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What are you talking about, "coffee table" bass?
- Thread starter icecycle66
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mark beem
Wait, how does this song start again??
A term normally used to describe basses with highly figured wood tops, typically clear-coated so that the figuring will be displayed.
Wow. That seems an incredibly dismissive term for a beautiful option on instruments.
BassHappy
Supporting Member
I find these instruments to be quite incredible. Others don't quite appreciate the work that goes into them. It's a matter of individual taste.
It has two meanings to me:
1.) Analogous to a 'coffee table book'. Something pretty just to have out for people to see.
2.) A bass made out of expensive woods that look more like they should be used to build a coffee table with than a bass.
1.) Analogous to a 'coffee table book'. Something pretty just to have out for people to see.
2.) A bass made out of expensive woods that look more like they should be used to build a coffee table with than a bass.
One can appreciate the craftsmanship that it takes to make these basses, yet still find them unappealing.
I don't think it's necessarily "dismissive". I think it's just a simple description for a fancy, usually expensive bass with highly figured woods. Saying "I'm not into coffee table basses" is just a easy way to describe without having to go into details.
My $.02
Absolutely. I think MOST can appreciate the craftsmanship. That doesn't mean they have to like them.
Don't forget that there's a subculture here on Talkbass that have coffee table basses, but they look like they came from IKEA.
M. M.
M. M.
I thought a "coffee table" bass was a bass that you hated and made into a coffee table.....or a lampstand.....or a night-table........something that you want the "50's" furniture look....
