Examples of great P tone.

[miles'tone]

Bob Glaub on P Bass

[tthiggins]

I think this is a p but it has a certain acoustic quality to it .the solo at the end (4.56) is  killer 

 

[Beedster]

5 hours ago, Muzz said:

P-Tone, you say? GAS-inducing, you say? This is track that made me pick up a bass...15 seconds in... 😁

 

Barracuda

[Jonse]

Yeah, not the biggest fan of Thin Lizzy, but the tone on 'Live and Dangerous' is huge. 

[PaulWarning]

always rather liked this

[paul_5]

Billy Sheehan on anything he’s ever done. LOVE that tone!

[police squad]

this link. This is something from my amp building website and I love this bass sound.

http://www.wkz-amps.com/samples/WKZ-simply-wicked.wma

 

hopefully it will work

 

Edited September 28, 2018 by police squad

[CameronJ]

 

[LewisK1975]

Is Kansas' Carry on Wayward Son done on a precision?  I think so, but a lot of people seem to think it's a Ric.

And here's a youtube Isolated Bass:

 

[ianrendall]

Another of my faves. I do love my Philly Soul!

 

[TheGreek]

14 hours ago, miles'tone said:

Bob Glaub on P Bass

An American Prayer....one of my favourite albums - transcends time - still as good today as when it was recorded.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

1 hour ago, LewisK1975 said:

Is Kansas' Carry on Wayward Son done on a precision?  I think so, but a lot of people seem to think it's a Ric.

And here's a youtube Isolated Bass:

 

It's a Precision. I suspect flats. All the early Kansas albums are. I don't think Dave Hope ever played a Rick, but he did switch to Steinbergers later on.

Edited September 28, 2018 by Cosmo Valdemar

[Twincam]

Classic P bass tone here! Stuart's guitar's a bit loud mind.

 

Edited September 28, 2018 by Twincam

[MattM]

Those of us who learned in the mid 80s (with a pick) owe a debt to: 

 

 And

 

And finally, in the early 90s by Bob Moulds (ex of the seminal Husker Du) Sugar:

 

 

 

Edited September 28, 2018 by MattM

[bassbiscuits]

21 hours ago, stu_g said:

 

Ah I enjoyed watching that! Nice one. 

Yeah Phil sounds like a precision with flats too, tho I'm happy to be corrected. 

[tom1946]

The only song I know from that lot is baggy trousers and I wouldn't know how to play it.

Am I too old now?

[Shaggy]

 

[Mastodon2]

Superb.

[christhammer666]

This

https://youtu.be/SQcSq5noG3o

[Twincam]

18 hours ago, Shaggy said:

 

Surprised I didn't think of that. Its one of my fav things to play. I've played it on all sorts of basses and it lends itself well to each different bass tone. Still best on a p bass though, i had a 96 fender usa special edition (the most p bass, p bass I ever heard lol) which nailed it. 

[danbowskill]

Any future of the left song has the best sounding P bass imo .

 

[danbowskill]

10 minutes ago, danbowskill said:

Any future of the left song has the best sounding P bass imo .

 

Especially this one with a Freddrics green muff

 

[Jonny Boots]

I know it's not a particularly fancy base line but I really like the sound.

[markorbit]

On 27/09/2018 at 22:07, Shaggy said:

 

Bruce did get a great sound from his Precision. You have to get the action right so when you dig in the frets add to the tone. I think his D string is close to fretting out. A Marshall Super Bass on the edge of breakup helps get that bottley sound too. A well setup Precision bass where the action can go low is a thing to behold for rock.

[Muzz]

On 29/09/2018 at 21:28, Mastodon2 said:

Superb.

Oh my word...Dat Growl...and a good example of EQ-ing for the band sound: I love Billy's tone in the band, but solo'd it's very harsh.