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The SBL Podcast

153 - The 12 Ugliest Basses of ALL TIME

The SBL Podcast

Scott's Bass Lessons

Scott's Bass Lessons, Bass Guitar, Bass, Online Bass Lessons, Education, Music Interviews, Electric Bass, Music, Sbl

4.8522 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Bass guitars are beautiful and they can make anyone look good, but during its 70-year history there have been a few that are gloriously gaudy or just plain ugly (Precision Bass Lyte, anyone?!) In this episode we’ve set out to name and shame some of the ugliest bass guitars of all time! In this episode: Does Ernie Ball make the world’s ugliest bass guitar?Why aren’t Rickenbacker basses more popular?Some history behind Fender’s Antigua finish.Why Scott loves the Ovation Magnum bass.The Sp...

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0:00.0

The bass sounds good.

0:01.9

It feels good.

0:03.5

It feels good.

0:05.8

I hate...

0:06.8

I hate...

0:07.9

I hate it.

0:09.6

I know.

0:11.5

Listen, listen.

0:12.9

You might think it's ugly.

0:14.6

You might...

0:15.6

Do you want me to show you an ugly base?

0:17.7

You might think it's ugly.

0:19.1

Do you want me to show you an ugly bass?

0:20.8

Yeah, I do you. Come on. Hey, hey, now... Show you an ugly base? Do you want to show you an ugly bass? There's an ugly base, too.

0:22.9

Come on.

0:23.8

Hey, hey, now there was a time on talk base where you could have been banned from the forum for talking about how ugly this base was.

0:33.2

So watch it, divine.

0:35.0

Is that legit?

0:35.9

Did they have to bring that enforcement in?

0:38.7

That might be, that might be a little bit of hyperbole, a little bit of exaggeration,

0:44.9

but yes, I remember when this base came out, it was so polarizing that people just

0:52.5

ugly.

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