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What bass did you not bond with

#361
This one. It looked and sounded great, but I always picked up other basses first. I sold it when I realized it had stayed in the case for 2 years.
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#363
Two basses I really wanted to connect with but just couldn't were the Rickenbacker 4001/4003 and BC Rich Mockingbird. Nothing wrong with the sound or build on those, they were top notch. It was just the ergonomics, I could not be comfortable playing those basses.
 
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#364
A few in the past hence why they were moved on but recently, the one I can't seem to really bond with is my Hofner HCT 500/1 Violin Bass.
I bought it in April as a backup/beater to my original '64 Hofner 500/1 bass. The '64 has a lovely pencil thin neck & sits nicely on my leg, ans sounds and resonates nicely when played acoustically.
The HCT has a 42mm nut width a chunky neck & has a inner bracing, so doesn't sound as good acoustically as the German made '64 500/1.Daft thing is I convinced my wife to let me buy it which I did online, unseen & unplayed my fault as if I had tried one out first I probably would have past on it.
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#365
Parzival said:
Two basses I really wanted to connect with but just couldn't were the Rickenbacker 4001/4003 and BC Rich Mockingbird. Nothing wrong with the sound or build on those, they were top notch. It was just the ergonomics, I could not be comfortable playing those basses.
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Yeah the ergonomics on the Mockingbird are really weird. I had two of them and while they sounded great and looked beautiful, I just could not get used to them. I would even miss notes while playing them because of how weird they felt. Even my Warlock, Iceman and Explorer were easier to play.
 
#367
The first bass I tried to sell, a Ric, eventually became my favorite, and my favorite type of bass. I guess it took some time to understand it.

The first and second basses I actually sold, the only ones I've sold so far, were my Stingrays. Not their fault. They were certainly well-made instruments that I respect. Well, I might regret it someday.
 
#368
jd56hawk said:
I've tried many basses that I could tell within five-minutes playing time that I'd never be able to bond with, so right back on the wall they went. Most notably, Hofners. They feel somewhat insubstantial to me.
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Back around 1973 I re-relocated (I was born there) to Cincinnati from upstate NY. I left my main bass, a Hagstrom Coronado at my folks' house, and traveled with a 1964 Hofner for which I had traded (I kid you not) a xylophone. It was cool since, staying in my uncle's basement in Fairfield, it was acoustic enough to be satisfying... but then with that midwestern weather, that river pall, I began to notice that I could predict immanent storms by things the neck did. After I moved there, I traded it for a Kay upright (that also predicted the weather).
 
#375
The Spector NS2 is to me, the coolest, sexiest bass ever imagined. I owned an ns2a 30 some years ago for a few months, and had a couple very nice Euros within the last 10 years or so. The Euros were beautiful, and sounded great, but so uncomfortable to play while standing due to the short upper horn. I still love the look and sound of the NS2, but the live performance ergonomics just don't work for me, especially now since I'm older and everything hurts.
 

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