What are the flaws on your bass?

[FunkyMan]

Well, i think we all love our instruments, but there's always certain details that bother us, and we never liked!

My Case:

Warwick Streamer Jazzman:
-Chunky Neck
-Big Frets
-Poor Just-A-Nut quality

Ibanez EDB-605:
-Weight
-The paint fades in rests points
-Medium quality tuners
-Neck Pocket too deep, (had to put a bit of paper to compensate strings height)

Ibanez BTB 675:
-Body full of sharp edges, may not be comfortable when arm rest
-I would like a less flat fretboard ratio.

 

[KingRazor]

Ibanez SR405QM:

-Sub-par Ibanez stock pickups
-Active Onboard EQ

 

[cassius987]

So this is weird... my Rickenbacker 4003FL used to have a really terrible dead spot at the 10th and 11th frets on the D string, but lately it sounds fine, as if there was never a problem. It's always been my favorite bass, even when it had the problem. I've had some setup work done on it but none to address that issue specifically.

That's all I can think of other than the near-thousands of dings and scratches I put on my basses each time I pick them up.

 

[DwaynieAD]

the person playing it

 

[Arranger]

the person playing it

Yea! Same prob on mine. It's that damn string plucker thingy! :scowl:

 

[throughthefire]

Schecter Diamond Elite-4. It has four knobs, only two of which appear to actually do anything...

 

[learning_towalk]

USA Cirrus- scratchy mid pot

my SX basses are pretty great, no complaints really.

Eastwood Classic 4...wish she were a 5 string.

 

[yaboiimizz]

On my ESP B-105:
Treble knob crackles when you put it at halfway.
Stock pickups (EMG's soon tho )
Some dents and dings.
Cant keep my fretboard clean.

 

[zachoff]

BB1000 - tuners are loose and slip
BB800 - tuners are tight and not smooth
T-40 - Not high enough output
EB-3 - Neck dive
Slammer P - it's just a cheap bass.
Squier P/J - neck is warped a bit & the pickups are meh but it's my first bass so I still have it.
Yamaha RBX775 - It's an active 5 string.
Pan P - Body is cracked and the metal needs cleaning. Weird wiring.

 

[FunkMetalBass]

The tech that installed the kill/preamp/effects switches installed them backward from my preference (up = on, down = off).

 

[Stilettoprefer]

I poorly filled the slots for the j pup an battery compartment on my project bass.

Oh and the idiot that plays it

 

[dalkowski]

the person playing it

This -- he's ugly and clumsy.

 

[rockstarbassist]

USA NS5 - bridge is a PITA to adjust/intonate but at least when it's set, it's set.

 

[WackoStu]

The main flaw of my bass is the person playing it!

 

[Batmensch]

My two Squiers, a VM P, and a VM J, I can't think of any flaws. My '08 MIA Fender Jazz, I don't really care for the charcoal frost metallic finish, not a flaw per se, just a regrettable choice on my part. My SX Ursa-1, a lack of shielding, crappy wiring and pots (pickup's good, though), overdone neck tint. All easily fixed. Neck pocket is a little sloppy on the routing, but just on the very end, otherwise as tight a neck pocket as you could want where it counts.

 

[s_mcsleazy]

jazz bass:

the pickups dont have ALOT of output. has enough but not as much as it could

p-bass:

13th fret is outta tune

 

[thunderstation]

Well, i think we all love our instruments, but there's always certain details that bother us, and we never liked!

My Case:

Warwick Streamer Jazzman:
-Chunky Neck
-Big Frets
-Poor Just-A-Nut quality

Ibanez EDB-605:
-Weight
-The paint fades in rests points
-Medium quality tuners
-Neck Pocket too deep, (had to put a bit of paper to compensate strings height)

Ibanez BTB 675:
-Body full of sharp edges, may not be comfortable when arm rest
-I would like a less flat fretboard ratio.

the only issue I ever had with my '73 Precision is I only bought one of them in 1973.
I still have it, but I want more.

 

[captainofsmooth]

CIJ Fender Jaguar Bass
-needs SCN pickups to kill the active hum when not playing
-would like a better bridge like a BADASS
-tuners aren't horrible, but could be better

Other than that, perfect bass.

 

[billiam5billion]

My Squier is flawed in that it isn't a badass vintage Rick.

 

[lareamond]

My neck-through NJ Warlock:
-Neck too narrow at the nut.
-Hard to play while sitting down.
-Neck dive. The T-Bird fix works on bolt-on Warlocks, but not neck-throughs.

My Hondo II:
-The pickguard. Nobody makes one that fits. I had to order a Warmoth one with no pickup routing, and cut my own. Even then, it didn't fit right because the neck pocket was squared, not rounded like Fenders. The neck pocket was also too narrow, and had to widen it.