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What Bass Was The Biggest DISAPPOINTMENT?

#181
spade2you said:
You are officially the most opinionated guy on TB. Congrats.
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Pot.

Meet.

Kettle.

;)

Come on Sam, you know you're pretty damn opinionated. Let's not derail a good thread. K? I'm sure you can chime in here on topic.

My personal experiences with this...

Warwicks. I love them. Seriously. However, I have only found one or two that I ever REALLY enjoyed playing for more than a few songs. I've owned a few corvettes, a katana, thumb, fortress, etc. The ones that stood out to me were the Katana (dumb move selling that one!) and the fortress 5, which a TBer has and will never sell. I asked.

Spectors aren't my cup o' tea. I tried 3 or 4, in different configurations and with different pickups and preamps, and just could never get into them.

Same thing with rics. I've owned a couple, an could just never get into them. For my style of playing, it was just supremely uncomfortable. I sold both of them for quite a hefty gain though, so that's cool.
 
#183
Disappointing instruments? Yeah, I have had a few. I had two Ricks, a single pickup, and a 4001. Awful, both of them. I had a Gibson Les Paul Recording bass. Neck was never aligned properly. Bad sound. Had a Gibson G-3. That bass had a cool thing, but it wasn't my thing. Had a Yamaha TRB 6P. The C string was considerably softer than the other 5; drove me nuts during solos. Tried a pickup swap and new preamp; no change. Had a Ken Smith Designs Proto 5 string. No definition in the sound. Noisy electronics. I'll stick with my trusty ESP Jazz Bass clone with EMGs which ALWAYS sounds great... to me, anyway. :)
 
#190
spade2you said:
I may be opinionated, but rather than complaining about what I don't like, I just git er dun the way I wanted and get it right the first time. Is there any real value in "coffee table" or "furniture"?
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This is the second thread of mine -- both of which got more views than most any other, that you've tried to derail with nitpicking. Let it go bro. Let people enjoy it. If you don;t want to participate, find something else to do. Okay?
 
#194
I think for me the biggest disappointment in terms of basses would be the Mexican Fender Urge Standard I had. I bought it not only because it had Stuart Hamm's name on it but because it should have been awesome. A 32" scale active bass with singlecoil pickups, 24 frets and a nice small body. Sadly, it sounded crap and I sold it within a week. It's the only bass that I've bought and been disappointed. It played well enough though.
 
#195
spade2you said:
Yes, yes they can. At this point, I'm just seeing threads that start like what was a big disappointment or what you hate about 5 strings.

Since when has talk bass become hate bass?
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Nah, no one is attacking anyone (Except you, curiously). Personally, I've learned a lot from this thread. I think it's helped a lot of people get a better understanding of why something works, or doesn;t or should, or couldn't.

Some people just see the negative I guess.
 
#199
rtslinger said:
I have to go with the L-series headless Steinberger bass friend of mine had one and I used it for a gig and it was uncomfortable to play. I thought I would love it and I just hated it
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From my personal experience, I can tell you that there's one requirement to get used to that bass: LOVE IT. I played several Steinberger copies in the past and it wasn't a particularly pleasant experience (specially since none of them had an adapter to put the upper strap pin at the right spot). But after hearing an XL2 in person in late 1991, I kept saying to myself: "If I ever have the chance to own one of those, I'll practice the hell out of me to get used to it". Mr. Jauqo III-X made my dream true and I fulfilled my pledge. While there are still a couple things I must watch out when playing my Steinie, I can tell that it has become as "second nature" as my other basses.
 

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