Precision Bass

[Jesus]

I keep reading posts on here and on TalkBass when people are asking for bass recommendations a lot of reply's refer to the PRECISION in P-Bass meaning it is, indeed, more precise than other pickup configurations.
Now im not even gonna pretend i know the first thing about bass, bass playing, or bass equipment but i thought the Fender P-Bass was the first guitar-style bass, and the precision name referred to the fretted neck being more precise than the fretless double bass of the time?

Like i said, i know nothing, but this has been playing on my mind for a while (i know, i need to get out more).

[Old Horse Murphy]

[quote name='Jesus' post='354974' date='Dec 15 2008, 01:03 PM']i thought the Fender P-Bass was the first guitar-style bass, and the precision name referred to the fretted neck being more precise than the fretless double bass of the time?[/quote]

That was my understanding too

[wateroftyne]

[quote]i thought the Fender P-Bass was the first guitar-style bass, and the precision name referred to the fretted neck being more precise than the fretless double bass of the time?[/quote]

You're 100% correct - that's all it is. Just a historical thing.

[yorick]

Yes you do..

[Jesus]

I feel slightly more intelligent now, and a lot more geeky.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

To confuse the issue my unlined fretless precision is anything but precise in my hands.

[Dr.Dave]

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='355001' date='Dec 15 2008, 01:38 PM']To confuse the issue my unlined fretless precision is anything but precise in my hands. [/quote]

Ha! Considering the posts before you 'fretless Precision' is a bit of a contradiction in terms , isn't it. I suppose , at the time , the basic Precision the fretless was modeled on was too well known a name to mess with. Who wants a 'Fender Precisish' ?

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='355006' date='Dec 15 2008, 01:45 PM']Ha! Considering the posts before you 'fretless Precision' is a bit of a contradiction in terms , isn't it. I suppose , at the time , the basic Precision the fretless was modeled on was too well known a name to mess with. Who wants a 'Fender Precisish' ?[/quote]

Fender Imprecision?

[bremen]

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='355050' date='Dec 15 2008, 02:34 PM']Fender Imprecision?[/quote]

Fender Closenoughforjazz?

[neepheid]

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='355050' date='Dec 15 2008, 02:34 PM']Fender Imprecision?[/quote]

Already done:

[lonestar]

[quote name='Jesus' post='354981' date='Dec 15 2008, 01:08 PM']I feel slightly more intelligent now, and a lot more geeky.[/quote]

You're in good company here

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='neepheid' post='355099' date='Dec 15 2008, 03:08 PM']Already done:

[/quote]

Hmmm .. so imprecise it doesn't have tuners.

[waynepunkdude]

[quote name='bremen' post='355053' date='Dec 15 2008, 02:38 PM']

Fender Closenoughforjazz?[/quote]




Genius.

[chris_b]

[quote name='Jesus' post='354974' date='Dec 15 2008, 01:03 PM']....i thought the Fender P-Bass was the first guitar-style bass, and the precision name referred to the fretted neck being more precise than the fretless double bass of the time?....[/quote]
Leo Fender made the first popular, mass produced electric bass but not the first, that was invented by Paul Tutmarc in 1935.

[MacDaddy]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='355275' date='Dec 15 2008, 06:58 PM']

Genius.[/quote]

+1

[Geek99]

Wikipedia agrees [url="http://%20<a%20href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Precision_Bass"%20target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Precision_Bass</a>%20"] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Precision_Bass[/url]

"
The double bass was considered difficult to play in tune, physically cumbersome and difficult to transport. It was becoming hard to hear in increasingly large bands or in bands that included amplified electric guitars. With electric pickups, a small body and fretted neck, the Precision Bass overcame these problems. The name "Precision" came from the use of frets (as opposed to the fretless fingerboard of the double bass); players of the electric instruments could play in tune much more easily - they could play with "precision."

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[Bay Splayer]

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='355273' date='Dec 15 2008, 06:52 PM']Hmmm .. so imprecise it doesn't have tuners.[/quote]

it aint got strings so why would it need tuners?

[Jesus]

[quote name='chris_b' post='355548' date='Dec 16 2008, 12:39 AM']Leo Fender made the first popular, mass produced electric bass but not the first, that was invented by Paul Tutmarc in 1935.[/quote]

Pics?

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Jesus' post='358182' date='Dec 18 2008, 06:34 PM']Pics?[/quote]



And see [url="http://www.stratcollector.com/newsdesk/archives/000103.html"]here[/url] about half-way down.

Edited December 18, 2008 by EssentialTension

[mrcrow]

precisely, my dear watson

[WarPig]

Funny thread