Minininjarob

I’ve just checked the specs and it has a 1.5” neck so that’s Jazz size yeah?? I’m thinking a blue one and swapping the hardware to all black, new electrics and a nice pickup set (if the standard ones I don’t like) and that’ll be amazing. For maybe £250 all in minus new pickups. That’ll look amazing. Need to go and check one out ASAP.

Got a link for that Chinese neck?

Thanks that’s really helpful. I have a Player model, but I have a Musicman Sterling USA which has an amazing neck and I’d like to have the same on a P without messing with mine.

Whats the neck like?

Love my p bass. It’s perfect for a lot of songs I do but I wouldn’t mind keeping it downtuned and having another bass for more delicate tunes where I need to move around the fretboard more with my tiny hands. So are there any cheaper basses that have this, or is as simple as buying a P bass and a jazz neck and swapping them around? Are the necks mostly compatible with each other? Wouid prefer a Fender or Squire but open to thoughts about anything else. Budget is maybe around £500 but may mod it for a bit more after the initial purchase.

As someone who is relatively new to bass I have learnt that “building the sound” is nearly ALL about how you play, yes there are some instruments that sound a bit different and some pedals and amps can change the sound but the magic in in your fingers (or pick!). After 3 years of learning I’m in a band and play a lot of different styles of music. I’ve found on most occasions changing the way I play makes the key difference( rather than changing an amp setting or buying a new pedal. I play every way on my P-bass, from very soft, gentle and slow finger style (for ballads or when I play in my church) to absolutely beating the shit out of the strings with a pick (main band playing Skatepunk and metal songs). This discovery has made me realise that if you play the same way for every song and try to get the sound you want downstream with thousands of pounds of amps and pedals you’ll never get the sound you are after cos there’s always another product you can find online that will supposedly do a better job. Also you can spend months getting the perfect tone in your bedroom and it will probably sound like shit on a live stage, or at least not serve the band/music as it should do. After 3 years of playing I’ve settled on my set up of a fairly simple amp and cab setup (which is normally set quite flat on the eq), my P bass, a decent well set up compressor to even out my janky playing, a tuner and a fuzz and chorus pedals. That setup covers so much sonic ground it’s crazy. Good luck in your journey, and just enjoy the learning the music you love and playing with other people

Interesting video here, nice use of some driving P bass tones maybe through a pedal or whatever (let me know if you know what they are!)

I genuinely never noticed any change when they swapped it!

Looks like a good setup there but I’m surprised you have a traditional piano still - we sold ours and got an electric one in a ‘fake’ piano case as the acoustic one was so expensive to keep in tune.

Well the PMT I went into on Monday had a massive selection of guitars and amps and pedals, more than most other shops. Drum kits. Lots of keyboards/synths and basses too. Also a good range of PA and mixing stuff too. Never seen any Dj stuff in there.

I was at PMT Leeds on Monday and apart from a lack of bass strings to choose from everything looked normal in fact they had been having a move round of the store. Very odd.

As I said in original post intonation already checked thoroughly.

Ok so I was playing yesterday my Player P Bass and for probably the first time I had the tuner on when I fretted an F. On the open E the note was perfectly in tune but the F was WAY off no matter how I fretted it - it was way too sharp. Thinking back I have always thought the first fretted notes especially the F sounded a bit weird but I not very experienced so just brushed it off. Is the nut too high? Trying to figure out what’s wrong and that’s the only thing I can think of. Rest of the intonation seemed relatively ok.