Rickenbacker 4001 / 4003, it is a classic beauty like a vintage American car. There are even "modern" manufacturers or luthiers using Rick's shape with some modifications but you can easily tell where they get the inspiration
The Rickenbacker 4003 is one of my favorites in terms of both sound and looks. I love all the standard Rick colors: Fireglo, Mapleglo, Jetglo, and Midnight Blue. And since there are several different styles of treble bezels out there to replace the pickup cover and lots of awesome Rick pickguards available, you have lots of options for easy cosmetic upgrades.
One of my all time favorites is the Peavey T-40. Both aesthetically and tonally. And one I've been drooling over for a while is the Aria Sb1000 in red with the natural strip down the middle.
Yeah, I don't know. I have a book on bass guitar and even Les says that "man, that's one fugly bass" when he saw his first Thompson bass in the music store window...
While the bongo looks weird, it honestly is one of the best basses I’ve ever played and I don’t think it deserves the hate. I just bought a bongo six and the thing absolutely rips and turns heads.
Same here, dude. I own a schecter stiletto bass myself and it is a phenomenal sounding bass. And it’s a real beauty too. It’s a definite keeper for me.
You forgot to include the Gibson Thunderbird Bass. Even till this day, it has to be the most futuristic and awesomely cool looking bass on the planet. The design was way ahead of its time and thus will be timeless!
I cannot comprehend for the life of me why the non-reverse tbird is not the main model. The regular reverse Thunderbirds look and feel so bad but sound great. Turn it around and it's an almost perfect bass that is hard to find.
I hate basses that are painted, or shaped like guitars. Basses should all be in natural. Exceptions being black music man's, red Fender basses and Rickenbackers
Andrew Mystic yeah i tend to not like paint very much on my basses, i like stained finishes but thats where it stops. Stained, wood grain, and sunburst all the way.
I agree with many of them! Especially, despite its omnipresence, the Jazz Bass is just such an iconic and visually perfectly balanced design, it's crazy how it's still the benchmark for most of us, including me, after all these decades! I also agree on Pelham Blue, and I'm so happy to have at least something similar and imho equally nice: a J-style Bass (not a Fender but a modern take by Clover) in Lake Placid Blue! Some basses that I'd add to the list: - Le Fay Herr Schwarz, of course in matte black with a Padouk neck and fretboard, this looks so rad! - Warwick Thumb, it's just so iconic - So many of Serek's basses, in my opinion, they are vintage vibe brought to the presence in perfection - Duesenberg, especially the Triton bass, as a different but equally perfect take of blending past and presence - Alpher, especially the Mako Prime V2 - have you seen the golden one with 3 single-coils and no knobs? This is really a rabbit hole, I guess we could still find dozens or even hundreds of beautiful designs...
I never understood people’s hate on the bongo. It’s really one of the best production instruments I’ve ever played and I have never regretted getting mine. It’s absolutely my go to when I need to play in a professional setting and will be until something better comes out. Dingwall might actually be that something but they’re still a pretty penny.
I must say if You and I ever just find a storage full of bass guitars and decide to take them all, we would not argue how to split the stash in any single case. Actually I would also left Bongo behind...
you should've added the Cort A5 Plus SCMS, such a beautiful guitar, looks so classy but so metal at the same time, the color, finish, wood, just everything about it is just *perfection*. i bought that bass guitar and let me tell you. it was worth every single penny. no only for the looks but also for how it feels and plays. its incredibly heavy too....
The Chapman Dave sig basses are lovely, but you could spend an extra £60-£80 and have a German made Warwick Corvette or Thumb. White high gloss Thumb basses look so good, especially with black hardware. Quite surprised no one has mentioned MTD basses yet. Absolutely beautiful.
Love your videos! Your content helped inspire me to love bass more. I had just joined my favorite band but switched to bass. Learned material from 6 albums by 3 different bassists, the challenge was fun but being a guitar player I wasn't 100% stoked. I had amazing guitar gear built up over years and only a couple nice pieces of bass gear, (93 USA p bass I got for $350 is the jam /aims producer tube head). Anywho your videos inspired me to dive into and love crafting great bass tones and gear the way I did for guitar. So thanks and keep em coming.
