miles'tone Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) Hey everybody. I'm considering tuning my Pbass to BEAD tuning, or possibly CFBbEb I've a vintage spec split P pickup in it at the mo but I'm wondering if it will be up to the job. On a budget right now so can't go buying new pickups really and don't want to spoil my bass! I've been messing around on our old piano and been loving coming up with stuff down the 'dark end' and want that range on my 4 string (love my P and can't afford even a cheap 5 string right now) So, anyone here had any success tuning down so low without installing say a Model P or a SD Quarterpounder or something equally beefy? Edited October 8, 2013 by miles'tone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Here's a PBass, tuned BEAD with (as far as I'm aware) an old stock P pickup. She gets a consistently great tone live and on recordings. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfjtK4Mnrg8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfjtK4Mnrg8[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 Yep, that's pretty darn filthy sounding! Think you're right that she's in BEAD and it does sound like a regular Precision too. Her strings look like the bottom 4 from a 5 string set to me. Really enjoyed that Wot, thanks so much for posting (going to check those guys out further too!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 They're marvellous. One of my favourite bands. [url="http://spikedrivers.co.uk/"]http://spikedrivers.co.uk/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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