square or rounded?

[ThingsAbove]

For some reason I'm hung up on the shape of the end a fingerboard at the heel.

There are a lot of great basses out there with a square heel but I want to see that good 'ole Fender style rounded heel on a bass. How can I overcome my loathing of square heels?

 

[lug]

Buy a G&L.....feel the cure.

 

[Gorn]

Is not like square heels negatively effecting your life?

 

[Bikeguy57]

Warmoth

 

[garp]

Try a Sadowsky. Then you'll feel like a real heel for not falling head over heels for square heels.

 

[ThingsAbove]

Is not like square heels negatively effecting your life?

I believe it is... I can't seem to bring myself to purchase a bass with a square heel... I just stare and stare at those sharp corners and wonder why it wasn't finished... yet I want to play it, but I can't... the pain, the pain

 

[craigie]

Reminds me of the old joke:
Area of a circle, Pi R squared? Everybody knows pie are round, cake are squared!

 

[mongo2]

For some reason I'm hung up on the shape of the end a fingerboard at the heel.

There are a lot of great basses out there with a square heel but I want to see that good 'ole Fender style rounded heel on a bass. How can I overcome my loathing of square heels?

Hope this helps...The first Fender bass had a square heel so the "good 'ole Fender style" heel was actually square.

 

[UNICORN BASS]

Er, what, err...what, i just don't know. Normal service will now resume, thank you.

 

[ThingsAbove]

Hope this helps...The first Fender bass and several others have had a square heel.

Well at least they corrected their error.

 

[craigie]

Well at least they corrected their error.

Not really. They decided telecaster: square, Strat: round. Makes perfect sense right?

 

[mongo2]

Well at least they corrected their error.

The fact remains, the "good ole Fender" style neck heel was square. Several other similar Fender bass models, some still being made today, have had a square heel.

Not to mention the Telecaster guitar has had a square heel since it's inception.

 

[ThingsAbove]

The fact remains, the "good ole Fender" style neck heel was square. Several other similar Fender bass models, some still being made today, have had a square heel.

Not to mention the Telecaster guitar has had a square heel since it's inception.

I'd prefer facts not enter the discussion... I'm obviously dealing with some deep mental trauma which has produced an unnatural fear of sharp corners...

Are there any bass design features that make you avert your gaze?

 

[mongo2]

I'd prefer facts not enter the discussion... I'm obviously dealing with some deep mental trauma which has produced an unnatural fear of sharp corners...

Sorry, facts are facts. But those facts should make it easier to come to grips with the issue.

Are there any bass design features that make you avert your gaze?

Nope. They're all just basses.

 

[kentiki]

Aren't the majority of bolt on necks rounded?

 

[Axstar]

I want to see that good 'ole Fender style rounded heel on a bass.

Right!

 

[Liam Wald]

No contest, rounded sounds sooo much sweeter. The square ones are really harsh although you can mellow the harsh a bit if you have a tort pick guard.

 

[JoeWPgh]

Sadowskys have a round heel. Only the fingerboard is square. So that's a compromise

 

[deernaes]

This is quite possibly the one thing I've never thought about before buying a bass....

 

[Bodeanly]

I do not like square heels, but it doesn’t matter what I like.