Excellent choices, especially the PRS, which I did not know before. Jazz all the way! And for me personally: anything dark blue with the texture of the wood visible. And Jaguars. In orange ;-)
This is fantastic! I love watching these, as someone who designs instruments, I find these videos super helpful! Also, how could you forget the Rickenbacker 4003? :D
My absolute favorite is the Warwick Stryker. Explorer body shape with neck through construction and finest woods, even more beautiful than Alembic's Exploiter, I think. Unfortunately discontinued, extremely rare and unaffordable if you ever get to see one. I'm pretty sure you don't like it, Patrick (lmao).
Hey Patrick! I actually own a 1985 Peavey Dyna-Bass, and I wanna get your thoughts on it? I think it looks kinda like a P Bass, and it sounds exactly like a Fender Jazz Bass!
soooo Jazz Basses are beautiful like really beautiful ; P-Basses too (especially from 1951 to 1957) ; and every "classic design" basses (Höfner Violin basses, Gibson EB-2, EB-0 etc)
Nice selection, but you missed many...maybe because they're not so mainstream. Str, Dragonfly, Alpher, Tune, Enfield, Freedom, Sugi to name a handful. If you haven't heard of them you should definitely check them out! Also any 70s Ibanez are killer too.. Like the Musician series 😉
The Fender Starcaster is one of my white-whale basses that I would like to own one day, but sadly these are very rare these days and expensive. Also would love to have the Gretsch White Falcon but will probably never be able to afford it. Michael Shuman of Queens of the Stone Age played a White Falcon Bass at the Grammy Awards and in the studio for their latest album Villains, and damn did he look cool playing that Gretsch
Alpher basses and Overloud basses. Also, in my country there is an special luthier called Egilegor, his basses are somewhat "special", check out the headless Adabakar model.
Vintage BC Rich. I have an Eagle deluxe from 1980. Some others I like...The Orange O bass, Ibanez Iceman, Epiphone Zenith, Serek, Spector NS2 and of course, my other bass, Rickenbacker 4003.
My favorite bass ever is probably Stanley Clarke's Alembic, and after that any Rickenbacker, any P-bass with maple boards and/or block inlays (and a big fat juicy anf punchy pickup - like the Steve Harris signature model), the Gibson's EB3/SG, Hofner Violin style, and mostly anything that reminds me of an Upright. Btw, I have an Ibanez Artcore AFB 200, and I just LOVE IT (in spite of some intonation issues).
Call me Gen-X if you like, but I think the Steinberger XL bass was so far ahead of its time. Now they are going to collectors for stupid money, but if you want that sound, there aren't many alternatives.
Stradi, polish luthier that makes the best looking basses on earth in my opinion. On a mass production scale I'd say Rickenbacker is just the best looking, hands down
@@ibnufasya6408 For me it's astonishing, first time i saw them my jaw dropped. I can imagine various defects, since they are completely handmade, and they certainly don't look as the most practical instruments but for what concerns the style and look they won everything for me
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All right y'all, should Beautiful Basses be a new series?! What do y'all think?!
Yes
I was only wondering when you'd make this series a thing!
also yes
yes pleass my dude, also i think if you get a bongo you need to get a darker finish so it looks less toilet seat-y
It involves BASS.... like.
Some of these could DEFINITELY be on the ugly bass series 😂
these gibsons...
Namely the Ripper/Grabber.
I'm happy i'm not the only one who think that his taste for basses is strange...
Not really a fan of the Gibson’s and Rippers
Or dingwall
Rickenbacker 4001 / 4003, it is a classic beauty like a vintage American car. There are even "modern" manufacturers or luthiers using Rick's shape with some modifications but you can easily tell where they get the inspiration
Who even came up with the ric shape, they're genius
@@Ryzanu good call
@@DannyBoi2112 Germany
Always loved the Rickenbacker. Lemmy's signature Rickenbacker 4004 with the carved wood top is literally one of the coolest looking instruments EVER.
