Allen

Thanks for the link, I really enjoyed reading the whole thread, and that bass is a beauty! I think it's a more modern one than mine because the headstock looks similar to a Vintage Reissued Precision I had a while back. It's great to hear you've still got the bass. It seems that most people who come by these basses have a love affair with them 🙂

It’s great to see the love for these basses throughout this thread. I was in the music shop today, in a glum mood, pouring rain outside, and spotted an 80s Encore P Bass on the wall - Pearl with White pickups. It was the cheapest bass in the shop, and I had only heard that these guitars were firewood. I really liked the vibe of it though so got them to take it down. Well, I was playing for the rest of the afternoon! Absolutely loved it. This one had great action, a nice feeling neck. Hard to really name the tones, as I was plugged into a Blackstar bass combo, which I absolutely despise, but the bass was a joy to play. It even slapped brilliantly for a P-Bass, and there was no way I was not gonna take it home. Now and then you play a guitar which you just know is for you, and this was one of those. I have a Vintera Precision which I like well enough, but I just know Im gonna be picking this bass up all the time at home. It remains to be seen if it can do a gig, as Ive generally found that once a cheap bass is plugged into a cranked up amp, the weaknesses really show up. I don’t care about that though, cos I love it, and I never part with guitars I love - only the ones I bought cos others said they were great or the specs said they were great. A guitar you cant stop picking up IS great imo!

Hey, just to be clear about what you said there, when you suggested using a bumped A - so you would be using the A as an E string, hence the A and E would be similar guage? Al

Such a helpful post. Thank you!

Great advice, thank you!