I am starting to put together my own Precision Bass in the vein of the Pino Palladino Custom Shop '62 reissue, albeit it at a lower cost! It began with the Squier CV I owned last year that I loved but couldn't afford to keep, so I started from scratch.
My base (!) is a Fender '62 CIJ reissue in Fiesta Red, will post photos of it soon. My plans are to replace strings, change the pick guard with a tortoise-shell one, deck it out with chrome covers and potentially upgrade the pickup.
At the moment, it has awful rounds on it so that is the first thing to replace. I know that the Pino CS comes with TI flatwounds but I'm looking for something with a little more growl. I am really looking for the sound of Donald Duck Dunn on Blues Brothers album. The growl that he gets from his P is phenomenal and that's what I am looking for. A sound along the lines of this
What flatwounds could you recommend basing it on this? I know that example was a maple-neck but obviously mine is rosewood, will this make much of a difference?
Thanks, as ever!