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My 1978, black, black, maple. A great bass, sporting genuine wear & tear. It`s such an aggressive sounding bass.
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Conversely, I just moved my 78 on because it was so aggressive sounding! Absolutely smashing P bass, but even with flats it has so much growl to it. Absolutely amazing for punk or Iron Maiden stuff, not so much what I'm after for functions stuff.
My first P was a cheap 80s Japanese copy, can't even rember the obscure make. It weighed a ton, but sounded superb. Next was a Mexican Fender in Arctic white, with a rosewood board. Looked great, sounded meh. It was a lemon, not very well built, nothing special, just a bit of a dud. After that I had Jazz basses, Musicians and others. Then, started playing in functions bands again and it seemed like a good time to go back to a Precision; it was!
Now, I've two 2012s, a sunburst, tort, rosewood model with Femder flats. It's a peach, 8.5 lbs or so and a really nice woody organic tone. It's the bass by which I judge all others now
Just acquired the second, a Candy Cola red, white pickgaurd and maple board. This one has La Bella flats. It is certainly heavier than the other, but it's no 78! Again, its a good one.
Very happy with these two. I'm having a hard time getting those Yamaha BB2024x out of my head, but they don't come up too often and a house purchase and baby on the way mean that I'm probably not going to be buying any more expensive gear for quite a while. But. That's alright, I'm in a very good place with my current set of Precisions.