Four Score and 23 Ugly Basses Ago! [Ugly Basses Vol. IV]
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I want to see your opinions on carl thompson basses. You have to mention les claypools rainbow carl thompson. Then les claypools own pachyderm bass. I love these so much but some people hate them. Thanks man.
Noah instruments! they are made in alluminum and made in Italy. some designs are good. others are just hideous
@@charlesoffdenson6692 Coffee table basses are so gross. They're so over-engineered. Nothing says "I think I'm way more talented than I am" than a six string coffee table with strings.
You need to check the Burns Flyte, from the 70's. Pretty fucking horrific :-D
Pat, gotta agree on most of the B.C. Rich basses. IMO the only exception might be the Eagle bass. Check it out if you get a chance, it still may fall on your ugly radar.
Also have one more suggestion that is definitely a love or hate bass. A very little known Matsumoku bass from the late 70's - early 80's, the Westbury track 4. I love it personally (used by one of my favorite bands), but I could see how some might be put off by the pickguard for sure at the very least.
So many of these look like cookies that became misshaped in the oven.
Insted of the ugly what about the mpst beautiful basses ??
jazz bass and thunderbird
Booooooorrriiiinnnggggg
The heads at fender needed a flying V so in the designer of the katana's own words "I just fired up the design program on the macintosh and screwed around" no wonder why it looks weird.
These lists are sort of entertaining, but after the 5,000th "oMg lIkE wHat iS thAaAAaT?! HAhAhaHahA fUnNy bEcaUSe uGlY!" it gets really old. Why does every "popular" bass TH-camr have to be so annoying. Even as a guitarist, I think bass should be represented better than these try hard memes. Anyways, no hate towards you, but please tone it down just a bit.
You're ugly bass videos are some of my favorite on TH-cam, but I disagree with the BC Rich Mockingbird being an ugly bass
For me it really depends on the finish. Some are amazing others are fugly
Agree, I love the mockingbird but god I hate the warlock
Otamabread I gotta say I love the warlock.
I like most of the B.C. Rich basses actually
I agree, they have some body styles that I love. Might be because I saw them so frequently on MTV in the 80's watching the hair metal band videos.
@@och70 I like them (especially the Warlock) because I'm into Black metal since ages and that was the ultimate brand back in the days :D
I'd really, really like to get an early 80's Mockingbird, with the dual reverse P pickups. They sound amazing and look cool, what's not to love?
I love the mockingbird
Your profile photo agrees
The laguna lb224: A depressed stingray
2:21 My 2005 Fender Urge II Bass has 24 frets :)
I’m sorry but the thumb is amazing
Kubiki Headstock was functional, insta-drop D
The only thing ugly about the Factor is how much they still cost!
8:47 ah come on man. As a guy who loves hanging up his basses in his closet after use, I find this headstock to fit my needs perfectly.
I’ve always loved those Fender Katana and Performer models, especially the headstock & logo design! I think the fact that they’re so far from traditional Fender design makes them so weird and somewhat off putting - but if you think of them as their own standalone thing, they’re pretty neat!
Agree, except for the Warwick Thumb and Dolphins those are cool IMO!
Interesting: Bassline is from a town near my home and a friend of mine helped in developing the re:belle. And I really like this bass for it's unique design and it also sounds amazing!
Still want you to check out Ritter Basses and hear your opinion on those things.
Some of those Ritters are pretty out there, but I'll bet they play beautifully. I want one just because.
I love my Buster from the 90ies :)
washburns are strange looking basses, but cant say that they are ugly))) i have one washburn t12, those cheapest bass and i have had it for 12 years. hope soon i`l sent you photo of it after couple modifications ( now I plaing on yamaha but washburn still in my heart)
Bc Rich Basses are gorgeous
Hell yes they are!!!
Virgins
Alex Miles yeah, those are pretty cool body shapes!
I have a 1980 Bc Rich Eagle deluxe. Outstanding bass.
@Toxic Potato I have a 1980 BC Rich Eagle and mostly play in blues bands.
The bass in Jim's office. :)
Thoughts on the Reverend Thundergun and Mercalli basses?
