Chris Sharman Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) My first bass was an Encore Precision copy that I bought at school. Havent had another precision since until I bought my most recent acquisition an Aerodyne in blue as recently displayed here on an NMD thread. For those of you who didnt see it, this is its current state... Edited May 22, 2015 by Chris Sharman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheth Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 That is beautiful. I have a couple of P-Basses. Will upload one after I've played tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) I really do not want to join any club that would have me as a member... However I would love to show my appreciation to the bass I actively avoided for twenty-odd years, because every bugger plays them. Eventually I succumbed after I realised I had never heard a bad one really. My Squier VMP5 and Harley Benton Shorty P. Both of which are awesome. Edited May 22, 2015 by miles'tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivansc Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 My first bass was a 1962 three colour burst with a slab rosewood board. No case - the guy I bought it from couldn't afford one so it travelled in the fender cardboard box. It was 3 or 4 months old when I got it. Oh and it fell out of the back of our truck on the way to a gig and got run over by a car. Squished one of the strings and messed up one of the control knob. Not the pot, just the knob! Was stolen from me and I got it back, then stolen from the guy who bought it off me a year later. Sadly he didn't get it back. Had to sell it about a year later so I could afford a guitar. That was what the gig called for and it paid. *sigh* the joys of young married life and paying the bills. So now I have bought a 62 reissue neck from 2002 and am hunting around to pick up the rest of the bits..... Yes it would have been easier to just splash out a couple of grand, but since I am a broke retiree I decided to do it the fun way. Great feeling to feel that flat wide neck profile and know it will soon be pretty close to my original bass. And in the meantime I have my MIM Precision refinished in Fiesta red or "Hank and the Shadows Pink" as it seems to be known in the UK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 [quote name='badboy1984' timestamp='1429009042' post='2746894'] I use to hate precision bass because is my first bass was a precision. Now P bass is my go to bass. I've made 2 changes to my Fender P bass. First added a J pickup so the bass becomes P/J bass but I use the P pickup most. Second I've swap the P neck with a glossy maple jazz neck. [/quote] Which J pickup are you using? I've got a 5 string P I'm idly thinking of P/Jing but using the American Standard Jazz bridge pickup in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 [quote name='gsgbass' timestamp='1434490445' post='2800216'] Am. Std. Precision. [/quote] what a beauty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I acquired this recently (probably from looking at this thread a bit too much) to see if I can get some of the P bass type lurve going again.... [attachment=194460:Sandberg VS4 07.jpg] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I've been going through quite some Precisions, even had (and sold) my ultimate... The first one was this: Yamaha BB300. Pretty darn good bass. The tuners were a bit wonky but otherwise it was pretty decent. However, it got replaced by: Squier Vintage Modified Precision. I put CTS pots, a Fender Original pickup, a Gotoh 201 bridge and D'Addario flats on it and there it was: motown machine. Very, very good bass. I rarely used it though, so I sold it. And then there was the ultimate. A Squier JV Precision from '82, mint condition, all original that I got for...wait for it...€75. With an amp. And a stand. And a cable. And a strap. It was fantastic. Everything about it. Except I didn't use it. Silly me, I sold it (for a lot more than I bought it for)... A while after that, I got this because it was véry cheap. Yamaha BB400S fretless. I was great, and I loved it, but it couldn't quite match my Fender fretless. So I sold the Yammie. And then it took me a while to get another Precision. And when I got one, it was this: Squier Classic Vibe 50's Precision. It wasn't really my thing. I just couldn't get the bass going in a band. SO I sold it. And now, finally, I got this: Fender Road Worn P. I love this bass. It's almost as good as the JV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 [quote name='BassAgent' timestamp='1434532837' post='2800433'] And then there was the ultimate. A Squier JV Precision from '82, mint condition, all original that I got for...wait for it...€75. With an amp. And a stand. And a cable. And a strap. It was fantastic. Everything about it. Except I didn't use it. Silly me, I sold it (for a lot more than I bought it for)... [/quote] My dream bass. It exactly matches my '82 Squier JV Strat which is an absolutely fabulous guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAgent Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I still miss that bass. It was so perfect... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) Dammit, I just can't sit here and not post pics of my P in a P appreciation thread!! I join the club!! With sincere apologies to everyone who has seen these pics about a million times. This is for that remaining member who has not. Oops, I did it again! Edited June 17, 2015 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Are PJ's allowed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1434578915' post='2801009'] Are PJ's allowed? [/quote] I think that one is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Well in that case: L-R 1971 Precision Fender Japan/USA Precision Fender Japan/Warmoth P/J [IMG]http://i60.tinypic.com/mwsmf6.jpg[/IMG] Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledum Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 [quote name='ukulelelab' timestamp='1430981292' post='2766424'] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Congrats. I remember that lovely '64 LPB used to be at the Guitar Center in Totowa (NJ). [color=#000000]There is some sticker residue at the back of the body where the previous owner attempted to cover up the buckle wear with masking tape and store manager explained me he was able to remove most of it. In Jan 2014 they sent the bass to a guitar show in LA (NAMM) and it never came back. It then re-surfaced in Sweden with Anders Anderson who I suspect acquired it at NAMM. Enjoy that great bass.