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Ugliest Bass Guitar Award
- Thread starter mad_man_moon61
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andysvec said:ha, I don't know what I was thinking when I made my parents buy me my Kramer XL24 back in '81. Even when I added the Kahler in the later 80's it still was quite ugly. Needless to say I still have it...
Dig the whammy bar! I bet that was really useful! I'll have one put on my Rick right away.
You BASTARDS........... now I have been subjected to so much Bongotivity, that I have started a GAS attack.
Damn you.
It won't replace my Ergos....but they sure are sexy.
Damn you.
It won't replace my Ergos....but they sure are sexy.
and the winner is: 
from: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI...ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT
from: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI...ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT
- Oct 7, 2000
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- Endorsing artist: Musicman basses
For anyone who's interested, Bumblefoot is now the new guitarist in Guns n' Roses. He's still free to do his own band so this is great news for me as well as him. 
I posted a thread about it and got 2 strange responses in a days time so I deleted it. I think people either thought I was kidding, nuts, or I don't know what. Just felt I wanted to let our friends know.
I posted a thread about it and got 2 strange responses in a days time so I deleted it. I think people either thought I was kidding, nuts, or I don't know what. Just felt I wanted to let our friends know.
+1Vosk said:
you do know that spalted means, "sat in water and got interesting mold rings" right?
My nominee for ugliest bass, Fender Precision. I mean look at it as if you had never seen one before. What is up with the pickguard? The Jazz looks cool, but the P is dorky.
'I dunno, I like the same model in cherry or blackremo said:and the winner is:
from: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI...ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BIN_Stores_IT
about a year back i went to show where the open bands guitarist was using some sort of gibson, but when he broke a string he ran behind his amp and came back with a guitar that was made to look like a gasoline can... i think it was made of aluminum and everything... pretty ugly.
Hey I resemble that comment!fourteenstrings said:
I have played a Magnum I for about 20 years. Its pretty much my signature axe. The neck is thinner than Lara Flyn Boyle and the pickups are fatter than Rosanne Barr. As far as looks, Mine is just a straight cherry stain over mahogany and looks tight to me. mine is a little beat though. I have been partial to ugly gear for a while. I call it vintage. 
My idea of ugly is all those hippie sandwich basses with the insane laminations and stains. REminds me of a cedar clock from stuckeys
Calaverasgrande said:Hey I resemble that comment!
My idea of ugly is all those hippie sandwich basses with the insane laminations and stains. REminds me of a cedar clock from stuckeys
I've seen one of these Ovations years ago in black that was pretty cool looking, IMHO. More so, Jah Wobble plays one; and if its good enough for Jah Wobble, hot damn, its good enough for me!
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Espidog said:
REALLY???!!!??? This is homemade???? I never would have guessed, what with the nice machined metal used, those elegant position dots and fine body made of "solid wood". And how can they hope to get a bid even close to what this work of art is worth without mentioning that the neck is part fretted and part fretless.
And what's the deal with this:
I think I've heard of the finer luthiers just starting to experiment with "external neck reinforcement bars". Looks like he's got the technique down!!!
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