The Electra Outlaw sounded really good when Chris Squire got his hands on one. It’s all over the Yes album Drama, check out the video for the song Tempus Fugit. It has onboard swappable effects modules, so Chris ran the phaser direct from the bass.
Yeah, that Electra is pretty sweet. Would totally love to try one of those out!
Actually the Fender Performer looks kinda dope and also Laguna headstock. The Electra is FIRE!!!! and I also like the Bassline Rebel, come on man!!
BC Rich's Mockingbird and Eagle are classic shapes, man! There's nothing ugly about it. IMO they're just perfect.
The Guild Jetstar looks like a child's drawing of a bass.
Are we sure it isn't?
curbow pretty cool basses, so small and comfortable but its cort(( and those strange knobs on back of guitar... weird stuff) and as i remember there are 27 frets))
I love bc Rich and that gamer. Not Evey bass needs to be a fender copy a blob l.p. or a headless bass gimmick made in that same time ma y of those bc Rich designs were made.
To each their own. One thing most bassists have in common is we either like me too fender styles or something completely different but we all love our specific style of bass.
I played a Warwick thumb bass for a couple years. I sold it because the neck was so much heavier than the body that it would sit at a horrible angle was not comfortable to play.
Patric get a dingwall bass and now all basses other than dingwall are ugly . I think we should do a ugly forehead video staring Patric lmfao
poach me if you will but I'd lay down mad cash for the katana-...and the performer
I had a Cort Curbow! They are lucite & had a tone switch for slap pop- Great bass
I wish BC Rich promoted the Eagle and Mockingbird more, you see more Warlocks than you will ever see these two basses and that thing is uglier than everyone’s first experience with a flatwound string.
Not sure about that... SOME warlocks are great. But those are guitars. I've seen an Instagram post about an 80's warlock. It was awesome, although it was painted in a weird tiger texture, it worked really well with the body shape. But the warlock bass... nah. The Bich bass is cool though( mockingbird and eagle are awesome bass and guitar)
Clover fox Bich bass is amazing, It doesn’t even have to do with the shape of the warlock bass that annoys me, they just do the basic job of a bass but nothing more. It’s simple but it doesn’t sound very good, and honestly they don’t have that cool factor I thought they had when I was a kid.
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@@fireemblemistrash75 well, I dont think you played each existing warlock bass guitar, I am sure even if most of them are not too impressive, there must be some really awesome ones! The shape though...
Clover fox I’ve tried my fair amount, from the cheapest ones available to one used one for $700 (might have been 1k new?). WAs unimpressed and man was it uncomfortable.
@@fireemblemistrash75 Well, thats not all of their guitars. What about their first guitars, which were hand made by Luther's, using some freaking knives and ropes? Those were among the best guitars in the world. Bc rich had a long story, going from boutique high end instruments to more usual factory crafted guitars. I have a mockingbird( it was made somewhen between 2000-2012, didnt really find any information on it. It is one of the newer ones, which get hate for no reason ) which is Korean made and it is awesome. The neck pickup is not the best though.... it is not bad, but doesn't sound as I would like it too, not bad, but different.
Idk what it is but I liked all the fender basses. They truly cannot make a bass I don't like
I think the Warwick Thumb neck-throughs look sooooooo much better than the bolt-ons (like the one you show here). The overall body proportions are noticeably wider. The transition from the neck to body under the cutaways also looks smoother and much more natural from the front.
Oof, taking digs at my favorite model Warwick lmao. The Thumb DOES look kinda odd compared to other basses but it's one of the best sounding and best playing basses imho.
I don't know otherwise but I have that same curve of the body on my Spector and I absolutely love it. Overall Spectors have been the best feeling/playing basses I have found.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no.
Every Warwick bass I've ever played - and it was about a dozen or so - sounded like crap. Very expensive piece of crap.
No. Just no.
@@Bassdriver Yeah, well, that's just like your opinion, man.