[/color][/font][/size] [/quote] Another piece of history of this wonderful bass. Greatly appreciated, thanks! I contacted the GC store manager in Totowa and asked him for any more info about the previous (maybe the original?) owner of the bass. I'd really love to get in contact with the original owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrythe8 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Well, a lot less expensive, here's my DIY Thomann kit, a bit upgraded :-) It has a Fender '59 Custom Shop P'up, the Anodized Gold Pickguard and a vintage brass String thru Epiphone bridge. Sounds great : https://youtu.be/UYlOYo5i4bE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raslee Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Really chuffed how this 'Bitsa' has just turned out, lovely J width neck, wizard trad pick up, low action with no buzzes and the intonation is spot on....may even gig it the weekend. Just need to put some flats on now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebass66 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Here are my 3 precisions top to bottom: Lakland LOG 5 string P '89 fender Japan 62 reissue (nice Aguilar pups) '75 fender P (my newest edition) 👍 All hail the P bass!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I often think about a P5, I sort of have one in my Yamaha BB 615, which is a PJ, but that Lakland looks great Dave! Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) Time for an update. My first post on this thread had me using a Mike Lull P4. There was nothing wrong with that bass, but I sold it when I got a PJ4 that was in my much preferred spec of ash and maple. Neck pocket states it was made for NAMM 2015, sure is a great example. I usually prefer a wide neck on a P Bass, but as my Jazz was being sold too I went for the thinner neck so I could better blend the two basses, turned out nicely. The most comfy necks I've ever had have been on a Mike Lull bass. I changed the white pickguard for a slightly softer parchment, and I have a black one too that looks pretty cool. The quality is up there with the best basses I've previously owned or played, but by a huge margin it's the most suited to me bass I've ever owned. Thank you Mike Few more pics if you click. [URL=http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/chiliwailer/media/Lull%20PJ4/image.jpg1_zpsbwocbuvk.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/ah227/chiliwailer/Lull%20PJ4/image.jpg1_zpsbwocbuvk.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Edited June 27, 2015 by Chiliwailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivansc Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 [quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1432923398' post='2786292'] My first bass was a 1962 three colour burst with a slab rosewood board. No case - the guy I bought it from couldn't afford one so it travelled in the fender cardboard box. It was 3 or 4 months old when I got it. Oh and it fell out of the back of our truck on the way to a gig and got run over by a car. Squished one of the strings and messed up one of the control knob. Not the pot, just the knob! Was stolen from me and I got it back, then stolen from the guy who bought it off me a year later. Sadly he didn't get it back. Had to sell it about a year later so I could afford a guitar. That was what the gig called for and it paid. *sigh* the joys of young married life and paying the bills. So now I have bought a 62 reissue neck from 2002 and am hunting around to pick up the rest of the bits..... Yes it would have been easier to just splash out a couple of grand, but since I am a broke retiree I decided to do it the fun way. Great feeling to feel that flat wide neck profile and know it will soon be pretty close to my original bass. And in the meantime I have my MIM Precision refinished in Fiesta red or "Hank and the Shadows Pink" as it seems to be known in the UK! [/quote] Update: (sob) Was talking with my brother who lives in Florida a while back and he told me that my late mum was robbed in Tennessee years ago and one of the things that got stolen was every single photograph of me from my earliest baby pics up to when I finally left home. Including the one and only of me with the 62 P Bass as a 3 colour suburst & one or two of it after the white refinish. Need to find a nitro finish body so I can put the replica together. I now have everything BUT THE BODY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul j h Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 [attachment=195356:3 x precisions 003.JPG] Here are my three, going left to right, a 73, a 78 and a 73 that's been refinished and had a new fretboard all in front of my Ampeg rig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franzbassist Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) My two honeyburst 2012 American Specials. Two piece alder bodies, 8.5lbs, serial numbers eight apart. The fretless conversion was done by Brook Guitars in Devon. I have no other electric basses. These two nail it for me Edited June 30, 2015 by walbassist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckman67 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 You have 2 great basses there , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Sam Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 [quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1435668170' post='2811156'] My two honeyburst 2012 American Specials. Two piece alder bodies, 8.5lbs, serial numbers eight apart. The fretless conversion was done by Brook Guitars in Devon. I have no other electric basses. These two nail it for me [/quote] That is a stunning pair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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