I honestly don't think this thread is going to get anywhere.
To the OP, you're basically trying to get other people to explain why they like what they like...and to be honest, I don't think it's something that can be described to someone who doesn't feel that way themselves. It's like trying to describe the color blue to a blind person, or a blind person trying to explain what they see (or don't see, depending on how you look at it) to a person with 20/20 vision.
Everybody sees things differently, and they like different things in what they see. Such is the nature of subjectivity, and it translates in terms of human preferences into what people describe as 'tastes,' for lack of a better word. What one person sees as the most gorgeous thing they've ever laid eyes on, another person could just as easily detest every last bit of it. They're both looking at the same physical object, but they see different things, in a sense.
It boils down to this, specifically: Some people like the look of vintage basses, others don't. It's not really easy (or possible, I would argue) to provide concrete, conclusive reasons as to
why you like them, you just do.
It's not wrong to dislike vintage basses, any more than its wrong to like them. It's just a matter of taste. But to out and out say, in absolute terms, 'Vintage basses are ugly,' isn't right, for exactly the same reason; it's all
subjective.
So, lets all say it together, shall we?
Subjective!