The Yamaha BBs look, sound and play awesome
If only they had a humbucker one
yes!!! sooo sexy)
@@anus333 I plan on putting a musicman humbucker in my bb234's bridge.
Joe Dart bass is 34" scale
Expensive ?
@@sigiriabeysekara8723 $2000 retail 😬
The Rickenbacker 4003 is one of my favorites in terms of both sound and looks. I love all the standard Rick colors: Fireglo, Mapleglo, Jetglo, and Midnight Blue. And since there are several different styles of treble bezels out there to replace the pickup cover and lots of awesome Rick pickguards available, you have lots of options for easy cosmetic upgrades.
Love him or hate him he’s speaking straight facts you guys
@@tanksandturtles1131 Yep! I don't know what I'll do with my 4003 when I finally get one, but I wouldn't mind leaving it as it is either!
SonicXRage I got mine last year and it’s great, although it takes a bit getting used to if all you’ve ever played is jazz and p basses
Give me some Jaguar bass love bro
Always wanted a Jag PJ bass with block inlays. Definitely always on the lookout for one as a fender player.
The original jaguars with the active electronics and the jazz pickups would be nearly Holy grail
One of my all time favorites is the Peavey T-40. Both aesthetically and tonally. And one I've been drooling over for a while is the Aria Sb1000 in red with the natural strip down the middle.
What do you think of Carl Thompson basses? Les Claypool plays them and i think they look great.
His walnut bass is so sexy! I also like the rainbow bass, but it's ugly. In a good way though.
Andrew Mystic yeah, those headstocks are fantastic!
IMO. Probably the best looking basses I've ever seen
Claypools are great, but some of Carl's other custom builds are much better looking and fancier.
Yeah, I don't know. I have a book on bass guitar and even Les says that "man, that's one fugly bass" when he saw his first Thompson bass in the music store window...
david lopresti i think they look great and totally fit Primus’s style of music. They are one of my favorite bands of all time.
The aria pro II is my dream bass
Cliff 'em All!!!
@Alan that’s a flex & a half
While the bongo looks weird, it honestly is one of the best basses I’ve ever played and I don’t think it deserves the hate. I just bought a bongo six and the thing absolutely rips and turns heads.
Anything by Alpher instruments
I didn't know them and I looked for them... Not disapointed
Agree 100%
Claypool's Walnut Carl Thompson. End of story.
Jason newsted Spector bass or a Spector Performer 5
Most Spector basses in fact sweet stuff
I don't like Spectors, looks like a Warwick imitation, but fatter to me.
@@darkySp Warwick actually copied Spector, not vice-versa.
@@ZaneDalton Then Warwicks look like better Spectors
The Schecter Stiletto Studio series basses. Honestly really love how those basses look, feel, and sound.
Same here, dude. I own a schecter stiletto bass myself and it is a phenomenal sounding bass. And it’s a real beauty too. It’s a definite keeper for me.
Fender Jazz Bass is simply timeless and the most beautiful basses.
You forgot to include the Gibson Thunderbird Bass. Even till this day, it has to be the most futuristic and awesomely cool looking bass on the planet. The design was way ahead of its time and thus will be timeless!
Aria Pro II SB-1000
I love mine and the look
I have a SB r150
Its a pain trying to find other basses, Nothing sounds or plays like my old Aria.
I cannot comprehend for the life of me why the non-reverse tbird is not the main model. The regular reverse Thunderbirds look and feel so bad but sound great. Turn it around and it's an almost perfect bass that is hard to find.
Keep this series going, the more bass videos on RUclips the better
Gibson Thunderbird (both styles)
Warwick Star Bass
Schecter Stiletto
Marleaux Contra
Wal Mk1
Rickenbacker 4003
And of course,
Gibson SG (EB-0, EB-3)
🤤
You don't like P Basses then! ;)
Totally agree with you on the non-reverse Thunderbird!
