P bass specs advice

[joescartwright]

So I'm going to build myself a bass,

I'm looking for something similar to the sound on The Mars Volta's album De-loused in the Comatorium, specifically on the track Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt.

I was wondering if there's any P bass know-it-alls that could suggest what kind of specs to go with (i was thinking ash body, maple neck and board) to best achieve this?

I was also wondering if adding a single coil J style pickup in the bridge would detriment the sound of the P pickup? I might want to blend it in a bit when i need a bit more growl and focus.

Here's a link to the track mentioned above;
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdPlXEtiG3g"]Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt[/url]

Thanks in advance.

[Doctor J]

[url="http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_mars_volta/"]http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_mars_volta/[/url]

[quote]For the bass, we had Flea play a beautiful '64 Fender Precision P bass through an SVT bass head and 8×10 cabinet. I used a Neumann FET 47 on the cabinet and a Demeter DI. I compressed with LA-2As on both channels. It was a slightly different sound for Flea, but he is such a talented musician that he fit in perfectly. The bass needed to be full and present, because, essentially, the bass was the foundation of every track[/quote]

So probably alder body, maple neck and rosewood board.

Regarding the J pickup, no shouldn't have any effect when you solo the P rock fury.

Edited October 11, 2010 by Doctor J

[yorick]

[quote name='Doctor J' post='984393' date='Oct 11 2010, 01:26 PM'][url="http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_mars_volta/"]http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_mars_volta/[/url]



So probably alder body, maple neck and rosewood board.

Regarding the J pickup, no shouldn't have any effect when you solo the P rock fury.[/quote]

So, maybe a Japanese 62 re-issue precision then?

[joescartwright]

Thanks guys