The Ugly Duckling/Freak Thread

If you are tired of looking at hot basses on the Bass Porn thread, cool your GAS here by having a gander at some freak/ugly duckling basses.

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Of course this list would not be complete without some Fugly Soviet-Era basses

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I dunno, I think that one is pretty cool. :smiley:

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I would buy both of these if i walked into a shop they were hanging in…


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And this…

Sigh, i even like ugly basses.

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Oh, I like this thread already.

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Demonstrably awful on so many levels. What colour is that? Crème brûlée?

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Ya these I just don’t get

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OK, some of those are definitely ugly, but I think this one looks great.

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I have always thought those were crazy weird looking, but I’d definitely play one. :slight_smile:

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Thank goodness it’s not just me. I really dislike the Danelectro’s too.

But I like a lot of the other basses in this thread. I generally like unusual basses much more than the Fender look :rofl:

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Agree. I really like this one.

I mean, when I think ugly, I think Fender with a bad burst :rofl:

Now that is fugly. And they want 3800 euros for that thing.

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That’s because those aren’t ugly, those are fantastic.

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I am fully down with my favorite basses being called freaks by people who just don’t get it, though.

I love my SBV to death. I would rather own this bass than any product Fender, Musicman, or Gibson have ever made.

Same would go for a Billy-Bo:

Or a Stream:

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Fender have had some bad colours for sure. I think Antigua is up there for the worst colour ever to be used on any instrument. They must have got it cheap somewhere. It’s the only logical explanation.

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Oh that’s good. That’s one of the worst bursts I have ever seen. @terb posted that one before and yeah, agree, it’s hard to top.

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I’m just gonna leave this here

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Ahh yeah! Someone was just posting about them the other day.

Power Chords - the only chords that matter! :rofl:

Love the plugin choices he used too.

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The color reminds me of changing diapers

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Double-P Buzzard, nice. Yeah that color - well it could be worse, but it’s not doing any favors.

I do absolutely love the fret inlays though.

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I love P bass but this! This is fugly.


This is in my it’s so ugly it’s charming.

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