Which basses have you NEVER had gas for?

[Dennis Hamblin]

P-Basses for me. Played one years ago, didn't like the neck and it was heavy as hell. If I ever wanted to get rid of a rival bass player, I'd strap him to his P-Bass and drop him off the side of the boat. Body would never come back up.

 

[inthebassclef]

Alembic

 

[Axstar]

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...

I want to like them, but some brightspark decided to sink an elongated Strat output jackplate randomly into the body, and mount a knob on the plate. It ruins what precious few lines that bass has.


I also dislike sunburst finishes on basses that look like they were made from three random planks of wood. No GAS here:

 

[Thir13teen]

1) Rickenbacker's
2) Fender

 

[Danny O Danny]

Any bass with this body style. I'm sure there are very good reasons for it, but I just find it butt ugly.

 

[GreyBeard]

Ric, Gibson, Hofner, YAMAHA, ..... I'm still thinking.......

 

[armybass]

Gibson

 

[TolerancEJ]

I respect that everyone has different tastes. I’ve noticed some of my favorites appear on other TB’ers dislike list, which is fair.

Personally, a few basses have never appealed to me, although they sound wonderful when an artist plays them: Danelectro, most Gibson basses, Italia, Airline, Vox, Hofner Violin bass, most single cut basses with a large upper horn, and Ibanez BTB & Talman.

For guitars, two iconic models have never appealed to me although they sound wonderful when an artist plays them. These are the Gibson SG and Fender Telecaster.

 

[Axstar]

1) Rickenbacker's
2) Fender

Rickenbacker's what?

 

[1bassplayinfool]

Wish bass

 

[bovinehost]

Came here to say this. While I could say I haven’t had specific GAS for a lot of basses, the Bongo was the first that comes to mind for me as the anti-GAS. GAS-X if you will.

 

[rickster4003]

Bongo

 

[BaltBass5]

ANYTHING made by Gibson.

 

[MynameisMe]

I don't particularly care for the Dean split wing headstock. I think that is hideous.
Was looking at a brand new Bongo about 5 years ago and just couldn't. The wife referred to it as the Toilet Seat, as others have said. Yuk.
Tried a friend's Rick that I thought was beautiful but couldn't figure out where to hold it to finger pick it with the pickup cover and thought how stupid a design.
I don't mind different than normal shapes but no shape of axe or something out of a Conan the Barbarian movie. Nothing that looks like an instrument of death. Too creepy for me.

 

[Cage]

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.

Never had gas for fender p or j

 

[OptimalOptimus]

Fender
Gibson
Ibanez

most brand to think of it ... I prefer stuff a little more exotic

 

[mindwell]

-Fodera. Don't care for the body styles or the headstocks.
-Roscoe.
-Warrior.
-G&L. That curlicue headstock.
-Carvin. Styling just always seemed off.
-Washburn "Force" series. Cutaways were as long as the freaking neck.
-Every acoustic bass guitar that ever existed.

 

[foal30]

Gibson 20/20
Westone "The Rail"
Ibanez SDGR
Washburn Bantam
Hondo
Cort
Carl Thompson
Lane Poor
Tyler
Roscoe

 

[Herbie Chesnutt]

So my takeaway from this thread is that I should buy all the "pointy" basses I can find and store them for the day that hockey stick headstocks are all the rage again.

I remember back in the 80s when you couldn't give away a sunburst Fender (and frankly I still think they all fugly af) so gotta guess that this "classic" trend will play out soon and these kids in diapers today will all want hot rod red pointy hair metal basses in about 10 years.

 

[Axstar]

Wish bass

Agreed. They barely cross the uncanny valley from 'weird folk art' to 'barely functional musical instrument'.

No idea why this forum carries a flame for basses that look like driftwood that has been smacked around a bit with a sledgehammer and a screwdriver.

'Oh but once you replane the fingerboard, replace the electronics, tidy up the routing and give it a proper finish these are good basses!!!'