What is your favorite Body shape?

[PrimusPanda]

If you could make/buy any shape that would work as a bass body, what would it look like. I wanna see what kind of creative basses people would get if they had the option

 

[johnk_10]

the two that i'm building right now :

 

[Rockingbird]

I'd like to see more Dinky J, as well as Reverse Explorers, both adjusted to better fit 5 string necks. One thing that peeves me to no end is manufacturers simply widening the body to accommodate the 5th string (I'm looking at you, Fender).
Rockingedit: And OPBass reminded me: Mockingbirds. Can't get enough.

 

[pasta4lnch]

I'm a plain 'ole P guy . The slabs look cool to me too . . .

 

[s_mcsleazy]

+1 with johnk

 

[Mystic Michael]

I rather like the look of some of the Hamer bass guitars that Tom Petersson plays. The type with the nearly symmetrical body and the very sleek, modern headstock. Very nice.

Something along these lines, for example:

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MM

 

[PrimusPanda]

the two that i'm building right now :

Are you going to paint them or just leave them with a natural look?

 

[Kyon`]

On guitar I'm partial to jazzmasters/jaguars, sgs, and teles and would like to see more basses with those bodies in general. Also part of the body is the pickguard, for some reason I just never found pickguards on the EB bass as cool as the SG. Also I love those old thick hollow bodies on guitar and bass.

 

[OPBASSMAN1994]

Megan Fox.










Oh....you mean....bass.......ha....ha...haha....


Rickenbacker w/o a doubt. Acquired taste, I admit, but for a prog guy it's the best. I love the relative craziness, without going B.C. Rich stupid looking. (Not trying to troll, just my opinion on weird metal basses. For a metal guy, they probably look like a ric does to me.)

 

[johnk_10]

Are you going to paint them or just leave them with a natural look?

one (the swamp ash one) is getting shot shoreline gold nitro right now and the other (alder) is going to be lake placid blue.

 

[Mystic Michael]

I also like the Spector body style quite a bit:

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MM

 

[Lesfunk]

Whatever Jessica Biel is

 

[Big_Daddy]

When I think of a bass, I think of the Jazz and Precision bodies. Just the nice contoured shape to fit just right, everything about em'.

My least favorite body'd have to be the Warwick Corvettes. Dunno what it is about them. I just don't like em'.

 

[PrimusPanda]

Personally I love the look of basses similar to Carl Thompson or Bilodeau with a C-cut (or C shape, I forget what it's called)

 

[ksihawk7]

Either a Jaguar or a Mustang. Not the cars. Although it would be nice to have one of those.

 

[spade2you]

I know it's not a classic, but this is one of the most comfortable basses I've ever owned. The lower bout is extremely comfortable.

 

[smcd]

A bass that looks exactly like this:

but sounds like this:

 

[rodl2005]

Precision shape for me!!! But I ALSO really DIG the Jack Casady shape/size - especially for a Hollowbodied bass

 

[Joe.shaffer]

This. I look forward to playing it soon.

 

[mello_bedwetter]

Jennifer Aniston....did I just say that? I like the Fender Jazz Bass.