Those unique flaws

I think every bass design, no matter how great, has a special unique flaw. Of course, it's all subjective. But I think each bass's unique flaw is one of the things that gives it its charm (or makes it really annoying). I haven't played every bass on the market, but I've played a few different ones that represent some different design styles. A couple of examples are the Rickenbacker 4001 (the bridge, with it's built-in mute that looks like a battlements of a medieval castle. It makes palm-muting at the bridge a challenge, to say the least. Now that good replacement bridges are available the world is a better place), or the Gibson Thunderbird (cutaway? What cutaway?). I even owned an Ovation Magnum bass once, a design which took the worst aspects of several basses and combined them into one.

Of course, I think every bass ought to have 24 frets and an easily accessible truss rod, so maybe I'm too picky. Does anyone else have any bass flaws to add to the list?

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