What ticks you off? Example page 4

[Whil57]

Want to solve your problem? Get the cheapest crap you can find, and play it for two or three years, every practice every gig, when your home alone. When your done, you'll say...gee i wish i still had that.....
Not everyone will find a perfect bass. If we could, we would have been born with them molded in our chest. Part of what i was taught about being a professional, is sometimes you don't get to use your instrument, you get called on unexpectantly to perform, and you better perform, not make excuses why you cant.
Plus, who's to say your mind and body feel the same way every day. Some days you might feel you need more weight, or less tension, other days maybe not. Heck, maybe your subconscious is telling you to change to piano.

 

[jamro217]

And good is the enemy of perfection.

What ticks me off is ticks:

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OFF OF ME, TICK!

I tried to kill your post before realizing that it was part of it.

 

[2tonic]

Another example:
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Excellent bass, fantastic playability. Mark King licks were never more easy to play. However: you can’t play it while seated, it slides of your leg all time unless you press your for-arm real hard agains the upper body. Really uncomfortable to me.

Rent a bonier leg.

 

[Solarmist]

Strings that go dead - period.
Maybe sometime in the future after I'm dead, someone will invent strings that never lose their zing -or- an effects pedal that makes dead strings sound brand new again ... call it the "String Zinger"

Imperfect fret work. It must be near absolute perfection on basses that cost under a grand.

 

[Solarmist]

Ticks also tick me off - I just pulled two of them off my dog.

 

[Korladis]

View attachment 2932084 May I share an example?

Currently I have 5 Basses. One of them is a 2016 USA Fender P.

It’s beautiful, lightweight, perfect neck, and it’s a P, so great sound for any occasion.

However, my eye caught this credit card+ neckpocket relief.

I just don’t understand how this is possible for a 2000 USD (Europe) Fender bass.

I’m have not made up my mind yet.

I've never looked at neck pockets on basses.

 

[LUCE]

Kids on my lawn.

 

[db59]

Comcast.........and oh yeah.............Comcast

 

[Ant Illington]

Example picture on page 4

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

I was beginning to wonder if your list of imperfections was going to run all four pages... hey, you like what you like. Maybe try some non-wood or boutique basses for more consistency....or trumpet- metal and three valves, what could go wrong?

 

[plymptonite]

Making me scream Rush Tunes, just cause I wore a T shirt. and trying to get a Rise out of Me cause I'm on a 4 night performance Burn.....and brought the Ric.... That's ok, At Least I Know The Flipping Words, and the Drummer won't let me Down, at least in this Band..

 

[Solarmist]

Paying too much for phone bills because of services you don't need or want.

 

[Mechayoshi]

Missing truss rod covers and knobs.

Old basses that has had thier original electronics changed for something that doesn't make sense.

Strap lock end pins being installed (an odd one I know..)

 

[superdick2112]

Fret sprout.
I know its fairly common & I know its easily cured, but better drying & wood selection would reduce the problem, and using composite fingerboards would eliminate the issue altogether.

 

[Alex Lipscomb]

If the neck is too heavy and I don't want to bend my wrist to push down the body, I get slightly annoyed. Also, when that one time went by where I saw a bass capo in a store.

 

[navijaz]

View attachment 2932084 May I share an example?

Currently I have 5 Basses. One of them is a 2016 USA Fender P.

It’s beautiful, lightweight, perfect neck, and it’s a P, so great sound for any occasion.

However, my eye caught this credit card+ neckpocket relief.

I just don’t understand how this is possible for a 2000 USD (Europe) Fender bass.

I’m have not made up my mind yet.

Yeah, I'll never get that. Cannot process how you can produce such shoddy work and then go and sell it!

 

[Bobhmcs]

2 absolutely drive me crazy.
1. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2. Paul McCartney in the top 10 of the Top 100 Bassests of all time.
Thanx for the moment all.

 

[Alex Lipscomb]

2 absolutely drive me crazy.
1. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2. Paul McCartney in the top 10 of the Top 100 Bassests of all time.
Thanx for the moment all.

I played with a guitarist who had rheumatoid arthritis, poor guy. And Paul, definitely not top ten bassists of all time material. Top ten pop, maybe. What's your quip with him, though?

 

[slagheap]

anybody that wears one of those hipster fedoras - anybody, with one exception. baseball caps, bill front or bill reversed, are fine, but ONLY MARCUS MILLER GETS TO WEAR THAT HAT! UNDERSTAND????!!!!

 

[Alex Lipscomb]

anybody that wears one of those hipster fedoras - anybody, with one exception. baseball caps, bill front or bill reversed, are fine, but ONLY MARCUS MILLER GETS TO WEAR THAT HAT! UNDERSTAND????!!!!

M'lady

 

[Bobhmcs]

No real quip. As a song writer thumbs up. As a true bassest 50 to 80 maybe. I have had the opportunity to listen for over 50 years and feel there are much better people on the instrument. Like "Duck"Dunn. Thats all. Now RA that really sucks!