and Duck Dunn and whatever other famous or respected bassist that put stickers on their instrument. This is an appeal to authority.

6. OP has now backed out of the thread, unaware of the hell he would unleash by simply asking a bunch of anonymous strangers on the internet if it was ok for him to adhere a neat picture to a piece of wood he owns. This is OP's first correct decision.

7. The thread will continue for another 29 pages, with OP's absence going completely unnoticed, until the people involved become tired of it and go off to find something else to be angry about, like someone's string preference, or whether or not a pattered sheet of plastic looks nice.

8. About a week or two later, a TB user is thinking of putting a sticker on his bass. Unsure of himself and concerned about devaluing his instrument, he turns to TB to see what the prevailing opinion is. This is a mistake...

Well done....I can't believe you put that much time into it....but well done!

 

[faceless_master]

Well done....I can't believe you put that much time into it....but well done!

Hey, the power's out, what else was I gonna do?

 

[bass40hz]

Its your bass, do what you gotta do to float your boat...me... no f'n way.

 

[cool breeze]

In attempting to read through this thread a simple poll would have sufficed.

 

[bass40hz]

In attempting to read through this thread a simple poll would have sufficed.

Now I am gonna assume you been around here for a while, when, I mean when...do things ever get done the easy way on TB???
LOL ;-)

 

[gln1955]

Ok here's how this is gonna go:

1. OP is thinking of putting a sticker on his bass. Unsure of himself and concerned about devaluing his instrument, he turns to TB to see what the prevailing opinion is. This is a mistake.

2. By now, OP should have just realized that the bass belongs to him, and put whatever stickers he wants on it. OP instead decides to post a thread. This is a mistake.

3. Failing to use the search function to read one of the other hundred million sticker threads that have been posted here since time immemorial, OP posts a new thread, still blissfully unaware of what he has put into motion. This too, is a mistake.

4. The TB community takes notice of the thread and responds as though this has never happened before. At least 8 people in the anti-sticker camp will think themselves witty for calling the sticker guys 12 year-olds. This is an ad hominem argument.

5. The pro sticker people will respond by posting pictures of Flea and Duck Dunn and whatever other famous or respected bassist that put stickers on their instrument. This is an appeal to authority.

6. OP has now backed out of the thread, unaware of the hell he would unleash by simply asking a bunch of anonymous strangers on the internet if it was ok for him to adhere a neat picture to a piece of wood he owns. This is OP's first correct decision.

7. The thread will continue for another 29 pages, with OP's absence going completely unnoticed, until the people involved become tired of it and go off to find something else to be angry about, like someone's string preference, or whether or not a pattered sheet of plastic looks nice.

8. About a week or two later, a TB user is thinking of putting a sticker on his bass. Unsure of himself and concerned about devaluing his instrument, he turns to TB to see what the prevailing opinion is. This is a mistake...

You forgot one...

9. Someone is compelled to write a missive on why this thread was ill-conceived, redundant and predictable.

 

[Felken]

Might do it one day... Until then, I'll put them all on my case. I have a fender sticker and a Tech21 sticker.

 

[Pilgrim]

No stickers, but I couldn't resist this on the pickguard: