The Ugly Duckling/Freak Thread

Place your bets on who’s most likely to dig this… :thinking:

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I’d have to see a right hand version and I generally dislike whales so probably not for me, but I do like the overall curves and color. Needs a solid white pick guard though.

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https://images.app.goo.gl/H7sGHxMv4ggzCVQ96

Kinda makes we want to dig out my SEGA.

Here you go. But the white pickguard is on you. :rofl:

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Yeah as suspected I dig the concept but dislike the lack of a top cutout. I am just not a whaler.

Single cuts are cool for more than mere esthetic reasons. But to each his own.

It’s not the aesthetics - I dislike them (strongly) for playing feel.

This one’s top horn looks 10x better to me than the Fodera or Mayones style whales (which, to me, are fugly and borderline disturbing/hideous) but the feel issue would be a showstopper.

I mean at least this one is a nice curve and not some encephalitic cetacean.

Whatever works for you. :joy:

Personally, I could cite a couple of other misshapen body “styles” I’d definitely throw in that category. :rofl:

Needless to say we won’t be competing for the same basses.

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Yup, it’s all subjective

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I’m with you on the aesthetics for most of them, but what’s the playing feel issue? I don’t think I’m interacting with anything in that area when I play.

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I have zero body parts that ever come in contact with the neck area covered by a single-cut bass. :man_shrugging:

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I play a lot on the high frets of the G and D strings and it is much more comfortable up there for me to be able to thumb up on top or over the top of the fretboard, guitar-style, due to the arm/wrist positions involved.

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Hmmm…I play a lot on the high frets all the time. Even as a longtime guitar player, I’ve never done the thumb-over thing. I tend to do the opposite far up the neck: I bring my wrist further over the fretboard to reach across the neck for higher strings. It works well enough for me. YMMV

It resembles a narwal’s appendage…

But then again it’s weird so I kind of dig it.

Instead of a white pick guard you could paint the body yellow and have a thumbs up emoji bass. :+1:

Yes, this is a bass. An actual electric bass.

It is not a banjo.

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A bassjo?

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Nope.

Jo-ust a bass-o.

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I need this,
I was just restringing my 5 string last night and had pondered a little while ago tuning my tenor to EADG

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