Fender makes at least one 24-fret Jazz now, I had one and sold it to a friend of mine. Deluxe Active Jazz 24, I think the model name is. Man, that Laguna or whatever really was pathetic. It would sound like absolute schites, too. MM humbuckers are great, in active basses or some passive ones with a neck pickup. Cheap knockoff MM humbuckers are usually way too hot and harsh with no musicality, plus that one's WAY too close to the bridge. You're right, it is sad. Yeah, the Jetstar guitar's bad enough, the bass is truly wretched. I always thought the Cort Curbow was an ALMOST really cool looking bass, that stupid headstock ruins it. The Thumb, oddly, is the only Warwick I've ever liked or owned. My 4-string Thumb B.O. remains one of the best sounding and feeling basses I've ever had, but it was neck heavy to the point of not being useable and got sold. Keep 'em coming!
The Kubicki factor was fucking great. The extended "headstock" had a drop d capo thing that let your notes stay in standard when fretting but had 2 extra notes down. I loved that bass I need to get one sometime again.
The Jetstar bass looks like a Ditto from Pokemon.
I always liked the BC Rich Mockingbird and Bich Basses, they look really cool and sound awesome (also the bassist from Spinal Tap has a double neck Bich Bass, which is just as awesome)
The Ibanez Ergodyne EDA 900 always made me kind of sick.
Agreed, but I do love my EDC705BP which came out around the same time.
5:35 this bass looks like what depression feels like
Tbh im looking at the prices for all of theses basses
B c rich is only for death metal and black metal
HATRICK PUNTER
"Never have I wanted animals as my inlays"
Must not be a fan of PRS, hey?
Birds aren't as animals. They are given ts
@@DrumRoody you don't speak English, do you?
@@toadbagabee8725 i was going to make a biteds
Fun fact about that Fender Performer: not only is the neck 24 frets, it's also thinner than a Jazz Bass for Maximum Shreddage ©.
I LIKE THE WARWICK THUMB big $$$.
13:20 Patrick, I’m gonna have nightmares about curved basses. Thanks.
What do you think about the ovation magnum basses?
well, i can do a suggestion of a bass pedal demo? can you do a demo of Darkglass Microtubes B7K ultra v2, this pedal now have the classic darkglass interface and cab simulation.
have you ever considered Hagstrom basses?
Vox and Danelectro basses are ugly
I used to have a Warwick Thumb bass, and still have a Dolphin I bought 20 years ago, so I’m carrying double shame. :)
The Thumb sounded fantastic, but had the worst neck dive I’ve ever run into. A constant struggle to keep it from tipping towards the floor.
The Dolphin, as admittedly weird as it looks, is one of the most well-balanced instruments I’ve ever played. That goofy rhombus shape makes it hang *perfect* on a strap, which is kind of a necessity, because the old rosewood ones are heavy AF. Neutron star heavy. And it’s a huge pain in the ass to play sitting down. Sounds RAD, though. Crazy number of tones; super versatile. And, TBH, I kinda like the little inlays… even though they look like they’re stolen from a Florida casino gift shop.
You should look into Burns Bison bass and Washburn B20, and no, the Dano Longhorn is not ugly! ;)
Hello Patrick! I’ve been watching your videos for the past couple of weeks and I must say I’m enjoying them. Especially, these ugly bass videos. But I was upset when I heard you miss pronounce the brand Hamer by calling it a hammer. As I hope you know, Hamer (pronounced “hay-mer”) has made some incredibly awesome and high-quality guitars and bases since the 80s. Just look up Rick Nielsen and Tom Peterson of Cheap Trick and you’ll learn everything you need to know about them. I fully agree that the buzzard is a stupid looking bass and should have never been brought into this world. I will say though, that the Hamer Explorer bass used by Rick Savage of Def Leppard for example, is one of the all-time coolest basses ever made. Tom Peterson‘s 12 string bass is also incredibly awesome. But you got to get the name right buddy. Keep up the good videos. Hopefully I did not come off sounding like a jerk in my comment here. Nothing but love here. God bless and I’ll see you on the low end.
Mr Jommins
As a bass player i was super excited when you said fender... because i absolutely hate fender...
Probably not gonna make any friends with this but I still think the standard P/J basses are the most boring things ever looks-wise. I agree with you on BC Rich, just like anyone who's older than 16, but a new Mockingbird bass could be pretty cool. The new line looks sick.
Now i'm really curious to hear what you think about Pedulla basses :) They have odd shapes, but their sound is just sublime.
