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which bass's look has grown on you?

#61
I'll have to side with the Bongo crowd. To be honest, I think it's better looking than the Ray or the Sterling. Of course, I've never been a fan of the Ray or the Sterling at all... So maybe I like the Bongo because it's an MM that I could see myself playing, dispite its futuristic, hot-rodded toilet seat appearance. Of course, I say this having never been interested enough to even pick up a Bongo... So.. Uh... Yeah..
 
#62
James Hart said:
I must admit... I remember seeing Bee Basses ads in Bass Player mag and thought they were pretty goofy. The more I saw, the more I had to look... the more I looked... the more I started to dig them. Currently, the 'Worker Bee' is my all time favorite body style.
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Same here, James. My initial reaction to Bee basses was "***?", but the more I looked at the design, the more sense it made. Playing one at NAMM only confirmed how original, innovative, comfortable, lightweight and ergonomically correct these beautiful basses really are.

OTOH, I never much cared for the appearance of Fender's primative looking designs when I started playing, and thirty years later I like them a hell of a lot less! :p
 
#68
I used to hate the StingRay's egg-shaped pickguard and 3/1 headstock, but now it's one of my favorites. I must admit to falling in love with it's tone before it's looks. Something like it's inner beauty I suppose. I will probably never be in to the Bongo though...

I used to put the Jazz before the Precision, but not anymore. Each is equally nice in both looks and tone.

I instantly fell in love with the Tobias design, and the Spector too.
 
#70
Traben. Of course, this went beyond aesthetics for me. I didn't like the looks of most of the bridges, but also how they played or sounded when they first came out.

I was blown away the first time I saw the Chaos series and Moyer sigs and even the Arrays. And after the first time I played a Core and Moyer sig, I was sold. They really, really stepped it up a lot in my book. Surprised me for sure.

Of course, this "grown on me" is more of a change in appearance/aesthetic by the company than me digging the initial basses themselves. I get that. :D
 
#71
When I bought my 6-string bass 2 1/2 years ago, an Ibanez SR506, I grew to dislike it over just a few days and hated the way it felt, especially the tone of the wood and how it looked. It was a very impulsive buy, and I returned it after a week. A month later I went back and tried playing it again, and suddenly, I thought it was the smoothest playing, most beautiful bass I had ever played. I don't know what made me change my mind, but I'm glad I did; I bought it a second time. I still have it today, and I love it more than ever.
 
#72
This:
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is now mine; at first I was only *OK* w/the looks but now I'm diggin it. It sounds sweet too.
 
#77
bongomania said:
I didn't think he was joking; it's a grammar/spelling point of much debate. I've had English teachers insist that it is one or the other way, about equally. Personally I prefer adding the second "s", it just reads better to me, but the "apostrophe no s" is one of the ways it is taught.
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bass's would be the correct one.

' with no trailing s is only to be applied to plural forms ended in s.


Correct methods:

bass's

basses'
 
#80
Fenders in general, I used to find them very boring because lots of people use them. I really liked more original shapes like Bee Basses and Warwicks.

I have now gone off 'original' shapes and love the Fenders. I'm sure basses like Warwicks are very nice but they're not for me.
 

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