I used to have an early '80's Hondo II that I had repainted in Pelham Blue.
This is random but.... am I the only one who hates any headless bass?
RidetheLonelyness nope, i find them to be pretty ugly and obnoxious.
Same here.
I hate basses that are painted, or shaped like guitars. Basses should all be in natural. Exceptions being black music man's, red Fender basses and Rickenbackers
@@ATthemusician I prefer the wood look as well...if a bass is black, I want binding on it.
Andrew Mystic yeah i tend to not like paint very much on my basses, i like stained finishes but thats where it stops. Stained, wood grain, and sunburst all the way.
I agree with many of them! Especially, despite its omnipresence, the Jazz Bass is just such an iconic and visually perfectly balanced design, it's crazy how it's still the benchmark for most of us, including me, after all these decades! I also agree on Pelham Blue, and I'm so happy to have at least something similar and imho equally nice: a J-style Bass (not a Fender but a modern take by Clover) in Lake Placid Blue!
Some basses that I'd add to the list:
- Le Fay Herr Schwarz, of course in matte black with a Padouk neck and fretboard, this looks so rad!
- Warwick Thumb, it's just so iconic
- So many of Serek's basses, in my opinion, they are vintage vibe brought to the presence in perfection
- Duesenberg, especially the Triton bass, as a different but equally perfect take of blending past and presence
- Alpher, especially the Mako Prime V2 - have you seen the golden one with 3 single-coils and no knobs?
This is really a rabbit hole, I guess we could still find dozens or even hundreds of beautiful designs...
I absolutely love my Sadowsky MetroLine 22-fret Will Lee with natural finish. It's a five-string beauty that sounds perfect!
Any Wal bass; Warwick SSII
Wal with quilted maple, mahogany core and clear gloss finish and ebony fretboard. Probably the Wal Mk2 bass that i would get, if i could.
I wasn’t suprised to see the Joe dart bass here
IMHO. P bass, J bass, P 51' bass are 3 best basses ever. I cannot live without one of them.
Wholesome AF. Those Chapmans are killer!
I don't know if I missed this in the video but I love Framus Warwick. They look pretty sick
Ibanez BTB 575 is also a very nice looking bass in my opinion. Nice video!
I never understood people’s hate on the bongo. It’s really one of the best production instruments I’ve ever played and I have never regretted getting mine. It’s absolutely my go to when I need to play in a professional setting and will be until something better comes out.
Dingwall might actually be that something but they’re still a pretty penny.
Where are Aria basses ??
He did those in the ugly headstock series.
-Lakland 55-94
-Spector Euro 5 and NS2
-Yamaha Nathan East Signature
-Any Kenneth Lawrence bass
-Fodera Emperor
-Sadowsky 4/21 Standard
-Warwick Vampyre
-BC Rich Beast
-Miura MB-2
-Reverend Mercalli
-Guild B-50
-Rob Allen Deep 5
-Rick Turner Renaissance
-Tacoma Thunderchief CB10C
I must say if You and I ever just find a storage full of bass guitars and decide to take them all, we would not argue how to split the stash in any single case. Actually I would also left Bongo behind...
you should've added the Cort A5 Plus SCMS, such a beautiful guitar, looks so classy but so metal at the same time, the color, finish, wood, just everything about it is just *perfection*. i bought that bass guitar and let me tell you. it was worth every single penny. no only for the looks but also for how it feels and plays.
its incredibly heavy too....
The Aria Pro II CB Tribute model.
Simple black body with gold hardware, but that’s what makes it beautiful, sometimes simplicity beats out complexity
The Chapman Dave sig basses are lovely, but you could spend an extra £60-£80 and have a German made Warwick Corvette or Thumb. White high gloss Thumb basses look so good, especially with black hardware.
Quite surprised no one has mentioned MTD basses yet. Absolutely beautiful.
