Bass Pedal Geek Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 Greetings. If you're interested in cross listening between 8 nice P basses, I uploaded some sound clips on my website. I founf it fun and interesting how similar - yet with subte nuances - they sound despite age, brand, strings, scale, etc. http://bass-pedals.com/fender-precision-bass/index.html Quote
gjones Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 Very interesting. recently I built a precision out of parts I had. I've fitted 3 different pickups. A cheapo 'no name' pickup (possibly Squire), an old Seymour Duncan pickup (late 70s early 80s) and the latest Fender custom shop model (as fitted in USA standards). And, as your review found out, there's is not a huge difference between them. In fact, if I'm totally honest with myself, I have a bit of a soft spot for the no name pickup. Quote
dannybuoy Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 (edited) 1st clip for #5 and #6 is a Stingray, can you fix it? Edited April 25, 2015 by dannybuoy Quote
AttitudeCastle Posted April 25, 2015 Posted April 25, 2015 Definitely a neat little shootout! Listening over and over, the main things I've reaffirmed. Listening with ears, not my mind, and I really love P-basses Quote
Bass Pedal Geek Posted April 25, 2015 Author Posted April 25, 2015 [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1429951965' post='2756568'] 1st clip for #5 and #6 is a Stingray, can you fix it? [/quote] Ah, crap... yes. There were a few soundcloud files that got mixed up. All should be in order now! Thanks for letting me know :-) Quote
Bass Pedal Geek Posted May 5, 2015 Author Posted May 5, 2015 [quote name='AttitudeCastle' timestamp='1429954740' post='2756614'] Definitely a neat little shootout! Listening over and over, the main things I've reaffirmed. Listening with ears, not my mind, and I really love P-basses [/quote] Yep gotta love them. But luckily basses are not about monogamy - I love J basses too. (and Stingrays and... ;-) ) Quote
ColinB Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 Excellent - thanks for doing this. It's good to see the Squier Jag holding its own amongst such exalted company. Quote
Bass Pedal Geek Posted May 9, 2015 Author Posted May 9, 2015 [quote name='ColinB' timestamp='1430831946' post='2764968'] Excellent - thanks for doing this. It's good to see the Squier Jag holding its own amongst such exalted company. [/quote] Thanks! And yes the Squier is not bad at all. You can definitely hear a difference, but that is also due to the short scale, I'm sure. Quote
edpirie Posted June 28, 2015 Posted June 28, 2015 To my ears, the '64 is the only one where the tone control doesn't sound like it's muffling the sound i.e. 100% on is a rich dubby sound whereas on the others it just sounds woolly. Maybe the flats help though - got to say the first two with flats are the real deal for me with the '64 out in front. Quote
Bass Pedal Geek Posted June 28, 2015 Author Posted June 28, 2015 The 1964 is probaby my favorite P bass when it comes to pure tone. However, the wide C-neck is not good for my hands for some reason... Probably the string spacing as even wider 5-string necks don't bother me at all. Regarding the tone, I almost never turn back the tone control all the way. 50% is usually max and most of the time I don't use it at all :-) Quote
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