Swaffle88 Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 I thought the P bass could be quite versatile, I’m thinking of buying one for my collection and this hasn’t changed my mind in anyway but I was wanting to hear from P owners what their thoughts are on this? 😈 The quote is from https://www.andertons.co.uk/jazz-vs-precision-bass “This is the bass you want for full-on power. The hum-cancelling split coil pickup provides a huge, full range tone that sits in a mix extremely well for a lot of styles of music. Saying that, it’s not really a versatile instrument. It does a good job for an old school, boomy sound but it doesn’t really cut it for super modern tones. It’s kind of a one-trick-pony, but it’s a great one nonetheless. Using a plectrum with this bass is ideal to get grunt out of the sound” Quote
walshy Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 11 minutes ago, Swaffle88 said: I thought the P bass could be quite versatile, I’m thinking of buying one for my collection and this hasn’t changed my mind in anyway but I was wanting to hear from P owners what their thoughts are on this? 😈 The quote is from https://www.andertons.co.uk/jazz-vs-precision-bass “This is the bass you want for full-on power. The hum-cancelling split coil pickup provides a huge, full range tone that sits in a mix extremely well for a lot of styles of music. Saying that, it’s not really a versatile instrument. It does a good job for an old school, boomy sound but it doesn’t really cut it for super modern tones. It’s kind of a one-trick-pony, but it’s a great one nonetheless. Using a plectrum with this bass is ideal to get grunt out of the sound” Hmm it’s certainly not a one trick pony!! Or it does many variations of its one trick 😂 Bloody love my hoard, I have 7 or 8. All with flats, some 60’s some I made myself and all completely different. 1 Quote
TheGreek Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 Sounds like something I would write... Quote
thodrik Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 Marketing mumbo jumbo. Just play one. If you like it, buy it. If a bass can be used for a lot of styles of music then it is a versatile instrument provided the player is also versatile. it is a ‘one trick pony’ in the sense that it only has one pick up, so you can’t really get that back pickup on a Jazz bass sound. However a Precision can do a ‘modern sound’ with the right use of compression and EQ. So much ‘modern’ pop music is still recorded on a Precision. My Precision is more ‘old school’ sounding than my Jazz, but my Precision is forty years old and my Jazz is a Sadowsky, so it isn’t really a valid comparison to begin with. 4 Quote
DoubleOhStephan Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 I've got three, 2 straight up P's (70s MiJ & Squier VM) and 1 PJ (bitsa) and I love them all. They're definitely not one trick ponies, but being honest, I do get more tonal variation from my PJ. I find I can dial in more bite for cutting through the mix. Quote
skankdelvar Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) The Anderton's review reads like they've copy-pasted a sequence of posts from a slightly tedious BassChat thread: What do we think about the Precision? Quote The hum-cancelling split coil pickup provides a huge, full range tone Quote Sits in a mix extremely well for a lot of styles of music Quote It does a good job for an old school, boomy sound Quote It’s not really a versatile instrument Quote +1 Doesn’t really cut it for super modern tones Quote It’s kind of a one-trick-pony, but it’s a great one nonetheless Quote Using a plectrum with this bass is ideal to get grunt out of the sound Frankly, I think we should sue their tits off for plagiarism. Edited October 20, 2019 by skankdelvar 2 1 12 Quote
Nicko Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 29 minutes ago, thodrik said: Just play one. If you like it, buy it. This. Quote
KiOgon Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 Makes you wonder why anybody ever bought one 😎😃 4 1 4 Quote
ped Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 I agree to an extent - it certainly doesn’t do a super modern zingy slap sound, but that’s not to say it isn’t massively versatile. 1 Quote
oldslapper Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 Guitarists reviewing basses is as insightful as Clarkson writing the forward in Greta Thunberg’s biography. 🙄 3 8 Quote
Lozz196 Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 Not exactly one-trick, with the same strings and eq on my Para Driver that I use for my live work, just rolling off the tone control makes it sound a very different instrument. Quote
afterimage Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 Try the pro with the new v mods pups very versatile flats, rounds all good Quote
mrtcat Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 It is a one trick pony. That trick is to work bloody well in a massive array of scenarios. 1 Quote
chris_b Posted October 20, 2019 Posted October 20, 2019 +1 A Precision is a one trick pony. The magic is that the trick encompasses everything from James Jamerson to JJ Burnell. 6 Quote
skankdelvar Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 The hum-cancelling split coil pickup provides a huge, full range tone. 2 Quote
Ricky 4000 Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) I think that James Jamerson had the tone knob turned all the way down, while JJ Burnel has it all the way up. Everybody else's sound must be somewhere in between. Edited October 21, 2019 by Ricky 4000 1 2 Quote
skidder652003 Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 A one trick pony that somehow cuts through in a live gig better than any other! 2 Quote
Davo-London Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 My old P is my fave bass. Goes to every jam/practice/service/gig. Anderton's should and do know better. Davo 1 Quote
Soledad Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 Odd to see a retailer actually under-selling something. What we all know: the P has done more hit records and more sessions than any other bass. And do they all sound the same?? If that's 'one trick', it's a very neat trick. 1 Quote
Mastodon2 Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 I don't know if I'd call a P a "full-on power" sound. By what measure are they quantifying power? It's very open to the individual to interpret. Also, a P pickup in the traditional P position with a passive circuit won't do what's generally called the "modern" sound, but I doubt that has ever troubled a P bass owner. You pick the right tool for the job. 1 Quote
Marc S Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 12 hours ago, KiOgon said: Makes you wonder why anybody ever bought one 😎😃 So they could improve it, with a Kiogon wiring loom of course! 3 2 Quote
dave_bass5 Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 17 hours ago, Swaffle88 said: I thought the P bass could be quite versatile, I’m thinking of buying one for my collection and this hasn’t changed my mind in anyway but I was wanting to hear from P owners what their thoughts are on this? 😈 The quote is from https://www.andertons.co.uk/jazz-vs-precision-bass “This is the bass you want for full-on power. The hum-cancelling split coil pickup provides a huge, full range tone that sits in a mix extremely well for a lot of styles of music. Saying that, it’s not really a versatile instrument. It does a good job for an old school, boomy sound but it doesn’t really cut it for super modern tones. It’s kind of a one-trick-pony, but it’s a great one nonetheless. Using a plectrum with this bass is ideal to get grunt out of the sound” There is a reason others go for different styles of basses, but i cant imagine a genre that a P bass cant be used in. 1 Quote
EliasMooseblaster Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 18 hours ago, wateroftyne said: Absolute cobblers. My first thoughts exactly. That chap needs to have one of his colleagues play him something featuring James Jamerson, something featuring Larry Graham's early slap playing, and then either some late '60s Who or some Stranglers. Keep a camera handy in case his head explodes. 1 Quote
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