Played my first Precision in anger!

[Beer of the Bass]

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1374368602' post='2148159']
As has been said there's nothing a P bass can't do.
[/quote]

Of course there are things a P-bass can't do. If those happen to be the things you're not interested in doing anyway then you're on to a winner, but I find statements like this a bit silly.

[cocco]

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1374409144' post='2148391']


Of course there are things a P-bass can't do. If those happen to be the things you're not interested in doing anyway then you're on to a winner, but I find statements like this a bit silly.
[/quote]

Like what? (Opens worm can)

[bh2]

I love my p bass but I haven't gigged it for nearly three years!

I think it's those metal speed bumps on the neck thingie that puts me off.

[Beer of the Bass]

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1374416088' post='2148460']
Like what? (Opens worm can)
[/quote]
Well, there are lots of distinctive bass sounds out there that are quite different to anything you can get out of a stock P-Bass. Try getting the burpy mids of a jazz bridge pickup, the sizzle and and zing of a Stingray, the almost hi-fi clarity of a more modern active bass, the rubbery thump of a short-scale hollowbody, the clank of a stereo-wired Rickenbacker, the quirky midrangey thing of a Wal, the range of an ERB (the list goes on...) out of your stock P bass. You might not like any of these sounds, but they exist and plenty of players love them.

Edited July 21, 2013 by Beer of the Bass

[cocco]

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1374425166' post='2148576']

Well, there are lots of distinctive bass sounds out there that are quite different to anything you can get out of a stock P-Bass. Try getting the burpy mids of a jazz bridge pickup, the sizzle and and zing of a Stingray, the almost hi-fi clarity of a more modern active bass, the rubbery thump of a short-scale hollowbody, the clank of a stereo-wired Rickenbacker, the quirky midrangey thing of a Wal, the range of an ERB (the list goes on...) out of your stock P bass. You might not like any of these sounds, but they exist and plenty of players love them.
[/quote]

Ahh yeah I'll grant you that. My point was more that the P is a pretty versatile instrument that doesn't really sound out of place in any genre.

[njr911]

Mmm played a 63 Reissue (AVRI) in PMT Leeds yesterday.

Olympic white with mint plate. It was the absolute nuts, nice nitro finish. At £1700 a bit too rich for me though.

Anone got a nice s/h at a bargain price they want to sort me out with

[Lozz196]

Take a look at this, being a 62 Reissue can`t imagine it`s that much different to a 63. This one is a great bass:

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/211984-fender-62-reissue-usa-p-bass-with-added-62-reissue-jazz-pup/

[spongebob]

I've recently acquired another P. Shouldn't have sold the last one really!

I do find them so easy to play - and they do fit in anywhere with very little fuss. I also find that wherever I play (pubs/cubs, wherever..!), I can always hear myself - something not always so easy with other, often more expensive basses.

I resisted a P for years as I thought they were a little 'obvious' - more fool me. A bass that well recorded and performed with....there's good reason. [size=4] [/size]

[njr911]

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1374485793' post='2149129']
Take a look at this, being a 62 Reissue can`t imagine it`s that much different to a 63. This one is a great bass:

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/211984-fender-62-reissue-usa-p-bass-with-added-62-reissue-jazz-pup/"]http://basschat.co.u...issue-jazz-pup/[/url]
[/quote]

Thanks, I've seen that one but I'm a bit OCT when it comes to non stock parts

[police squad]

I've got 4 P basses. A '75 R/W board.............amazing. Best bass I've ever played.
A modern jap maple board fretless (like Sting) again a great bass.
A Squier JV '62 reissue made in '83, rings like a piano and my Bravewood '57 reissue (old shape, like a 55). great lightweight bass with a classic thump.
They all sound like a P bass but they all sound different.
Love em to bits

[rogerstodge]

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1374344455' post='2147922']


When I play something that sounds better I'll let everyone on the board know
[/quote]treble likewise.

[neepheid]

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1374344455' post='2147922']
When I play something that sounds better I'll let everyone on the board know
[/quote]

Ahh, but will you search?

[risingson]

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1374931356' post='2154895']
Ahh, but will you search?
[/quote]

I've played most basses, Sadowsky, F-Bass, MTD, G&L, Pensa, Elrick, Gibson, Yamaha, Sandberg, Overwater, Sei, countless others. None of them (well, few of them) come close to the sound in my head that I love to hear on record or in a live environment.

'The sound in my head' being the operative part of all of that, we're all different aren't we?

[njr911]

I've just seen Scotts (scottsbasslesson.com) CS relic Olympic white over CAR on his site and I think I'm in love!

Very similar to this one, I think I need to save for a few years or have a lottery win.

[url="http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars_detail.asp?stock=12021016552849"]http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars_detail.asp?stock=12021016552849[/url]

I think that OW over CAR was for sale oh here a while ago, the added kicker with Scotts is the matching h/s. I'm a sucker for a matching h/s.