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What are you talking about, "coffee table" bass?

#82
WoodyG3 said:
I've said this before, but some of my basses look a lot better than any coffee table I've ever owned. ;
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agreed....I NEVER had an "exotic" wood table but I do have the Bubinga Bros:

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even their necks are seckzy!

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#83
Bongolation said:
Furniture basses are just another example of people getting sidetracked from the point by seductive process and losing their way, and TB positively abounds with sidetracked stuff and people groping their way into the outer darkness with junk that absolutely doesn't matter to an actual musician -- while missing a great many things that totally do.
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Clearly you have not been sidetracked and have indeed found 'the way'. Thank you for trying to protect us from the dangers of fancy-topped bass guitars.

M. M. :)
 
#84
Yeah, that comment is a lot of bunk. As far as I can tell, pretty much everything in, on, or around a bass is evaluated subjectively. No one, no matter how experienced they are, has the exclusive scoop on what is important and what isn't. Personally, I prefer the way opaque-finish basses look and the general aesthetic behind their design (automotive and industrial design of the 50's and '60's) more than I like the way coffee-table basses look (as far as I can tell a design genesis dating from the early '70's?) but that's just aesthetics and carries no moral value behind it at all.

I think it's more interesting to try to figure out why people have these biases than it is trying to figure out if the biases have any objective merit.
 
#87
i have a poorly relic'd black/tort P/J bass, a slightly amber hue'd acoustic fretless, a black sparkle squire acoustic, and an au naturale' burled maple with walnut back and birdseye board bass....when we line up to pick teams for the final battle, which way do I go?
 
#88
Come on... just go to the Alembic Club and look at those pics... TRY and tell me these aren't things of beauty. Some are totally over the top, but the craftsmanship is frequently astonishing.

There are many ways to enjoy the bass guitar. Some people just collect, some guys mod their instruments, some guys build their own, some like simple vintage colors, some like the more ornate "coffee table" creations, and some just like to play and don't even give much thought the instrument, etc, etc.

I don't think any one of these separately enjoyable endeavors necessarily PRECLUDES any of the others.

Of course, there IS a point that these beautiful instruments may or may NOT create a significant positive contribution to your own personal musical growth/path. But many of them are quite remarkable looking, themselves objects of art, used to create a separate form of art.
 
#89
As an artist, woodworker and musician...

I dig all kinds of basses for all kinds of reasons. I love them plain, I love them fancy. I love them painted in solid colors, and I love fancy designs and murals. I love the beautiful woods, grains, and patterns that occur naturally in various woods that are wonderfully finished by the hands of some real craftsmen/artisans.

They are all great. The great thing about all this diversity is that it allows every single one of us, with our decidedly differing opinions, to ALL be happy.

Except for those bent on being miserable no matter what. ;)
 
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#90
I can think of a few great players who play so called coffee table basses. Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten, Anthony Jackson, Richard Bona, Mark King, Hadrien Ferraud, Alain Caron, Jimmy Haslip, just to name a few.

Some people like an old pickup truck, some people like a new Mercedes.
 
#91
Sundogue said:
As an artist, woodworker and musician...

I dig all kinds of basses for all kinds of reasons. I love them plain, I love them fancy. I love them painted in solid colors, and I love fancy designs and murals. I love the beautiful woods, grains, and patterns that occur naturally in various woods that are wonderfully finished by the hands of some real craftsmen/artisans.

They are all great. The great thing about all this diversity is that it allows every single one of us, with our decidedly differing opinions, to ALL be happy.

Except for those bent on being miserable no matter what. ;)
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Amen.
 
#100
Caca de Kick said:
We're not 'wired' one way about this stuff. I can just as easily pull my sunburst JazzBass out of the closet, or my solid black or white basses as well. I love them all! No need for anyone here to be insulting just because some of us like different looks.
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Exactly!! I love my old sunburst "L" series Jazz Bass, but I also love my translucent highly figured red Fbass BN5. It's all good. These are just musical instruments and personal feelings and preferences will always surface. Hell, I even like the old Danelectro Longhorn basses! Can't get more basic and "non coffee table" than that> Jim
 

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