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What are the flaws on your bass?
- Thread starter FunkyMan
- Start date
the idiot that plays it
seems to be a common fault i have the same issue on all my bass's it always seems to be the fleshy finger like objects that come into contact with the strings that do it
why havent the manufacturers addressed this yet?
US L-2500:
- Need to remove 6 screws to access the battery.
- Stringing through the bridge is an option, but not really quite an option, as it can rip the bridge out of the body.
They are more inconveniences than flaws though. And given that I have yet to play any other bass that comes close to it, I can live with them.
- Need to remove 6 screws to access the battery.
- Stringing through the bridge is an option, but not really quite an option, as it can rip the bridge out of the body.
They are more inconveniences than flaws though. And given that I have yet to play any other bass that comes close to it, I can live with them.
Elias AP-1
Flaws - none.
There aren't very many out there, but if you ever get a chance to buy one one, get it. You won't be sorry.
Flaws - none.
There aren't very many out there, but if you ever get a chance to buy one one, get it. You won't be sorry.
Fender Jaguar:
-Tuners SUCK
-Hums quite a bit
-No pickup blending
But other then that, it's everything I've ever wanted
-Tuners SUCK
-Hums quite a bit
-No pickup blending
But other then that, it's everything I've ever wanted
That's actually one of the most "normal" looking headstocks I've seen. I like it.
- May 12, 2007
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- Endorsing Artist for Low End bass guitars, DNA Amplification
LEJ-5, slightly modded. Absolutely the most perfect bass I've ever picked up; volume pot is a little dirty, though... I can live with it, though. 
Fender MIM 08 Jazz
- Stock pick-ups and bridge (are not bad, but I'd like to try some others)
- Bottom most fret is pretty chewed up (but I barely play down there)
- Heavy (which probably more of a strap problem than a bass problem)
- Would have prefered block or trapazoid inlays versus the dots (now I'm fishing for problems)
Yeah, I love my bass
However I do want to get a black or gold pickguard (arctic body) and some cleaner looking volume/tone nobs, but these are all pretty minor and petty things. This bass was probably the best $275 I've ever spent.
- Stock pick-ups and bridge (are not bad, but I'd like to try some others)
- Bottom most fret is pretty chewed up (but I barely play down there)
- Heavy (which probably more of a strap problem than a bass problem)
- Would have prefered block or trapazoid inlays versus the dots (now I'm fishing for problems)
Yeah, I love my bass
However I do want to get a black or gold pickguard (arctic body) and some cleaner looking volume/tone nobs, but these are all pretty minor and petty things. This bass was probably the best $275 I've ever spent.
SX bass P 11th fret buzzes and seems dead unplugged but, it is okay when amplified? Gibson Ripper has nearly all of the finish worn off where my arm rested from rocking studded wrist bands to the forearm during my late 70's Metal playing days. Kick myself for that one every time I open the case! Busted the clip that holds in the EQ in place on my epi El Seguno acoustic/electric bass, tuck tape ala NASCAR holds it in place! Give me credit it is the clear tuck tape not the nice silver one at least not yet ha ha ha
hahahaha it is fairly small. But I was able to fit the extra tuner on it when I converted it to 5 string. So it wasn't flawed in that it was too small.
Yamaha BB1200S: My only complaint is that, as built, the master volume knob is in a spot that's easy to bump into with the plucking hand, and it only takes a slight bump to send it spinning. Fortunately it can be easily remedied with the placement of felt under the knob.
Burns Barracuda: The bridge pickup (and to a lesser degree, the middle pickup) cannot be raised high enough/close enough to the strings for optimal tonal balance. Neck pickup is not an issue.
Schecter Hellcat VI: Weak and dull pickups. Has typical Strat-style five-way switch for three pickups, with no way to allow for a neck + bridge combination.
Dillion VBMB-04: Neck is almost as flimsy as a wet noodle. Putting anything other than the lightest strings causes too much warpage, and the truss rod is already maxed out. Also, there is a strange phenomenon where the E string sounds really weak and thin, which has been impossible to figure out. It's probably related to the flimsy neck and overall lightweight construction. But the neck is not a bolt-on, so replacing it would be major surgery that would cost way more than the price of the bass.
Burns Barracuda: The bridge pickup (and to a lesser degree, the middle pickup) cannot be raised high enough/close enough to the strings for optimal tonal balance. Neck pickup is not an issue.
Schecter Hellcat VI: Weak and dull pickups. Has typical Strat-style five-way switch for three pickups, with no way to allow for a neck + bridge combination.
