[quote name='ngombe' post='13319' date='Jun 6 2007, 09:43 PM']Hi
This is a question for Precision lovers.
I have a US P bass that I bought about a year ago on a bit of an expensive whim. My main bass is a Stingray and it suits me pretty well, I know it's sound and I have the action just so, all in all it's got a 'just right' feel for me. Sadly the opposite is the case for my poor neglected P.
I play a lot of different styles but so far I haven't really found where the P shines. I know it wouldn't be such a bass icon without reason - please help me to discover it's strengths.
I don't play much rock and I rarely use a pick - So far the only time it's really sounded good to me was when I was playing it hard with a pick. The action seems high but I couldn't get it much lower, the relief of the neck is pretty much factory standard - I tried varying it but didn't get a much lower action. For fingerstyle it just seems much slower than the Stingray and much less defined in the sound
For people who like them I'd like to ask
- what kind of music do you think it suits?
- do you have favorite EQ, amp setting etc?
- any recommendations for good tracks that showcase the P bass?
- how's the setup? do you string it through the body? any mods worth undertaking?
- anything else that you think makes the P bass such a classic
Normally I'd just part company with a bass that doesn't work for me, but I can't help thinking I'm just missing something with this one so I'm giving it a last chance.
Ta
Joe[/quote]
MB1.
Whats it all about P Bass?(was that not a hit for cilla black?)
seriously though, you instinctively know when youve got a good one.once played a second hand american one, and was very close to purchasing the bass ,and strangely enough, was talked out of it, by the guy who worked in the shop(who is also a friend).he knows, i do tend to sell ,swap ,exchange basses from time to time, and i doubt this one would have appealed to everyone due to its colour purple(wasnt the most saleable of colours at that time).definately a one that got away!.
MB1.