Most growly fender P?

[Alberto Rigoni]

Dear colleagues,

what's in your opinion the most growly, punchy and full of mids  Fender Precision bass, possibly with maple fingerboard?

thanks and cheers!

 

Alberto

[OliverBlackman]

Lee sklars’ Franken P. Could just be him but it does sound good in his videos.

[Alberto Rigoni]

38 minutes ago, OliverBlackman said:

Lee sklars’ Franken P. Could just be him but it does sound good in his videos.

Any link?

[hooky_lowdown]

Any 70s Fender P will growl, then your choice of strings will decide how much. 😀

[wateroftyne]

There's no magic combination - any P will growl differently (or maybe not at all) to another...

[Beedster]

Strange sense of deja vu

[Lozz196]

The Classic 50s I had was a very aggressive, growly Precision. Similarly when I played another Basschatters Classic 50s it was the same. Big thick chunky maple neck on it.

Edited October 18, 2020 by Lozz196

[OliverBlackman]

1 hour ago, Alberto Rigoni said:

Any link?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5yDeiOgkyRZGZGphlSbIw There’s loads of videos that it features in here - natural body, rosewood fretboard, double p p/u’s. 

[Beedster]

So that’s the 50s and 70s boxes ticked, 60s, 80s and 90s anyone

[LukeFRC]

1 hour ago, Beedster said:

So that’s the 50s and 70s boxes ticked, 60s, 80s and 90s anyone

@wateroftyne got there first

 

[Cosmo Valdemar]

I had a Precision with a maple cap neck once - seriously growly and trebly. Just like Entwistle's Frankenstein. 

The neck was from a Roger Waters Precision,  as far as I know the only Fender bass with such a neck.

[gjones]

I bought a set of Dunlop Superbright roundwounds to put on one of my Precisions. It now sounds a lot more aggressive than my other Precisions.

[Bigguy2017]

Strings and pickup height are the factors here.

My Precision really growls with Rotosound roundwounds.

[Misdee]

The most growly Fender P depends on who is playing it and with what intent, rather than the bass itself. John Wetton, for example, played an alder/rosewood early 60's P with roundwounds ( probably Rotosound, still the best string ever for that kind of sound)  brilliantly  and never has there been such a growly and menacing  sound. An ash/maple 70's P bass could sound much more mellow, depending on who was playing it and what they were trying to achieve. 

 

[Dood]

Then add even a pinch of distortion in the upper mids to all of the above for some extra bite ;o) 

[Dood]

1 hour ago, Bigguy2017 said:

Strings and pickup height are the factors here.

My Precision really growls with Rotosound roundwounds.

Absolutely - in general slightly more mids with be perceived as the pickup is brought closer to the strings. Round wound strings are a thumbs up from me too.

[Dood]

Listen to the beginning of "Got The Time" by Anthrax. By using a lil drive, Frank's bass tone doesn't just growl, it tears your face off  

Edited October 19, 2020 by Dood

[skej21]

A jazz bass with the tone rolled off a little! 
 

 

 

(Joking!! *runs for cover*)

[such]

Something like this? I heard a few of this guy's builds (got one on order too) and they tend to sound as if a rottweiler, a concrete mixer and a Royal Enfield struggling up a hill had a baby. 

[hooky_lowdown]

3 minutes ago, such said:

Something like this? I heard a few of this guy's builds (got one on order too) and they tend to sound as if a rottweiler, a concrete mixer and a Royal Enfield struggling up a hill had a baby. 

That PJ is lovely. 😍😍😍😍😍

[LukeFRC]

38 minutes ago, such said:

tend to sound as if a rottweiler, a concrete mixer and a Royal Enfield struggling up a hill had a baby.

That doesn’t sound like a good thing! 

[danbowskill]

2 hours ago, such said:

Something like this? I heard a few of this guy's builds (got one on order too) and they tend to sound as if a rottweiler, a concrete mixer and a Royal Enfield struggling up a hill had a baby. 

I like that dudes YouTube vids, those buzz basses sound great.... Love to try one.

[Cuzzie]

If you are stuck to a fender model, then stick a Creamery 58 P pick up in it - it will growl more than my dog at the postie.

I did a self build from a Mighty Mite body, Stuck a nice chunky Allparts maple neck, did a relic paint job of my choice (one of my mates hates it, but hates all gold!) and popped the creamery pick up in.

Its just the ticket!