Which basses have you NEVER had gas for?

[mcnach]

Rickenbacker... just... can't.

 

[bench]

Anything with a pickguard or numbers on the knobs shows a complete lack of style.

i'm with you on that except for this use of a pickguard

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[jaxstarke]

Any P-bass. Just never been my cup of tea.

 

[mcnach]

Any P-bass. Just never been my cup of tea.

Don't pour tea on a P-bass. It makes a real mess of the pickups and leaves everything sticky. Plus licking a bass is never a good look. I did that when I first joined my workplace... and now nobody ever wants to have coffee with me even if I long moved to Stingrays.

 

[Kmonk]

Too many to list but Steinberger, Warwick, Carvin, Rickenbacker and most boutique basses do not appeal to me. I've owned several Carvin products and didn't like any of them. I purchased a Carvin LB75 about 10 years ago for $250. I sold it one week later for $750. I played my friend's Rickenbacker and didn't like it.

 

[Bassique]

Gibson Thunderbird. I just always picture that if I got one, I would have to start playing grunge or stoner rock, use a pick and also hang the bass below the waistline. And I'm quite opposite of that.

Anything too weirdly shaped one, not only cuz of the looks my also playability.

 

[AntiTreble]

Interesting thing about G.A.S., at least for me. I can find myself lusting after basses, but not all basses. I seem to be, in some way, inoculated from certain makes and models.

To be clear: I don't distain those basses. I can admire them for their quality, their style, their playability, etc. But they don't make it onto my drool list. Not always sure why.

For instance:

• Overly pointy basses. Even a gorgeous instrument like an Alembic Spyder just strikes me as too much extraneous wood. View attachment 3467962

• Basses with more than five strings. Eh, I just wanna call 'em "guitars". View attachment 3467969
• Rickenbackers. Oh, stow those audible gasps. I'm not committing heresy, I'm not dissing Rickys, and I'm not even mildly criticizing them. They make me smile when I see them, and I will happily root for the aficionados of the brand. I just don't, for some reason, find myself tempted to buy one.View attachment 3467974

Anyone else? Again, this is all in the spirit of examining one's own compulsions, not disparaging the makes/models themselves.

 

[AntiTreble]

1). Any of those pointy-horned 80's basses your mom always told you not to run in the house with; and
2). Lakland...extraordinary tone aside, ugliest bridge in the business.

 

[Dragan]

Interesting thing about G.A.S., at least for me. I can find myself lusting after basses, but not all basses. I seem to be, in some way, inoculated from certain makes and models.

To be clear: I don't distain those basses. I can admire them for their quality, their style, their playability, etc. But they don't make it onto my drool list. Not always sure why.

For instance:

• Overly pointy basses. Even a gorgeous instrument like an Alembic Spyder just strikes me as too much extraneous wood. View attachment 3467962

• Basses with more than five strings. Eh, I just wanna call 'em "guitars". View attachment 3467969
• Rickenbackers. Oh, stow those audible gasps. I'm not committing heresy, I'm not dissing Rickys, and I'm not even mildly criticizing them. They make me smile when I see them, and I will happily root for the aficionados of the brand. I just don't, for some reason, find myself tempted to buy one.View attachment 3467974

Anyone else? Again, this is all in the spirit of examining one's own compulsions, not disparaging the makes/models themselves.

My list totally

 

[Dragan]

That girl is ON my list though

 

[dangerdude]

Fender P Bass. Found my cheap replica better than most of the original Fender ones. And I personally don't see the point to pay 5-6 times as much.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

I saw one of those green Warwicks... Gumby...LoL. Good one.

Btw, my other bass is a Warwick Corvette STD...yep it’s heavy as a tank, but boy does it kick butt.

 

[rtav]

Anything with less than 6 strings - it won’t get it done with less than 6.

 

[Inara]

Fretted jazz basses, or even fretless jazz basses once I had owned one. Not a jazz bass girl. Rics, singlecuts, wide-spaced 5s, 6 or 7 strings, pointy basses (explorer/Iceman type .. I love Ibanez Soundgear basses, which don't seem pointy to me). Fanned fret basses, longer-than-34" scale basses, shorter-than-32" scale basses. Ken Smith, Tobias, Alembic. And actually I don't gas for fretted basses except very rarely. I don't currently even own one that works.

 

[burgerdj]

Pointy things, mostly. Also never been drawn to style>function basses like Thunderbirds. But to each his/her own. If it works for you, rock it!

 

[Camaro69]

But...

I like Peppa Pig!

 

[mongo2]

More that 4, points and Ricks don't appeal to me.

 

[AudioTaper]

Spector
Steinberger
Hofner beetle bass
Ibanez Ergodyne
Gibson Thunderbird, SG, LP, Ripper
5-string Fenders or anything not a P or J
BC Rich pointy basses
Richard Simmons Axe bass
Bongo
Cheap Dean basses
Kramer with the alloy necks
Kramer anything

 

[tpaul]

Coffee-table basses
Pointy basses
Those ridiculous single-cut things where the top bout looks like it melted and ran halfway down the neck
Les Paul basses
Basses with more than five strings
Longhorns - the "horns" are too thin, I'm always visualizing them breaking off
Boutique basses, especially ones made from fifteen different exotic woods that cost more than I paid for my car

 

[Tommy V]

it doesn't matter what sort of instrument i run across.. if i can coax a tune out of it, i'll consider it.