Dillion VBMB-04: Neck is almost as flimsy as a wet noodle. Putting anything other than the lightest strings causes too much warpage, and the truss rod is already maxed out. Also, there is a strange phenomenon where the E string sounds really weak and thin, which has been impossible to figure out. It's probably related to the flimsy neck and overall lightweight construction. But the neck is not a bolt-on, so replacing it would be major surgery that would cost way more than the price of the bass.
EBMM StingRay 4 - The neck gets out of whack too easily and needs to be adjusted often.
EBMM Bongo 5HH - The bottom horn can cut into your leg while you're sitting and playing.
Sterling by MM Ray34 - Electronics could be boomy. Tone would get lost in a mix sometimes.
Warwick SS1 - Weak stock electronics, but otherwise flawless.
Warwick Corvette 5 - Some neck dive, but it's not bad. A bit of a one trick pony.
Marcus Miller Fender Jazz - Heavy. Bad electronics. Weird spacing. A real stinker.
Fender 51RI - Slab body. It hurts after a while unless you hang the bass pretty low.
Epiphone Viola - Very neck heavy. Pretty one-dimensional.
Squier VM Fretless - Honestly, nothing.
Yamaha RBX775 - Dark sounding tone (but not muddy).
EBMM Bongo 5HH - The bottom horn can cut into your leg while you're sitting and playing.
Sterling by MM Ray34 - Electronics could be boomy. Tone would get lost in a mix sometimes.
Warwick SS1 - Weak stock electronics, but otherwise flawless.
Warwick Corvette 5 - Some neck dive, but it's not bad. A bit of a one trick pony.
Marcus Miller Fender Jazz - Heavy. Bad electronics. Weird spacing. A real stinker.
Fender 51RI - Slab body. It hurts after a while unless you hang the bass pretty low.
Epiphone Viola - Very neck heavy. Pretty one-dimensional.
Squier VM Fretless - Honestly, nothing.
Yamaha RBX775 - Dark sounding tone (but not muddy).
Ibanez GSR200 - Trussrod broken
Ibanez ATK300 - So freakin' heavy, can't stand and play it for more then 30min.
G&L L-2000 Tribute - Too thick neck, scratchy treblepot. But other then that, the best bass I've tried so far, I'm saving money to order myself an USA with the #8 Jazz neck, gonna be awesome!
Ibanez ATK300 - So freakin' heavy, can't stand and play it for more then 30min.
G&L L-2000 Tribute - Too thick neck, scratchy treblepot. But other then that, the best bass I've tried so far, I'm saving money to order myself an USA with the #8 Jazz neck, gonna be awesome!
Fender Bullet Deluxe- ancient switchcraft jack holds cable so tight it feels like its going to break the pickguard when I pull it out.
Fender Precision Lyte- the treble has to be turned completely off for the bass to sound good.
Fender Jaguar- Sounds great by itself at home. Doesnt hold its own weight in a band setting
Fender Jazz - See above
EBMM Stingray - Doesnt sound as good as my Sterling does. Output sounds hollow in comparison.
EBMM Sterling - Nothing. It works perfectly fine.
Ibanez ATK300 - It sounds better than my Stingray and if it weighed less and had a better neck, it would kill my Sterling as well.
Peavey Fury- pickup sounds like a damn upright. No balls. No life, no growl.
Fender Precision Lyte- the treble has to be turned completely off for the bass to sound good.
Fender Jaguar- Sounds great by itself at home. Doesnt hold its own weight in a band setting
Fender Jazz - See above
EBMM Stingray - Doesnt sound as good as my Sterling does. Output sounds hollow in comparison.
EBMM Sterling - Nothing. It works perfectly fine.
Ibanez ATK300 - It sounds better than my Stingray and if it weighed less and had a better neck, it would kill my Sterling as well.
Peavey Fury- pickup sounds like a damn upright. No balls. No life, no growl.
Epiphone Rivoli 1990's reissue: Crappy weak stock pickup. Crappy electronics with regard to the baritone switch (uses some weird faulty transformer thingy, would be better with a cap and a tone pot bypass).
I still keep meaning to get a Curtis Novak mudbucker wired to vintage specs and then send the bass off with it to a luthier to be rewired, but life (both trials and opportunities) keeps getting in the way of that...
I still keep meaning to get a Curtis Novak mudbucker wired to vintage specs and then send the bass off with it to a luthier to be rewired, but life (both trials and opportunities) keeps getting in the way of that...
