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What ticks you off? Example page 4
- Thread starter MD Stingray
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Threads that make me think about all the things that tick me off! 
I'm not guessing that you didn't read to the entire OP
Everything bugs me as well, but for some reason my latest bass acquisition has been perfect.
I haven't let the minimal single coil noise bother me, because with a 3-band EQ I don't really blend.
It's light & w/o neck dive or fret buzz.
I have sold instruments in the past for for being heavy, having neck dive, and the last one for being heavy & having fret buzz.
Right now I'm very happy, first new bass that I kept.
Bass-wise? The band in the rehersal room before us, the bassist unplugs everything on the cab, every time.
Outside of bass? Lazy colleagues, colleagues who argue with each other ~daily.
Me? Motivation to do non-fun things.
Outside of bass? Lazy colleagues, colleagues who argue with each other ~daily.
Me? Motivation to do non-fun things.
okcrum
in your chest
There's something to be said for admittedly sucking on every brand of bass ever built.
I just can't think of it at the moment.
I just can't think of it at the moment.
Picking up a used Spector at GC that's priced at $2800 only to find out that it needs a complete setup because the string is so God dams low you can't even fret a note! Really, just all the used gear at the GC by me... There's a Rick in the same condition. I've picked up Fenders with loose pots!
...or this Warwick Rockbass that the boneheads didn't realize was a Rockbass and had it listed for $700 at one point. You can can clearly see where the owner painted, markered over, and/or sanded the Rockbass logo off.
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...or this Warwick Rockbass that the boneheads didn't realize was a Rockbass and had it listed for $700 at one point. You can can clearly see where the owner painted, markered over, and/or sanded the Rockbass logo off.
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You know what really grinds my gears? This Lindsay Lohan. Lindsay Lohan with all those little outfits, jumping around there on stage, half-naked with your little outfits. Ya know? You're a... You're out there jumping around and I'm just sitting here with my beer. So, what am I supposed to do? What you want? You know, are we gonna go out? Is that what you're trying to - why why are you leaping around there, throwing those things all up in my, over there in my face? What do you want, Lindsay? Tell me what you want? Well, I'll tell you what you want, you want nothing. You want nothing. All right? Because we all know that no woman anywhere wants to have sex with anyone, and to titillate us with any thoughts otherwise is - is just bogus.
If I can set a bass up the way I like it and like the feel and sound, then I'm cool. Anything past basic stuff like a bass needing a fret level, pickup swap, etc., and I'm out. I don't get caught up with modding the heck out of instruments. If I think it needs a bunch of mods fo me that means I'm looking at the wrong bass and do a quick reality check and move on. Usually, aside from a pickup swap and fretwork I keep things stock and just try to practice more, which is the one thing that will make ALL my instruments play better!
In my experience, it's worth the trouble to try to put together a rig (the "right" amp, speakers, pedals etal) that optimizes/compliments the strengths of a given bass before kicking it to the curb, especially if that bass feels particularly comfortable (ergonomically) for me, personally, to play.
One might tend to balk at the expense of doing that, but if you've found a bass that "feels" good, is coaxing better sound out of it in that way really more expensive than cycling through dozens of other basses that may sound better through your current rig but also feel less comfortable to play?
DISCLAIMER: this opinion on my part is partly influenced by my arthritic hands: for me, at least to a point, minimizing pain trumps all else.
One might tend to balk at the expense of doing that, but if you've found a bass that "feels" good, is coaxing better sound out of it in that way really more expensive than cycling through dozens of other basses that may sound better through your current rig but also feel less comfortable to play?
DISCLAIMER: this opinion on my part is partly influenced by my arthritic hands: for me, at least to a point, minimizing pain trumps all else.
Yeah. I dumped a bass for being too heavy and I modified another for neck dive. But it sounds like you and I are on the same page regarding what it takes for a bass to be "perfect".I'm not guessing that you didn't read to the entire OP
Everything bugs me as well, but for some reason my latest bass acquisition has been perfect.
I haven't let the minimal single coil noise bother me, because with a 3-band EQ I don't really blend.
It's light & w/o neck dive or fret buzz.
I have sold instruments in the past for for being heavy, having neck dive, and the last one for being heavy & having fret buzz.
Right now I'm very happy, first new bass that I kept.
I too went through a lot of basses til I figured out what I liked, and now I can tell a lot about the specs that do it for me. Some on that initial list looked pretty superficial but most of them are things that you probably want in a keeper.
That said, something Marcus Miller said got me off that kick. Something like, if you need to make changes to your gear, do it, and do it as quickly as you can. Then, get back to playing!
That said, something Marcus Miller said got me off that kick. Something like, if you need to make changes to your gear, do it, and do it as quickly as you can. Then, get back to playing!
Everything we are not supposed to talk about on TB.Oh and fret buzz makes me insane.
Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
-People who are unnecessarily rude
-People who are compulsive contrarians
-Stupid dogs
-Crappy front men
-Show boating vocalists
-Most politicians
-Especially politicians who disrespect the public and their elected office by lying about things to our faces
-Government waste
-Drummers who can't keep time
-Lazy band leaders / managers
-Racists
-People who will engage in conversation with two other people, and then talk about themselves for an hour straight
-Cheap customers who don't want to pay for legitimate extra work
-Living in a refrigerated / frozen environment for 6 months a year
-That about does it for now.........
-People who are compulsive contrarians
-Stupid dogs
-Crappy front men
-Show boating vocalists
-Most politicians
-Especially politicians who disrespect the public and their elected office by lying about things to our faces
-Government waste
-Drummers who can't keep time
-Lazy band leaders / managers
-Racists
-People who will engage in conversation with two other people, and then talk about themselves for an hour straight
-Cheap customers who don't want to pay for legitimate extra work
-Living in a refrigerated / frozen environment for 6 months a year
-That about does it for now.........
Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
Actuallly all except the first one..
All Good, decent but still with a flaw. A flaw could be I got bored with it or that I wanted a (what I expected) better one.
Good for you. Which one is that?
I'm sorry to announce that you will never find a bass to play.I am the first to admit. I have a compulsive disorder.
I buy and sell a bass at least once a month. Have owned over a 100 now. Currently own 5.
It seems I just get bored/ticked off/frustrated with any bass I have ever owned within a couple of months.
Every time in the shop any bass I try seems like the best one ever, until I return home and after a month I start too think..:
It's too heavy
Too light
Too ugly
Neck too wide
Bored with the color
Fretbuzz
Not comfortable playing seated
Not comfortable playing standing
Too expensive for what it is
Too many sound options - except the right one
Dislike the brand
Bad electronics
Vintage crap
Humm
Unfinished dirty necks
Too exotic woods
Sharp frets
A dent in the back of the neck
neck-pocket too wide
Pick-guard not perfectly lined with control-plate
too many strings
Can't get intonation pitch -perfect
and last but not least - some just smell funny
- it has to go.
Of course It's me. I'm definitive not the player that can make any bass sound good.
From Squier to Fodera to Vintage Fenders - I've owned them all.
So, besides this topic, what ticks you off?
If you are wondering.. My wife and I are together 25 years.
I guess her standards for a husband are much lower than mine for bass guitars
With that list ALL basses will be a disappointment.
Stop buying basses.
Go sit on the beach and watch the waves.
