I guess we all know about it, the kind of Bass guitar that will have you branded less of a player if you appear on stage with it. And it's not just the budget brands like Squier and Epiphone that carry that stigma.
So let's debate and have a laugh about the kind of Basses that people think to be daft and why it is that way.
First up, the brand which probably has the worst reputation.
Warwick
Nevermind the fact that John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, Prince, Stuart Zender and Doug Wimbish all have used Warwick basses for years to good effect. The general consensus about Warwick basses is that they're the most daft of all basses around. So why is it that way?
Well here's why... (Uwe, I'm sorry but it has to be done.)
Münchner Freiheit "Es gibt kein nächstes mal"
This band is but one of many Euro-trash bands who appeared in the eighties playing sweet bubblegum pop music and brandishing Warwick basses. From 1985 onwards, bands from central europe turned into hit machines playing this sugar coated silky smooth produced crap and in every single one, the bassplayer was always seen with a Warwick in either the music video or TV performance. All of those bands appeared on stage with Warwicks thus cementing the comapny's stigma of producing daft basses, all those crappy bubblegum pop bands were using them.
Slipknot player Paul Gray used Warwicks for years before becoming an Ibanez endorser but it doesn't really help matters because by then the damage has already been done. Warwick jumped the shark by becoming the bass of choice for many crappy Euro-trash pop band in the mid eighties.