I had a Pedulla Thunderbass for a while- it was GREAT. Stupid name, awesome instrument.
The schecter looks very comfortable. And the Laguna made me hungry it looks like a melted p bass I love it.
Edit/add on 1: the vocera one is just beautiful in my opinion
Edit/add on 2: the Washburn p bass one looks like a bootleg hagstrom
About the Hamer (Hay-mer, not Hammer) Scarab bass. You showed a picture of a refinished one where they taped off the logo. That wasn't the way these usually came.
www.buddlejagarden.co.uk/hamer/basshead.jpg
That Guild jet star looks like mis -shapen French toast
The dolphin was the only one i couldnt agree with you on, that bass shape is so iconic and amazing.
Patrick, how do you feel about G&L headstocks? I love them but understand that they’re a little odd looking considering Leo designed them
Greg Curbow was luthier from Georgia. Cort produced mass market versions of his designs which were pretty faithful to his overall aesthetic: small body, long neck, ergonomic. I visited his studio in North Georgia in the 90s (he died in ‘05). Was a nice man, especially to an adolescent bass enthusiast.
The Kubicki bass wasn’t a Fender design, they licensed it from Philip Kubicki after it was already famous thanks to players like Stu Hamm and John Taylor (Duran Duran). Superbly functional instrument.
I haven’t seen all the episodes, but if you want to see a weird 80s artefact, look up the Yamaha BX1.
Ya gotta do some of the Fodera's. Thirteen thousand dollars for a bland unfinished chunk or wood with a goofy headstock.
UGLY Guild Pilot: melted jazz bass with a too large headstock, Guild B-301/302: have the guitar version, played a bass version once and I kinda liked it, but it was so long ago.
There are several examples of Fender basses with 24 frets, like the Stu Hamm Urge I & II and at least one Korean-made bass. I happen to think the Performer looks cool and I think it's also medium-scale (32"), which many people find very comfortable to play.
I've watched all four volumes...your eye for bad design aesthetics is spot on. Glad I'm not the only one that thinks Sire headtocks are fugly. Reminds me of a baggy sock falling off your foot. Did you check out the Ibanez Ergodyne EDA series, with the Bugs Bunny lower bout? Not too bad in the gloss blue, red or silver, but the matt orange? Just yuck. Matt is fine. Orange is fine. But matt orange? Just no. Looks so nasty it's as if it were a toy in a cereal packet.
My dad is obsessed with factor! I've never had the pleasure of owning one, BUT, he had some old pickups laying around (he wanted to always keep extra electronics for his gear). SO i decided to custom build my baby and i hooked it up with the original electronics and pickups from 1988/90 ish (i think maybe im not sure actually,) and it is GORGEOUS sounding!
I actually like the Warwick's but the thumb does look odd proportionally and as far as inlays go Paul Reed Smith thinks everyone likes birds...I want a custom Warwick Streamer with light up inlays of the VW logos 👍😎👍
Ha! I actually got a schecter riot for $200 at a pawn shop and it’s actually one of my favorite basses. The top horn could’ve been a little shorter and I think it’d look better, but the lower horn being curved down actually wraps your nicely when sitting. But, the offset body, 6 bolt neck, string through body, with the option of a standard bridge, active emg humbuckers....it’s worth grabbing if you can find one for cheap.
Those Peavey and Gibsons from the 70s/80s with the natural plank bodies and the huge pickups are just the ugliest fucking basses ever. They look like those Sears catalog/Teisos dumpster guitars you'd find for $20 in a pawn shop.
BC Rich shapes are giving me flashbacks to my days of working with vector graphics.
Anybody who has ever worked with Bezier curves in Illustrator or fills in Flash knows what I mean :D
Do the best looking bass guitars!
Say what you will about the Schecter Riot bass but I own one of the 4 string models and when you play it, it's a dream. That's where it shines! It's the sound. EMG's with 3 band EQ and string thru swamp Ash body. It rocks!
