What ticks you off? Example page 4

[Alex Lipscomb]

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!

Love Duck, really. And the guitarist got it when he was 13!

 

[Bobhmcs]

Have a ggod night all!
It's been fun actually.

 

[blowinblue]

So far I've been able to avoid purchasing basses that ultimately ticked me off. But it appears that this thread isn't limited to basses. So I'll share this. When I used to play out the following subject really ticked me off. So much so that I wrote a blog about it on our website:

Not a jam session...

"Here's a request of all my fellow musicians. Please do not come to our gigs and ask to get up and play. Come back when there is a jam session. When we gig, we need to work on our stuff as a band so we can grow and improve. Our time is precious. Do the work and get your own band. Then get your own gigs...just like we did. This especially applies to singers. And whatever you do, DO NOT approach the club owner and have him or her ask on your behalf if you can get up and play. That's even worse than walking in with an instrument expecting to perform. Another major no-no is asking anyone in our band, "Do you know who I am?" This is not recommended.

As you might guess, we've had several bad experiences. Of course, if we're hosting a jam you are welcome to get up and play or sing...or both. On the occasions where we host a jam it will be detailed on our calendar page. We'll show you the same courtesy when attending your gigs. Thanks for understanding."

Michael

 

[Mustang Surly]

•My phone which, every time I turn it on, tells me to wait while my apps load. I have no apps...not a single one.

•Women who call me a sexist pig if I hold a door open for them.

•Colonoscopy prep.

 

[slagheap]

Dingwalls can be hard to find. I bought my first one used from the TB classifieds. I thought I was going out on a limb. It was the start of an obsession. Ten years now.

I’ve owned five, and they were all excellent in every way. Thinned the herd to one, but recently fell for this beauty. And I claimed I’d never own a black bass!

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Passive Super P. Under 8 lb. simple perfection.

Exciting stuff happening with Dingwall with the new Nolly Getgood combustion line. Definitely worth a look.

incredible. very tempting. Passive Super P, huh? nice.

 

[2tonic]

Colonoscopy prep.

Ah, the night of a thousand waterfalls!!!

 

[Wisebass]

What ticks me off is ticks:

After cleaning my labtop for 20 min,
I finally found out, what is funny about your post

Wise(b)ass

 

[Energy]

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$4 per gallon? We pay $7 over here, if that makes you feel any better.

 

[thedukeofno]

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 have not made up my mind yet.

Actually, this shouldn’t be possible on a bass 1/4th of that price. With CNC machining being the norm, one shouldn’t see this at all. I wouldn’t have purchased this bass. It’s demonstrable proof of poor quality.

 

[Mister Boh]

OP: Sounds like half of those issues are set up related.

 

[Lowbrow]

Gibson/Epi 3-point bridges. Why these still exist I’ll never understand.

 

[Perrygoround]

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This would be an awsome album cover.
I can imagine Van Halen using it back in the 80s.

 

[MD Stingray]

OP: Sounds like half of those issues are set up related.

You are right, but often (vintage Fenders mainly), I don’t have the patience to have work done on the nut and frets.

 

[swarfrat]

Fishermen solved this problem by throwing em back without taking them home first. Just take a tape measure, scale with you and a fish tale, I mean fish eye lens. Get your buddy to take your picture with the bass using forced perspective, post it up on internet.

 

[fingerguy]

Ticks tick me off.

 

[ab2112]

If your gear has to generate desire to play, it's not the gear.
Grinding thru music classes in school just takes the "I feel like..." impulses out of you.

I'm printing this out and hanging it my practice space.

 

[Ric5]

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

There are no perfect basses ...

There are good one and there are bad ones ... and even that is subjective ...

To get a strength in a bass you often also have to have a weakness ...

 

[Slevage]

The audience clapping on 1 & 3.

Worse—- the drummer clapping on 1 & 3
Unless the song calls got it.

 

[cchorney]

But what really makes me spitting mad? Subaru headlights. Really? I have to jack up the car, remove the wheel, peel back the fender liner, (breaking half the stupid plastic fasteners) reach way the hell up in there with one hand, and remove a o ring sealed cover, and then fiddle with the tiny clip? Every six months? At $20 a bulb? My personal best time: 40 minutes (might as well change the oil while I’m under there.)

Absolutely infuriating. My wife has a 2010 Outback, and it goes thru headlights regularly. Wouldn't be that bad if I could replace it while standing and without having to remove half the front end, BUT NOOOOO!

 

[Salmon1]

What really pisses me off right now? Alcohol; I grew up in a family of alcoholics (that was fun), I'm a recovering drunk myself, and I just lost a friend to the disease...died alone in a hotel room. She was 47.

You asked.