Which basses have you NEVER had gas for?

[Gilmourisgod]

T-Birds. Just never liked the look, tone, or neck dive. Plus the giant headstocks have a nasty penchant for breaking off. Meh.

 

[BluesWalker]

Basses that are not headless

 

[El Thumpo]

Hot take:
I'm the odd-man out here. The only bass I've ever GAS'd over is the short-scale Squier Bronco. The shopkeep slapped some sense into me, and sold me an Ibanez instead. I've been playing for 2 years now, and have actually played with a couple guys once or twice, and have been 110% satisfied with my single pickup, two-knob Ibanez. Since I purchased my Ibanez, I've never once lusted after another bass. It's a match made in thumpy heaven.

Snack on that for lunch, why don'cha?

You don’t mind if we harvest your blood to synthesize a G.A.S vaccine, do you? Thanks.

 

[Geri O]

Gibsons

Rickenbackers

Ibanez

Carvins

These are the basses I've owned or tried. Didn't do it for me.

 

[bench]

I never gas for Ricks, Jazzbasses, Warwicks, Spectors, Foderas and Music Mans (except for bongos)... i regularly get p bass gas, get one and sell it soon afterwards. at the moment i'm most interested in a nice 32" scale bass...

 

[rohi]

Any bass over $2k. Sorry guys, but it's just an instrument and diminishing returns aren't exactly fuel for my tank.

 

[knuckleduster]

You don’t mind if we harvest your blood to synthesize a G.A.S vaccine, do you? Thanks.

No man. No, heck no. If everyone had my level of G.A.S.itude, the guitar industry would collapse upon itself.

 

[India_Sierra]

A Precision, or one of those flubby-sounding shortscales like the Bronco.

 

[Keger Jupit]

Somebody's probably covered it, but single-cuts. I love the gorgeous hippy-sandwiches that so many of them are, but they don't get me excited at all...

Most basses with paint & pickguards...

 

[plav1959]

No gas for anything with tort. Blasphemy I know....

 

[Chrisk-K]

I have had GAS only for Fender, MM, Ric and Spector.

 

[Aqualung60]

Anything by Hofner or Danelectro.

 

[ultra60]

Any SG shaped bass. I don't think in 40+ years of playing that I have ever owned one, or a copy of one.

 

[Bass V]

the Talman, and it ticks me off cos of the race reviews, but it's too fugly.
Hofners and an uke bass as well. probably missing out on all of'm...

 

[cmcbass]

I only play 5 strings with fairly narrow spacing. I just can't get along with wider string spacing. It turns me off a bass instantly. I feel like I'm reaching too far for the strings.

 

[Freight Train]

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

Rickenbackers. Any and all. And I'll say it without all of your apologies and fine print. Don't like 'em.

 

[rtslinger]

A bongo never cared for the shape

 

[Camarillo]

All of the “modern looking”

 

[MAJOR METAL]

Fenders
Modern single cuts
Headless basses

 

[juggahnaught]

Precision basses (Ps in general). If I have to use one, someone's gonna have one, so I'd rather use that than buy one for myself - I look at them and I really can't justify it. Worse when it's a P made by a different builder and it's absurdly expensive, or some Precision copy by a well-known luthier where the sum of all of the souped up components still just gets you a P bass. I just go flaccid.

Short-scale basses. (Except for Invalid Link Removed, they make me gas pretty hard. They are gorgeous and seem to sound pretty good.)

Gibson basses. Some of them are pretty cool (the Thunderbird comes to mind), but I wouldn't buy one.