I definitely have, love MTD. I own a Kingston super 5 and, although it's not a USA built model it has put my Vigier back in its case, just love it
Love your videos! Your content helped inspire me to love bass more. I had just joined my favorite band but switched to bass. Learned material from 6 albums by 3 different bassists, the challenge was fun but being a guitar player I wasn't 100% stoked. I had amazing guitar gear built up over years and only a couple nice pieces of bass gear, (93 USA p bass I got for $350 is the jam /aims producer tube head). Anywho your videos inspired me to dive into and love crafting great bass tones and gear the way I did for guitar. So thanks and keep em coming.
Jazz basses are amazing.
I wish there was more of a departure from the fender shaped basses. I prefer the thunderbird or explorer body design.
I've always liked the look of Reverend basses. I think they all pretty much have the same body shape. Never played one but they sure look sharp!
every warwick custom shop
Hell yeeeeah!
Paco Arsenica naaahhh a lot of them are hit and miss.
They are so ugly but so perfect in many ways
Aria Pro II MAB-45/5 Man, that bass looks badass, especially in dark colors
Supro Huntington lll bass (either blue or sunburst). Short scale bassed on the classic Osark guitar.
stradi basses especially symphony series are great looking with the extended fingerboard, also really diggin gus guitars basses recently
And some of Ritter basses look so fantastic in a good way)
I was pretty excited by the idea of the Chapman basses... but they never quite got it right for me.
Excellent choices, especially the PRS, which I did not know before. Jazz all the way! And for me personally: anything dark blue with the texture of the wood visible. And Jaguars. In orange ;-)
Why overlook ESP LTD F-405 FM with the tribal inlay? A total looker and great performer!
This is fantastic! I love watching these, as someone who designs instruments, I find these videos super helpful! Also, how could you forget the Rickenbacker 4003? :D
My absolute favorite is the Warwick Stryker. Explorer body shape with neck through construction and finest woods, even more beautiful than Alembic's Exploiter, I think. Unfortunately discontinued, extremely rare and unaffordable if you ever get to see one. I'm pretty sure you don't like it, Patrick (lmao).
Since when are the Chapman MLB1s discontinued? They're still listed on Chapman's website, both fan fret and regular.
I got the pelham blue LTD AP-5 so gotta agree with that😂
I love the Ibanez sr 800 series in deep twilight...
This needs a sequel.
Status basses defs should be included in the list. Especially the S series basses or even the headless variants.
Maybe i will be misunderstood, but for me the most beautiful instrument (not only bass!) ever is a Warwick Thumb Singlecut)
The Pedulla Rapture RB4 is a thing of beauty, and has insanely girthy tone!
I know that you don't like the Epiphone EB-3 but, c'mon, it looks fantastic!
Or anyone that looks like a SG
Wal Bass is the most badass looking bass
Hey Patrick! I actually own a 1985 Peavey Dyna-Bass, and I wanna get your thoughts on it? I think it looks kinda like a P Bass, and it sounds exactly like a Fender Jazz Bass!
If I have to agree with you one which bass manufacturers, are Dingwall Basses, I never played one, but I might give them a go.
soooo Jazz Basses are beautiful like really beautiful ; P-Basses too (especially from 1951 to 1957) ; and every "classic design" basses (Höfner Violin basses, Gibson EB-2, EB-0 etc)
Nice selection, but you missed many...maybe because they're not so mainstream. Str, Dragonfly, Alpher, Tune, Enfield, Freedom, Sugi to name a handful. If you haven't heard of them you should definitely check them out!
Also any 70s Ibanez are killer too.. Like the Musician series 😉
I have 5 Sandbergs because they play (and record) SO well.
I bought mine on blind faith and couldnt be happier.
Any MTD bass. Just stunning especially the Norm Stockton or the Andrew Gouche or the Justin Raine's.. In fact back to my first point..Any of them
Dude that 77 jazz bass is mine... i bought it in chimps guitar couple years ago...
You left out the Ibanez SR 2600 which is cerulean blue, which is the best looking bass I’ve seen in a while.