The fender red 24 frett... I like it I would buy it! Bc rich I actually have one, mockingbird master piece model guitar I made a mistake and bought it instead a bass!!! Hahahaha but I won't sale it.
aw, as of this episode you've now featured hating both of the basses I own XD sad times, (ESP LTD the spikey boy, I know its silly looking though tbf I just love it for that) and the Cort Curbow
Warwick is pronounced *Worick* with the fast 'o' vowel sound
I actually like the BC Rich "Bitch" type bass. They're a little clunky sitting down, but with a strap they stay right where you put them. They sound thick and heavy too, which helps bring the metal........
The commentary is brilliant. Cracks me up. The thumb BO is ugly but the NT is nice.
I got a Squier HM brand new back in high school when everyone was saying, "You need a P bass." The electronics are terrible, but the neck is amazing. 20 something years later it remains one bass I'll never part with.
Patrick, nevermind the haters. The internet is the place where you post a picture of the sun, and then someone comes and says "I prefer the moon and you must die!".
It's ok to have a different opinion. but some people just can't help showing the ugliness of their inner selves.
I'm loving this series, keep it coming. Lots of basses I didn't even knew they existed.
Have a great weekend.
Wow, These were indeed some really ugly mofos of basses.... Beyond the stretch of any imagination.
To my ugly list the Hofner violin bass is also a permanent resident - I really dont care about slaughtering a holy cow here.
Thanks for not hating on my Schector Riot. I slapped some DR Pink black light strings on that bad girl. It was fun. Too bad the purple didn't glow in the dark.
I never thought about the Thumb being a ugly bass, I guess it is but it is such an iconic bass that people probably don't think of it as being ugly. I had one once... It sounded amazing, it also wound up with a twisted neck!!! :(
I think a lot of those pointy guitars he mentions in these vids look pretty sick, too bad most of them play like garbage. If you buy a BC Rich bass guitar new for less than 800 bucks you are buying it for the looks, cuz that shit is made with fiberglass insulation and the pickups are wound with dental floss
Headstock aside, the Hamer Scarab suffers from the Gibson Guitar-to-bass syndrome because I had the guitar model of that and it played and look beautifully. My theory is that the tailpiece bridge design paired with the longer scale length of the neck is what makes the translation suck because the bodies weren't made to accommodate that much string on them.
Please looks at some Pedulla basses, the MVP-4 is personally my dream sounding bass which I aim to own but I really think you will HATE it.
I love your ugly bass vids because I love ugly bass's . I always wanted a warlock but the tone was never distinct enough (on the ones I've played) to rationalize a purchase. Would love to get one used and hotrod it with EMG's or bartolini's and a heavy badass .
First of all of you who are insulting Patrick because he has an opinion you can just leave. As a human being he has a right to an opinion and the right to voice that opinion you wouldn’t like it if someone came up to you and said your opinion is stupid and does not matter so DONT DO IT TO HIM.
I had a piss yellow BC Rich Virgin bass about 25 years ago. Man, that thing was so fugly that it was cool.
What the hell is up with these headstocks??!! All are either Gumby Heads or Fairy Slippers. That's why I lean towards headless anymore.
I kind of like the Bassline Rebel. It is a weird cross between a Rickenbacker and a Fender Squire Vintage Modified 70's Jazz Bass.
The BC Rich Mockingbird bass was rescued by Derek Smalls! It went from horrible to cool in one movie.
Please...it's Hamer as in gamer not as in hammer and nail. BTW, all the Fender basses are now collectible. We are in the very scary future now. Very funny video.
Im going petition that japanese fenders are not necessarily "true" fenders and that stuff like the katana fall more into the category of uniquely "Japanese" basses, Which deserves its own episode.
What's your opinion on the Harley Benton WB-20BK Rock Series Bass?(It's on the Thomann site btw)
Once played a daisyrock butterfly bass looked terrible but man I misschien having that bass. It made people uncomfortable.
I have a Fender Performer in gun metal blue. Not the best looking bass... But does it play amazing. It plays way faster and smoother then my j or p bass for sure.
Fun videos. Ugly is truly subjective, but there is one thing for sure . . . bass is the foundation on which all music is built upon.
I actually like the Guild JetStar as well as the T Bird guitars too which on the early models featured a fold out stand recessed in the back of the body. I love em. Cool as fuck.