Single Cut Basses Love or Hate?

[WI Short Scaler]

I never consciously set out to dislike them, I've owned a few but none of them stuck around long. I'm more bothered by 2x2 tuners which all of the single cuts had.

I just prefer my double cuts I guess.

 

[swarfrat]

Traditional single cuts -I'm just some hack with a bandsaw who doesn't understand geometry or levers.
Modern single cuts - I'm a devoted dad who understands geometry and levers, and I told my kindergartner I would make his bass drawing into a real bass.

And while we're at form and function - the lower horn's purpose is only for the leg rest. Eastcoasteddie's 'dislike' picture shows someone who doesn't understand the lower horn. It's not a weapon or symbol, it's a leg rest.

 

[Passinwind]

I have seen some very cool looking single cut basses.
But thought the big horn for lack of a better term would get in the way of fretting below the 12th fret.

Did you mean above the 12th fret, perhaps? Access to the highest frets is often one of the stronger points of SC designs, IMO and IME. Here's how that works on mine, for instance:

 

[Robear22]

I like most models. Has a modern aesthetic. If you are into traditional shapes may not be your cup of tea. Here are mine.

 

[Hawk256]

I'm more bothered by 2x2 tuners which all of the single cuts had.

Not to derail the thread but what do you not like about 2x2 tuners? I prefer them to inline tuners.

 

[MultiScaleMale]

It really depends on the bass. There are double cuts that I like and dislike as well.

 

[WI Short Scaler]

Not to derail the thread but what do you not like about 2x2 tuners? I prefer them to inline tuners.

I just find it more comfortable to go down the line, one to the next, tuning up/down same direction. It's probably based on the fact that most of the basses I've ever had were designed that way and it's what I'm used to. We all have our "quirks" and I guess that's mine. YMMV

 

[HeavyJazz]

I dig 'em.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Never played one, but they just look weird to me.

 

[totalnoob]

Someone on TB once told me a very deep, englightening statement:

I can pretty much like any bass , even the ones I don’t usually like

I immediately realized how powerful and true this is. I don't like black basses, but have three of them. I don't like relics, but I bought one as soon as I played on it for a minute. I don't like J-basses (or J-pickups) but I am very happy with my Epiphone Rock Bass.

Even though those deep single cutaways aren't my thing necessarily, I would have no problem playing and owning one - or five. Now, if it were black, I may draw the line there. Maybe. Let me try it first.

 

[totalnoob]

Many I don't like the look of but there are some I do. I don't find it interferes with playing technique personally - but then I hardly ever bring my thumb over the neck anyway. Negligible impact on weight. This is one of the lightest basses I own and a thing of beauty in my eyes:

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That's a bit over the top, but I like it. Maybe I even love it. I'm confused.

 

[brianrost]

I like this one!

 

[Christian Houmann]

I Love mine

 

[micguy]

Single cuts (at least the solid bodied ones) are essentially double cut basses that have had the hole between the upper horn and the neck filled in. If you're going to add mass to a bass (which are usually too heavy anyway), that's not the place to do it. Added mass back by the bridge helps a bass balance, added mass right under the upper horn is just dead weight.

Not a fan, but if it's your thing, nothing wrong with that.

 

[kittywithabanjo]

I love mine as well

 

[eldorado2001]

No

 

[beggar98]

I'm a huge fan of the look of modern single-cuts (not a big fan of the more trad ones, like Les Pauls), but I've played maybe 5 or 6 and none of them felt right in my hands. Had a Brubaker Brute SC for a while that I just never gelled with, even though I liked the sound of it. Part of it may be the budget I'm looking at- no Foderas or Ritters in my near future.

 

[thmsjordan]

Serves no functional purpose so I suppose it is a matter of taste. I do not like most I see.

 

[lowendblues]

I like 'em.

 

[rockosocko]

I do like them, I've seen some great takes on the design. However, I've never noticed any real difference in tone between them and more traditional basses.