Pelham blue fades into a cool af green. I'm with you geeking on Pelham!
Schecter stiletto and MTD basses are both awesome looking
If you like those thunderbirds, the ESP Stream basses look excellent. I have an E-II from Japan and it is excellent!
Fender American Professional II in Dark Night.
Check it out. If I could have any guitar, it’d probably be that.
Everybody gangsta until music man makes a bongo in pellham blue
All of Lemmy’s basses (Motorhead); Sandberg Ida Nielsen is my favorite Sandberg
Bartell Black Widow Fretless is beautiful!
The Fender Starcaster is one of my white-whale basses that I would like to own one day, but sadly these are very rare these days and expensive. Also would love to have the Gretsch White Falcon but will probably never be able to afford it. Michael Shuman of Queens of the Stone Age played a White Falcon Bass at the Grammy Awards and in the studio for their latest album Villains, and damn did he look cool playing that Gretsch
Schecter devil bass looks so good especially with its ridiculous fret board. It’s too bad there hard to find.
Seafoam green > Pelham blue
Alpher basses and Overloud basses. Also, in my country there is an special luthier called Egilegor, his basses are somewhat "special", check out the headless Adabakar model.
Vintage BC Rich. I have an Eagle deluxe from 1980. Some others I like...The Orange O bass, Ibanez Iceman, Epiphone Zenith, Serek, Spector NS2 and of course, my other bass, Rickenbacker 4003.
Surely check out the schecter riot shape. I personally love the shape but you might have a different opinion and I want to hear it.
Nice ones. A Rick 4001/ 3 in Jetglo is so classy looking and deserves a spot, too
Kiesel zeus.
Finally some new bass shape and it kills it. Best guitar i played
Status Graphite basses look amazing
Maybe a Jaguar bass like the grey burst one you have or a P Bass with 3 color sunburst and maple neck... aw man those are good looking basses
When you show just the body of the Ernie Ball, it looks exactly like a G&L.
Love the sandberg forty eight.
The Spector NS-2 ans Euro series are beyond gorgeous, and I'm surprised you didin't mentioned it
My favorite bass ever is probably Stanley Clarke's Alembic, and after that any Rickenbacker, any P-bass with maple boards and/or block inlays (and a big fat juicy anf punchy pickup - like the Steve Harris signature model), the Gibson's EB3/SG, Hofner Violin style, and mostly anything that reminds me of an Upright.
Btw, I have an Ibanez Artcore AFB 200, and I just LOVE IT (in spite of some intonation issues).
Did you forget the P-bass? Or Rickenbacker 4001/4003? Gibson SG/EB-3?
I personaly like the thumb bass and infinity from Warwick
The most beautiful looking bass imo is the five string version of the Marleaux Consat Custom. Someday I will get one.
Call me Gen-X if you like, but I think the Steinberger XL bass was so far ahead of its time. Now they are going to collectors for stupid money, but if you want that sound, there aren't many alternatives.
I've got 6 Fender Jazzes and lately I've been wanting a Stingray so clearly I agree with you, but no love for the Spector NS-2?
I don’t mind the bongo. I’d much rather have a sting ray. But I’d be happy with a bongo
Stradi, polish luthier that makes the best looking basses on earth in my opinion. On a mass production scale I'd say Rickenbacker is just the best looking, hands down
Is it stradi symphony? The Single cut looks ugly tho
@@ibnufasya6408 For me it's astonishing, first time i saw them my jaw dropped. I can imagine various defects, since they are completely handmade, and they certainly don't look as the most practical instruments but for what concerns the style and look they won everything for me
@@enricobuffagni8130 yeah everyone's got their opinion. But the double cut looks amazing. And the mini bass that looks good too.
@@ibnufasya6408 they are both really good as well. I don't recall seeing anything hideous from them ever
The Joe Dart sig is NOT a shortscale bass! Check the music man website!
But it is a Beautiful bass I agree👍🏻👍🏻😍