Offset Question (warning:small poll)

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Is a jazz bass an offset guitar?

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No
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This isn't metal.
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But whatever my jazzbass is offset and a nice counterpart to my jm. :)*
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hbombgraphics wrote:Like if someone says "hey I just got an offset waist guitar" I would never think jazz bass.

In that other thread I didn't count mine because of this, it just didn't sound right. But then I thought about it and it's clearly an offset. Which means all my guitars are offsets yeahh.
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yeah,

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hbombgraphics wrote:yeah,

free your mind, and the rest will follow

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the fender bass by klaus blasquiz page 16:
The body has a new <<offset waist body >> in the same style inaugurated by the jazzmaster which gives it an aerodynamic line well adopted to the << conquest of space >>. Even though the jazz bass was coupled with the jazzmaster, it was introduced at exactly the same time as the jaguar.
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IT'S NOT AN OFFSET "WASTE"
IT'S AN OFFSET 'WAIST'

YOU, SIR, ARE OFFSET WASTE.
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I'm thinking about buying my first offset but I can't decide which one.

This:
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Or this:
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When it comes to offsets there are just so many options. :erm: :idk:
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Again the br00tality overtakes the offsettiness, so they count as "metal guitars" rather than "offset guitars".

They're like...brootsets. Axesets. Offkvlts.
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Achtane wrote:Again the br00tality overtakes the offsettiness, so they count as "metal guitars" rather than "offset guitars".

They're like...brootsets. Axesets. Offkvlts.


With that reasoning I'd say the bassness of a Jazz bass actually overtakes the offset guitarness , making it an offset bass, but not a guitar at all. So even if you want to reason it being a bass guitar I'd still say nay. A J-Bass is not an offset guitar.
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Achtane wrote:Again the br00tality overtakes the offsettiness, so they count as "metal guitars" rather than "offset guitars".

They're like...brootsets. Axesets. Offkvlts.


So, for either of these to be offsets I have to switch out the pickups?
Which pickups should I use for maximum offsetiness?

phantasmagorovich wrote:With that reasoning I'd say the bassness of a Jazz bass actually overtakes the offset guitarness , making it an offset bass, but not a guitar at all. So even if you want to reason it being a bass guitar I'd still say nay. A J-Bass is not an offset guitar.


Agreed. Way too much bass to be offset or guitar.

I think the term "offset guitar" is similar to the term "indie rock".
It started out as a literal description for a guitar with an offset waist(waste). Now is generally used to describe a certain type of guitar...Jaguar, Jazzmaster, Mustang etc. "Indie rock" started out as a term used to describe independent rock music and now generally refers to a certain genre of music, independent or not.

None of this changes the fact that a Jazz Bass is not a guitar. :erm:

We just need to start a new site: http://www.OffsetBasses..com :idea:
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I'M CONFUSED
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Achtane wrote:I'M CONFUSED

People just want to feel special...

A bass guitar is of the guitar family and therefore a form of guitar. A lot a bassists don't like to admit it but if you play bass guitar you are playing a bass guitar and therefore a BASS-GUITARIST, otherwise you would be playing a upright or a tuba.


Here is as close a DB can get tword offset by the way... :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p :p
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Re: Offset Question (warning:small poll)

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MiddleEarthCrisis wrote:
So, for either of these to be offsets I have to switch out the pickups?
Which pickups should I use for maximum offsetiness?


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